Low Contrast Ratio? This TV's 1300:1 contrast ratio is really low, isn't it?
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Contrast Ratio is a bit of a marketing ploy and the numbers are hard to follow since there is no official scale. Basicly, LCDs have fantastic whites but weaker blacks, while Plasma has superb blacks versus muted whites. The Sony's contrast ratio is good.
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I find glare a problem as well. As one poster says, "the reflection is not a bother at all", well, that makes me wonder is there is still some reflection. I have a matte screen now and love it - no glare even with direct light. I'd love to upgrade my TV to 1080p but can't seem to find screens that are matte any more. So frustrating when manufactures do stuff like this. They should at least make it an option.
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Well, I can't give a textbook definition. But when buying an LCD or plasma, I would go by the "Native" or "Static" contrast ratio. Dynamic is an inflated number. I had to learn the hard way. Bought 32" Sammy LCD and thought that 7000:1 "Dynamic" contrast ratio meant something. End up finding out the "Static" or "Native" was actually 1500:1. A lot of companies won't even list the true number. 30,000:1 is pretty high. Visually I don't know how it stacks up to 20,000:1 though. I would think that 33% more would be better and noticeable. I hope so since my 42PZ85U is arriving on the 10th. Higher is always better, if you ask me. I hate it when blacks look like charcoal. You will definitely notice it with LCD's. And I really hate that backlight and motion-blur. LCD makes for great computer monitors. But I have yet to see a high-end LCD hold a candle to even a mid-range plasma. LCD is more popular right now so people will buy into the hype. I did. Hope this helped a little.
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It's an HD TV, but not the best resolution. My guess is the the salesperson was probably refering to the display resolution of this model - 1024 x 768. They are probably trying to sell you a more expensive set with better specs.
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Be sure to follow Chompy's advice, turn the sharpness level to *zero*. That helps a lot. At first I was so disappointed with the performance of this tv for xbox one. After I turned the sharpness level to 0 everything changed. It's not blur anymore and the quality of the picture is amazing!
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Thomas, I have the same issue. The settings taken from CNET look god awful. Movie mode looks particularly heinous. It places a sort of grey/green film over the colors and the picture. Dynamic seemed to be a better mode for me. Contrast 100/ Brightness 45ish/ Sharpness 0/Color 46/ Tint 50-50/Color tone Cool 1
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ive had my tv for a few months and its pretty crystal clear. my boyfriend figured out the settings for me but he just plays around with it. he has the setting like this: picture mode- standard, backlight- 72, contrast- 100, color- 25, brightness- 0, sharpness- 6.Now under advanced picture settings:auto brightness- off, dynalight- on, dynamic contrast- high, edge enhancer- off, noise reduction- off, clear scan- cinema.Good Luck
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You can adjust the aspect ratio so that it fills the entire screen, but that would distort the picture somewhat. I like to put it in 4:3 mode, so it looks like a normal picture. Burn-in warnings be damned! But you'll be watching the important stuff through the HD air antenna anyway.I think the SD picture is just okay. It's a bit pixelated (probably because of the size of the TV) and the colors don't seem as sharp as my 23-year old Sony Trinitron. Once you see the HD picture, SD will look that much worse.
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That's good to know Bridger. I have this one (Samsung plasma PN50B450) as well and the manual states that brightness and contrast should be reduced to prevent burn in while play video games. Also appreciate the first hundred hour rule-mixing tv with games.Thanks. The only thing I'm worried about is my kids walking away from a video game and a screen just sitting there. But hey, for the price you could buy another one and not spend what you can for a 1080p lcd 52 inch. I know that defeats the purpose but isn't that why you would be interesed in this tv anyways? for the price?
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there's contrast ratio and dynamic contrast ratio. a tv with a contrast ratioof 1600:1 has a dynamic contrast ratio of 8:000:1. be sure to compareCR to CR and DCR to DCR.
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I believe the main difference is the dynamic contrast ratio 8,000,000:1 vs. 12,000,000:1
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As for the distortion %, I do not know. But I personally cannot detect any distortion during any of the movies, game or television.
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I don't for a minute believe this TV is 1080, but for composite inputs I get a pretty good picture quality out of mine. Have you checked the source?
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That is seen with TV's with at least 120Hz refresh rate, this is only 60Hz, so no. Some people don't like it, I actually like it very much, it gives a more realistic look
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Rich, why do you feel you really need to tweek this TV so much. You stated that my earlier reply back to you, was not useful. Do you own this tv? IF not, no wonder you didn't like my reply. This television only involves minor tweeking of the Contrast and the backlight. This will drastically result in a better picture than those 3 standard settings. Do not mess with the color pallettes or anything elso at that matter. They are set perfectly to accomadate Toshiba's hd dvd players and so forth. hd input source from hd dish network/direct tv also looks great. If you are really into tweeking your set, my guess is that it will only hurt you with this tv. Toshiba really did a great job on this t.v. Not much messing around. It reallylooks wonderful straight out of the box. I would just set the contrast and backlight. thats it!!!
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Yeah, I noticed that too. I am still debating between this model and another. Let me know what you think about the TV. Thanks.
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I think the sample I have outputs 16:9 on a one year old TV. There maybe a way to adjust this. For now I can only find a switch for number of pixels. I hope this helps.