Hi Jack, Complex answer for this one. You don't say if you're using an NTSC or PAL standard TV. I'll assume that it's an NTSC version (Standard for the United States - PAL is Europe) There is a range of "legal" colors for NTSC monitors. I suspect that the render has "illegal" colors in it that are out of range of what a TV can produce so the image looks washed out. While many folks think that computer monitors and TVs are the same, they're actually very different on many levels. If you have access to a paint/image editing program like Photoshop, Painter, PhotoPaint etc., there is a filter in those applications that processes the colors into NTSC legal ranges. You'll need to use that. Additionally, if you're going to be doing an animation, the animation will need to be interlaced (another video process) to make it show up clearly. I won't bore you with those requirements now but post back if you need more info. Mark