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Originally Posted by winston9332 
The shadow detail in the Dark Knight appeard to be lost with blacks being crushed. I sat with the Magnolia manager and confirmed it was in fact in THX mode. There are variables here (like colorspace on the bdp), but I perceived shadow detail levels lost, which might artificially create a "blacker" black to a naked eye browsing the showroom. This probably could be corrected with calibration
The shadow detail in the Dark Knight appeard to be lost with blacks being crushed. I sat with the Magnolia manager and confirmed it was in fact in THX mode. There are variables here (like colorspace on the bdp), but I perceived shadow detail levels lost, which might artificially create a "blacker" black to a naked eye browsing the showroom. This probably could be corrected with calibration
wouldn't it be possible that it's local dimming gone awry?
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Originally Posted by rogo
There is a fair amount of evidence that the 80" glass for the 80" panel is actually being made on an older 40" fab, using the equivalent of 4 panels worth of substrate. The fact that it's such a lower-end model lends credence to this.
To bring it up to modern standards, a number of things would have to happen. First, the backlight array and electronics would have to be added. This has nothing at all to do with the actual fabbing of the panel which mean's it's certainly realistic to bring that tech to the 80" display, even if it continues to get made in the older fab.
The next tricks, however, will involve bringing the panel up to modern standards and those will be trickier. Not impossible, but trickier as enough has changed in the production of the panels that 73x panels and 63x panels are generationally different. If Sharp is committed to an 80" Elite, they'd have to invest to make it happen. My guess is that investment would be millions, perhaps low eight figures. It's inherently a low-volume product, but one I think they could sell for good money -- figure at least $10,000, even if the 70" Elite gets cheaper next year.
Honestly, though, the ROI on such an investment isn't that amazing
There is a fair amount of evidence that the 80" glass for the 80" panel is actually being made on an older 40" fab, using the equivalent of 4 panels worth of substrate. The fact that it's such a lower-end model lends credence to this.
To bring it up to modern standards, a number of things would have to happen. First, the backlight array and electronics would have to be added. This has nothing at all to do with the actual fabbing of the panel which mean's it's certainly realistic to bring that tech to the 80" display, even if it continues to get made in the older fab.
The next tricks, however, will involve bringing the panel up to modern standards and those will be trickier. Not impossible, but trickier as enough has changed in the production of the panels that 73x panels and 63x panels are generationally different. If Sharp is committed to an 80" Elite, they'd have to invest to make it happen. My guess is that investment would be millions, perhaps low eight figures. It's inherently a low-volume product, but one I think they could sell for good money -- figure at least $10,000, even if the 70" Elite gets cheaper next year.
Honestly, though, the ROI on such an investment isn't that amazing
This is surprising as the 8G is under conversion to produce small medium size panels, supposedly retina display quality. Doesn't make sense to invest in 8G to make huge size when utilization in 10G is still not full.
He grinned and gave me the thumbs up. I also had to show the receipt to that bagchecker guy at the door on the way out of the store and when he saw the price total his eyes got real big. lol I guess it was because I was only carrying the blu-ray player. I just said "yep, I know. The tv is being delivered though as my 350z will barely hold the blu-ray player 
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