LCD colour shift

[MrTroy]

When looking at an LCD monitor with an angle greater than the optimal viewing angle, the colours seem to be deeper. Does anyone know what causes this? Is it the contrast?

This may seem unrelated to video editing, but actually I have a video which looks very '2 dimensional' and by chance I looked at it from an angle. I noticed that it suddenly looked much more 3D, due to the deeper colours. :) So my question is, what parameter do I need to change in a video editing program to artificially create this effect. Increase the contrast? Lower the gamma? Increase the colour saturation?

[gameplaya15143]

What angle? left/right? up? down?

I have noticed, in general, that when the bottom of the screen is closer to my eyes than the top (the 'down' angle), the colors are more vibrant (closer to how a CRT display might look). You can adjust the color saturation for your display (display properties -> settings -> advanced -> color).

For adjusting your video... gamma correction would probably be the way to go, or maybe adjusting the levels (like with virtualdub's 'levels' filter).

I try not to mess with color saturation too much... at least I try not to judge it with my laptop display. CRTs (like TVs) almost always have more saturated color than LCDs.