I have a french window right opposite to my TV and it is curtained. Many people have demoed the setup and end up buying the TV inspite of that. There are further more people in the forum who are happy with curtained window for morning time viewing.
I really want to know what you end up buying as your next TV for all the the loose talk you make.
Pictures speak louder than words. Here's my B450's black levels in perfectly dark conditions. For reference are placed my 3 year old Sony VAIO' LCD and my new Dell's LED displays. I'm displaying a 1280x720, completely black image fullscreen in all three.
As you can see, the black levels are average and only slightly better than the inferior laptop LCD displays.
Now, comparing the three in daylight. Today, btw, is an overcast day in Chennai and my windows are curtained and south-facing and there's an apartment building right next to the windows, which blocks some sunlight. Displaying the same 1280x720 black image,
Now, the inferior laptop displays actually show better black levels than B450.
Black level is one thing I can show you through pictures. There are other problems too, like non-neutral colors, color dithering and sometimes flickering (both due to the same reason, PWM method used in plasmas.) and temporary image retention (because of which, moving white objects on a black background, create black trails) that degrades pictures quality on B450. I can't show you these problems through pictures. You could download a color spectrum sheet to check the PWM issues. You could check rolling credits to check for the image retention issue. Once you know what these problems are you'll start noticing them while watching movies too.
NOTES: All three displays are kept at usual viewing settings. B450, if you wanna know is kept at brightness-50, contrast-85, cell light-10, gamma-0. These settings were optimized for darkest black while not losing black detail, by calibrating with slides I use to calibrate monitors, Pixar HT calibration and of course tens of HD material.
I've taken the pain to click these pictures to make a point.
The point being, budget plasmas do NOT provide image quality on par with more expensive plasmas. In bright rooms, budget LCDs might provide better picture quality than these plasmas, albeit with a viewing angle problem. A good reason to choose a budget plasma would be when one wants a big screen for a small price, while compromising on image quality.
Blasto, you take the pains to dig through my 3 month old posts but why is that you aren't quoting posts where I've actually said I'm dissatisfied with my TV's performance and that I'm pissed off with Samsung ? You're just imagining I said all this. If you want to remain oblivious to B450's weaknesses, have fun enjoying your TV and keep your 'expert' opinions to yourself. And argue like a civilized man with rational arguments and stop using phrases like " 'bark' elsewhere".
