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How bad is Samsung Q80R Vertical Banding

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I already ordered Walmart for a replacement of my Samsung Q80R because of vertical banding which is visible when watching soccer games, on gray uniformity test and gray menu pages.
The attached image shows it but the real life situation is slightly worse.

If this happens to the replaced TV too, what to do next?

The gray image that I used is from Rtings.com.

I have also used some tests on youtube too.

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wondim said:
I already ordered Walmart for a replacement of my Samsung Q80R because of vertical banding which is visible when watching soccer games, on gray uniformity test and gray menu pages.
The attached image shows it but the real life situation is slightly worse.

If this happens to the replaced TV too, what to do next?
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Let me start by saying I'm an audio guy, not a TV guy, so take this for what its worth.


I bought one of these two weeks ago(the 82"). Out of the box, I saw some faint vertical banding on an all white screen, no other color. I made a number of changes to the picture settings which reduced the visibility of the bands to the point where I can't see them even when panning across a white hockey rink, so I'm good with it. I made the changes not to specifically address the banding, just to improve the picture in general. I suspect reducing the backlight a bit and turning off contrast enhancer had the most effect on minimizing the banding but I don't know for sure.


What this all says to me is that you should not have to live with DSE/banding you notice watching regular content. What I would do with a new unit is adjust the picture settings to your taste and go from there. I would not make any return decisions based on something you only see faintly on an all gray/white screen, or test patterns, that is not a problem watching your normal content.
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Let me start by saying I'm an audio guy, not a TV guy, so take this for what its worth.


I bought one of these two weeks ago(the 82"). Out of the box, I saw some faint vertical banding on an all white screen, no other color. I made a number of changes to the picture settings which reduced the visibility of the bands to the point where I can't see them even when panning across a white hockey rink, so I'm good with it. I made the changes not to specifically address the banding, just to improve the picture in general. I suspect reducing the backlight a bit and turning off contrast enhancer had the most effect on minimizing the banding but I don't know for sure.


What this all says to me is that you should not have to live with DSE/banding you notice watching regular content. What I would do with a new unit is adjust the picture settings to your taste and go from there. I would not make any return decisions based on something you only see faintly on an all gray/white screen, or test patterns, that is not a problem watching your normal content.
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Thank you for the insight. I tried different settings with no effect but I will try the setting you have suggested on the new model. What I learned while reading is that, the vertical banding gets worse over time. In addition, I watch soccer. That is my main content and when I watch the screen, I can see the bands.
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I like to watch soccer. That is my primary material, and I can see the bands when I look at the screen. For this soccer-information, go to Soccer-infos
All of this tells me that you shouldn't have to put up with DSE/banding when watching ordinary material. With a fresh unit, I would modify the image settings to your liking and continue from there. I wouldn't rely any return judgments on something you can only see weakly on an all gray/white screen, or on test patterns that aren't an issue while watching regular material.
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