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SpotTheCat wrote:There are other factors that matter as much as contrast ratio. Color and greyscale accuracy and false contouring especially for plasmas. Far too many plasmas still have that neon green look to vegetation and if you don't know what false contouring is, it's very annoying.That said, aim for the panel with the deepest black you can find.
Vrock wrote:SpotTheCat wrote:There are other factors that matter as much as contrast ratio. Color and greyscale accuracy and false contouring especially for plasmas. Far too many plasmas still have that neon green look to vegetation and if you don't know what false contouring is, it's very annoying.That said, aim for the panel with the deepest black you can find.
http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5107912 ... contouring
Vrock wrote:SpotTheCat wrote:There are other factors that matter as much as contrast ratio. Color and greyscale accuracy and false contouring especially for plasmas. Far too many plasmas still have that neon green look to vegetation and if you don't know what false contouring is, it's very annoying.That said, aim for the panel with the deepest black you can find.
http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5107912 ... contouring
JustAnEngineer wrote:I'd be looking for true 1920x1080p resolution as a must. I'd also like a 120Hz scan rate with the ability to handle 1080/24p Blu-ray viewing without any telecine judder.
JustAnEngineer wrote:I haven't dived into the technical reasons, but you can walk into your local Buy More or other retailer that has a bunch of LCD TVs on display and pick out the Sharp and Sony models from halfway across the room. They seem to have better picture quality than most of the others.
Nitrodist wrote:I need a nice HDTV. What's the best that I can do with $800-1400?
Flying Fox wrote:Banding is a more generic term that can be used to describe a few different visual anomalies. Backlight banding, for one.Vrock wrote:SpotTheCat wrote:There are other factors that matter as much as contrast ratio. Color and greyscale accuracy and false contouring especially for plasmas. Far too many plasmas still have that neon green look to vegetation and if you don't know what false contouring is, it's very annoying.That said, aim for the panel with the deepest black you can find.
http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5107912 ... contouring
How's that different from banding?