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Hi all,
I bought my own TV for the first time recently, it's a Sony Bravia KDL-49WE753. It's great but it has a huge problem in that it's as reflective as a mirror, and it completely ruins the picture in dark scenes because I can see myself and my armchair, and the wall behind me.
The obvious option is to turn off the lights but if I do that, I get eye strain and headaches when a bright scene comes on. I've calibrated my TV for watching in a dark room and reducing the contrast any further to the point where bright scenes don't give me a headache makes the picture look dull and terrible for the darker scenes.
I've tried bias lighting (2 different ones from Amazon) and while it helps a bit, it doesn't really do nearly enough to combat the eyestrain issue. When used at the supposed ideal brightness (10% of the TV brightness), it simply doesn't make much difference, and when raised to high brightness it causes eyestrain and reflections of its own.
Basically it seems to me that I've got 3 options to choose from:
1) Eyestrain and headaches
2) Horrible reflections in the picture
3) Very dull and ruined picture contrast
Can anyone on this forum give me any advice on how to get out of this bind? Does anyone have the same issue? I'm quite upset because the TV was an expensive purchase for me. I have seen some people complaining about glossy screen reflections but clearly there aren't many people having their TV experience ruined like me, so what is it you guys do differently?
Thank you
I bought my own TV for the first time recently, it's a Sony Bravia KDL-49WE753. It's great but it has a huge problem in that it's as reflective as a mirror, and it completely ruins the picture in dark scenes because I can see myself and my armchair, and the wall behind me.
The obvious option is to turn off the lights but if I do that, I get eye strain and headaches when a bright scene comes on. I've calibrated my TV for watching in a dark room and reducing the contrast any further to the point where bright scenes don't give me a headache makes the picture look dull and terrible for the darker scenes.
I've tried bias lighting (2 different ones from Amazon) and while it helps a bit, it doesn't really do nearly enough to combat the eyestrain issue. When used at the supposed ideal brightness (10% of the TV brightness), it simply doesn't make much difference, and when raised to high brightness it causes eyestrain and reflections of its own.
Basically it seems to me that I've got 3 options to choose from:
1) Eyestrain and headaches
2) Horrible reflections in the picture
3) Very dull and ruined picture contrast
Can anyone on this forum give me any advice on how to get out of this bind? Does anyone have the same issue? I'm quite upset because the TV was an expensive purchase for me. I have seen some people complaining about glossy screen reflections but clearly there aren't many people having their TV experience ruined like me, so what is it you guys do differently?
Thank you