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I've just seen the LG 55LW9500 next to the Samsung 55D8000 at the shops. Playing the same aerial photography documentary ("Human Planet"?). Whales, cities, glaciers, lagoons, etc.. Now the Samsung had pop. I mean POP!! The picture was almost 3D. Both are glossy, but the LG looked boring and its glass front took away the "immediacy" of the picture. But then I noticed something. The Samsung absolutely crushed all dark detail. The bright stuff stood out because the dim stuff turned into a black pit. On the LG you could see the little waves shimmer, the small folds in the rocks, small details of atolls, and all this with minimal color shifts when viewed at an angle. Not so on the Sammy.
I know the sets are not calibrated, fed a questionable signal... But I saw both sets at a different store 6 weeks ago side by side, playing the same stuff and the impression was similar. It's just that this time around I looked more carefully at the "small print" in the picture.
Now the question is what does this bode for the future? The D8000 is the most eye-catching TV in the store bar none (plasmas are even more disadvantaged by their low brightness). It manages this feat with edge lighting. Do full LED backlit TVs and accurate colors (and Plasma for that matter) have a future?
P.S.
I took a long time to decide between a Samsung Galaxy S II and an iPhone 4. The most important thing for me was that the screen would be good for reading. The iPhone has higher pixel density. The SGSII has infinite contrast. Since I like to read white text on a black background, I chose the latter. Now the Galaxy screen pops like crazy. The colours are ridiculously oversaturated...
I know the sets are not calibrated, fed a questionable signal... But I saw both sets at a different store 6 weeks ago side by side, playing the same stuff and the impression was similar. It's just that this time around I looked more carefully at the "small print" in the picture.
Now the question is what does this bode for the future? The D8000 is the most eye-catching TV in the store bar none (plasmas are even more disadvantaged by their low brightness). It manages this feat with edge lighting. Do full LED backlit TVs and accurate colors (and Plasma for that matter) have a future?
P.S.
I took a long time to decide between a Samsung Galaxy S II and an iPhone 4. The most important thing for me was that the screen would be good for reading. The iPhone has higher pixel density. The SGSII has infinite contrast. Since I like to read white text on a black background, I chose the latter. Now the Galaxy screen pops like crazy. The colours are ridiculously oversaturated...