Quite some time ago we predicted to death of plasma technology, albeit a tad early than was comfortable for most of our readers. The large reason behind this prediction was the advances being made in LCD technology. With the introduction of LED backlighting, LCD monitors have overcome one of the final hurdles that sets them apart from their plasma counterparts – black levels. Toshiba's REGZA 46SV670U capitalizes on this equalization of technologies and maximizes the viewing experience, bringing LCD into the realm of plasma and rendering blacks like you've never seen them before.
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yeah the blacks were great before the blooming issue came out!...ridiculous white clouds all over the screen in dark scenes and that means that the blacks arent that good ..it affects the PQ a lot in dark scenes....people should be aware before purchasing the 670u series!.. they suffer more from blooming then any other led local dimming sets yet!...from what i read!
Blacks are still good. What you have to realize is that as soon as a new technology comes out (especially for LCD) the propellerheads will find something "wrong" with it. Now sometimes they do us a service... other times (like this) they simply cause thousands of people to second guess a great purchase and become dissastisfied with something that works perfectly well under real-world conditions.
Some of my favorite excerpts from those pointing out this issue:
"but I was able to detect it by using complete dark screen and displaying an pause logo of PS3, only then was i able to notice any blooming, This concludes me to the fact that its very hard to actually run into blooming in real world use"
"Thanks to local dimming which controls the led brightness, the blooming effect is really hard to spot on real world use"
If you don't have the backlight cranked up, this also reduces any potential for this effect to become visible in real-world viewing. Overall, I didn't notice it as anything that was truly visible.
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Blacks are still good. What you have to realize is that as soon as a new technology comes out (especially for LCD) the propellerheads will find something "wrong" with it. Now sometimes they do us a service... other times (like this) they simply cause thousands of people to second guess a great purchase and become dissastisfied with something that works perfectly well under real-world conditions.
Some of my favorite excerpts from those pointing out this issue:
"but I was able to detect it by using complete dark screen and displaying an pause logo of PS3, only then was i able to notice any blooming, This concludes me to the fact that its very hard to actually run into blooming in real world use"
"Thanks to local dimming which controls the led brightness, the blooming effect is really hard to spot on real world use"
If you don't have the backlight cranked up, this also reduces any potential for this effect to become visible in real-world viewing. Overall, I didn't notice it as anything that was truly visible.
ok maybe the set i bought earlier this year was worst then other but i swear i could see the blooming even with 'normal' use...i was unable to watch movies anymore cause of the blooming...im not telling its a bad display im saying iv experienced it very badly..
ok maybe the set i bought earlier this year was worst then other but i swear i could see the blooming even with 'normal' use...i was unable to watch movies anymore cause of the blooming...im not telling its a bad display im saying iv experienced it very badly..
Have you done any kind of calibration? I found my Aquos to be terrible with many of the factory settings and a quick calibration got it looking very nice.
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Have you done any kind of calibration? I found my Aquos to be terrible with many of the factory settings and a quick calibration got it looking very nice.
no i didnt do any pro calibration on it...dont get me wrong when i bought the 55 670u it was because i really liked the PQ in the store but then the blooming issue started to be very bad a week or 2 later...it might be a good display but i just exchanged it for the panny tc-p54g10...
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