My usual bestbuy clearance aisle wandering led me to an open box samsung un50es6900 at an irresistible price. Few hours later, it was at home going head to head against my sony kdl46hx850 and samsung un46es7100.
Without any delay, i still would venture to say the sony is a better display for better black levels ( though inferior shadow detail than the 6900 ) and motion, but the 6900 is very, very close behind. Its black levels are not that far off the from the sony and even a dark room viewing experience is very close to the sony. Unfortunately, the 7100 is a distant third. It is lighter with worse motion. Viewing angles are better on the sony and 6900 too ( both admittedly suck compared to a plasma ).
So, is there something magical about these new 50" panels or is the 6900 simply a better set than the 7100?
--Picture menu
Mode: Movie
Backlight: 8
Contrast: 100
Brightness: 45
Sharpness: 0
Color: 54
Tint: G50/R50
Screen adjustment submenu:
Picture Size: Screen Fit
Position: [no change]
Auto Adjustment submenu: [Grayed out]
3D submenu: N/A
Advanced settings submenu:
Dynamic contrast: Off
Black tone: Off
Flesh tone: 0
RGB Only Mode: Off
Color space: Custom
White Balance: [see below]
10p White Balance: On
Gamma: +1
Expert Pattern: Off
xvYCC: Off
Motion Lighting: Off [grayed out]
Color Space submenu:
Color Space: Custom
Red: Red 76, Green 0, Blue 0
Green: Red 01, Green 50, Blue 0
Blue: Red 0, Green 05, Blue 50
Yellow: Red 95, Green 74, Blue 0
Cyan: Red 0, Green 50, Blue 50
Magenta: Red 50, Green 0, Blue 41
White balance submenu:
R-Offset: 25
G-Offset: 25
B-Offset: 25
R-Gain: 25
G-Gain: 25
B-Gain: 23
Picture options submenu
Color tone: Warm2
Digital Noise Filter: Off
MPEG Noise Filter: Off
HDMI black level: Normal [grayed out]
Film mode: Off: [grayed out]
Auto Motion Plus: Off
LED Motion Plus: On
Edited by winston9332 - 1/5/13 at 8:02am
Without any delay, i still would venture to say the sony is a better display for better black levels ( though inferior shadow detail than the 6900 ) and motion, but the 6900 is very, very close behind. Its black levels are not that far off the from the sony and even a dark room viewing experience is very close to the sony. Unfortunately, the 7100 is a distant third. It is lighter with worse motion. Viewing angles are better on the sony and 6900 too ( both admittedly suck compared to a plasma ).
So, is there something magical about these new 50" panels or is the 6900 simply a better set than the 7100?
--Picture menu
Mode: Movie
Backlight: 8
Contrast: 100
Brightness: 45
Sharpness: 0
Color: 54
Tint: G50/R50
Screen adjustment submenu:
Picture Size: Screen Fit
Position: [no change]
Auto Adjustment submenu: [Grayed out]
3D submenu: N/A
Advanced settings submenu:
Dynamic contrast: Off
Black tone: Off
Flesh tone: 0
RGB Only Mode: Off
Color space: Custom
White Balance: [see below]
10p White Balance: On
Gamma: +1
Expert Pattern: Off
xvYCC: Off
Motion Lighting: Off [grayed out]
Color Space submenu:
Color Space: Custom
Red: Red 76, Green 0, Blue 0
Green: Red 01, Green 50, Blue 0
Blue: Red 0, Green 05, Blue 50
Yellow: Red 95, Green 74, Blue 0
Cyan: Red 0, Green 50, Blue 50
Magenta: Red 50, Green 0, Blue 41
White balance submenu:
R-Offset: 25
G-Offset: 25
B-Offset: 25
R-Gain: 25
G-Gain: 25
B-Gain: 23
Picture options submenu
Color tone: Warm2
Digital Noise Filter: Off
MPEG Noise Filter: Off
HDMI black level: Normal [grayed out]
Film mode: Off: [grayed out]
Auto Motion Plus: Off
LED Motion Plus: On
Edited by winston9332 - 1/5/13 at 8:02am
