It can be incredibly frustrating to try to discover your new TV set puts unsightly black bars around the entire picture. Here ...

Misconfigured settings in your display control panel can make your computer screen go black and white when HDMI is plugged in. Reset these settings and see if the screen turns back to normal.

The failure screen confusing includes no text telling you what to do; just a black-and-white drawing of an iPhone in front of an Apple TV puck. This issue can arise on Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K.

"Who wants all this new-fangled 4K Ultra HD, satellite dishes or a screen that's bigger than your room when you can have glorious black and white TV?" he asked. "Thirty years ago, you could still ...