[rob619]

Originally Posted by Olly C

Well.. No joy for me

I called up customer support, the first guy said he understood my issue and was going to do something then at the last minute asked me to e-mail some pictures, I said it'd be hard but I'd try, sent pictures in and called them back spoke to a different guy and he said that since they were 'close to the edge' they wouldn't escalte the issue and that with the ammount of pixels theres always the chance of a few being like that.

Great stuff..

Anyways I'm now going to go through the DSR method (that the Aquos team reccomended) using the online e-mail return form within your account on the site, their blurb goes like this:

"We hope that all of our customers are happy with their purchases. If any product we deliver is not what you ordered or is defective or damaged, please let our Customer Service Department know as soon as possible and we will provide a refund or replacement in accordance with our Returns Policy."

So hopefully they'll want to make this customer happy and replace/refund the set, will keep you updated as to what they say..

Thats disgusting. Exactly what they have done to me! Imagine if I wasn't the day distance selling regulations period, I along with other Sharp customer would have been screwed!

That "Five Year Warrenty" crap is a joke. If they can't help now what will they do when the 5 year warrenty is in effect. "send me picture"..."we dont classify it as a fault"

Like you have said, if you are not happy it should be know questions asked replacement sent! Why would we make stuff up about a set we spent good money on

Sharp customer sales really needs to sort itself out!

[lloydread]

It seems to depend on who you get... I never sent pictures as I was at work and they agreed to swap it anyway, perhaps that's the way to go?
I would phone back and say you have noticed another dead pixel in the middle of the screen but say the camera has broke

[solidamber]

I just read that one customer had some dead pixels sharp then asked for pictures where not happy with that, asked for a picture showing all four corners then asked for a video!

[rob619]

Originally Posted by solidamber

I just read that one customer had some dead pixels sharp then asked for pictures where not happy with that, asked for a picture showing all four corners then asked for a video!

"asked for a video" haha!. I am going to use Lloydread's tactic, say you are at work and the cameras broke! If they can't help us, why should we help them

[SteveT1138]

Originally Posted by rob619

Very suprising! What was the fault on your tv? Didn't they ask you to send them any pictures of the fault?

Nope, no pictures requested. The fault was that unless you were sat directly in front of the set (and by directly I mean if you moved your head more than a couple of inches from dead centre) the picture washed out completely and when showing a dark scene the dark area detail vanished into a mass of black blocks. This was using the standard picture setting out of the box.

[Olly C]

Right so in a better turn of events..

I used the online return form enquiry last night and they called me about 11am this morning to say they would replace the set, the lady on the end of the phone was very positive from the get-go rather than the dedicated Aquos TV line who were blunt and negative before even mentioning any fault.

She has arranged an RMA return label and the TV could of been picked up as early 2moro but since it takes 3 days to deliver a new one I'm now getting it picked up on Monday instead and that should mean the new TV will arrive on the same day or Tuesday at the latest.

I asked about their policy on this kind of fault and explained that I recently had a Dell LED LCD PC Screen with one dead pixel that was replaced in this way, afterwards the second one was fine and I've been happy with it ever since, she said that they would very much try and help me be happy with my purchase but as PC screens are smaller (Still 23") and you sit closer these faults are easier to notice and therfore considered more of a problem, also as the TV is bigger and has millions of pixels there was more of a chance of it happening, although saying that on the Sharp website they say "Failed Pixels are very rare on Aquos LCD TV's"

To wrap it up she said that if I faced the same problem on the new set then I could either replace it again or seek a refund, all in all I'm much happier with the service using that support option rather than the very poor dedicated Aquos line support (which may useful if say your TV doesn't power on at all in three years time or has a fault that doesn't need to be proved and is subject to opinion but for these I guess "subjective faults" fairly useless)

Will keep all updated, next post will be about image quality and setup..

[Olly C]

On my current 40" set while watching a football game in 3D I noticed a 6 inch wide vertical band down the center of the screen that is hard to explain but I'd best call it slightly shadowy? When the ball is switched from one half to the other (aka route one :P) I really notice this cloudy line, this is also the case in 2D as well, and if you pull up a white .jpeg image that fills the screen and move your head right and left you can see it too.

Now is this what people mean by banding issue? I know of the dead pixel issues and edge backlight issues too (which I dont think mine suffers from?)

I also found while watching dark scenes in a film last night (Hanna on Sky Movies in HD) the seemed to be a lot of what I'd call motion blur? What ever it is it certainly wasn't ever visable on my 5 year old Sony 32v2000 LCD TV, its almost as if it lacks sharpness or clarity even though this set is 1080p and my old one was only 720p (I know Sky HD is only shown in 1080i though so the same on both)

I might have a look through the thread and AVForums Review for better settings than the standard ones but at the moment the picture just doesn't beat or even match my old Sony one..

Another issue I have is with Sky+HD, when I turn the TV into 3D mode and watch a program I think something to do with the 3D infrared signal messes with the Sky Remote making nearly impossible to pause/rewind or anything really when the 3D mode is on, anyone else experienced this?

[lloydread]

Originally Posted by Olly C

On my current 40" set while watching a football game in 3D I noticed a 6 inch wide vertical band down the center of the screen that is hard to explain but I'd best call it slightly shadowy? When the ball is switched from one half to the other (aka route one :P) I really notice this cloudy line, this is also the case in 2D as well, and if you pull up a white .jpeg image that fills the screen and move your head right and left you can see it too.

Now is this what people mean by banding issue? I know of the dead pixel issues and edge backlight issues too (which I dont think mine suffers from?)

I also found while watching dark scenes in a film last night (Hanna on Sky Movies in HD) the seemed to be a lot of what I'd call motion blur? What ever it is it certainly wasn't ever visable on my 5 year old Sony 32v2000 LCD TV, its almost as if it lacks sharpness or clarity even though this set is 1080p and my old one was only 720p (I know Sky HD is only shown in 1080i though so the same on both)

I might have a look through the thread and AVForums Review for better settings than the standard ones but at the moment the picture just doesn't beat or even match my old Sony one..

Another issue I have is with Sky+HD, when I turn the TV into 3D mode and watch a program I think something to do with the 3D infrared signal messes with the Sky Remote making nearly impossible to pause/rewind or anything really when the 3D mode is on, anyone else experienced this?

Hi Olly, it does sounds like you're seeing the banding, although in a more extreme way... I've found that every TV I've seen which is edgelit has it to some degree, but every set is different my one now is fine but I can still notice it if I look for it... there is one line on the left which is more obvious and is just visable on a grey screen but I accept it as a fault of the tech rather than the TV, if I just watch the screen rather than looking for faults I rarely notice it, nore does anyone else. I've posted a grey screen test in part 1 of this thread which may give you some reference. Also have a look at the Samsung D7000/D8000 thread as they seem to suffer really badly with this.

As for the blur issue, I find this TV is amazingly blur free... if you use the scanning backlight on scan (or high if you want it looking too smooth) then it removes the blur to almost nothing IMO, with the scanning backlight off it has a tiny amount. Football seems to really test it and you have to remember it is an LCD and not a plasma so it'll never be 'as good' in that respect
There is a well documented 'blue overdrive trailing' issue on sharp TVs, it seems that black can cause some dark blue trailing... you'll need to look it up on youtube to get an idea - I have rarely noticed this in real world viewing tho, but it is there if you test for it - maybe this is what you are seeing?

This is a £500 TV (40") which competes with the top models which can be over £1000 so I can forgive a few niggles personally... although it did take 5 of these TVs before I got one I'm happy with

[Olly C]

Originally Posted by lloydread

Hi Olly, it does sounds like you're seeing the banding, although in a more extreme way... I've found that every TV I've seen which is edgelit has it to some degree, but every set is different my one now is fine but I can still notice it if I look for it... there is one line on the left which is more obvious and is just visable on a grey screen but I accept it as a fault of the tech rather than the TV, if I just watch the screen rather than looking for faults I rarely notice it, nore does anyone else. I've posted a grey screen test in part 1 of this thread which may give you some reference. Also have a look at the Samsung D7000/D8000 thread as they seem to suffer really badly with this.

As for the blur issue, I find this TV is amazingly blur free... if you use the scanning backlight on scan (or high if you want it looking too smooth) then it removes the blur to almost nothing IMO, with the scanning backlight off it has a tiny amount. Football seems to really test it and you have to remember it is an LCD and not a plasma so it'll never be 'as good' in that respect
There is a well documented 'blue overdrive trailing' issue on sharp TVs, it seems that black can cause some dark blue trailing... you'll need to look it up on youtube to get an idea - I have rarely noticed this in real world viewing tho, but it is there if you test for it - maybe this is what you are seeing?

This is a £500 TV (40") which competes with the top models which can be over £1000 so I can forgive a few niggles personally... although it did take 5 of these TVs before I got one I'm happy with

Cheers for the input, I've gone ahead and calibrated the TV using the FlatPanelHD websites settings and I'll see how I get on, I figure I'd play around with this TV over the next few days and see if I can find settings that I'll be happy with when the replacement arrives so I can set the new one up and enjoy

My choices of TV were between the Sharp LE, Sony HX and Samsung D7000 after reading up on reviews I chose this one reguardless of the price, my budget was around £1,000 but I went for this one because it seemed to suit my needs best. I understand your point when you mention about it competing with others though..

I'm going to try some gaming out and watch some football and films with these new settings, if all goes well and my new set arrives monday and fault free then I'm sure i'll be happy with my choice!

Saying that since I moved my room around (Could only fit a 32" pre-move) its left me thinking I could of got away with the 46" version instead, doh!

[mabbyb]

Hi Olly, it does sounds like you're seeing the banding, although in a more extreme way... I've found that every TV I've seen which is edgelit has it to some degree, but every set is different my one now is fine but I can still notice it if I look for it... there is one line on the left which is more obvious and is just visable on a grey screen but I accept it as a fault of the tech rather than the TV, if I just watch the screen rather than looking for faults I rarely notice it, nore does anyone else.

In the last year I've been on a mission to find a tv I'm happy with.

The list is......

Samsung le40c650 x 2
LG 32ld490
Samsung ue40d5520
Panasonic 50st30
Lg lw550t x 2 (one of which I still own)
Samsung ue40d6530
Sharp 40le831 x 2 (one of which I still own)

I can safely say all the led/lcd tv's on the list have had banding to some degree. You are correct when you say it is a fault of the tech as opposed to the tv.

I have given up trying to find a tv without any banding as I really don't think they exist. The 2 tv's I own have very minor banding & I really have to look for it to see it, if I follow the action on the tv it is hardly noticeable, though the hard bit is training my eyes not to look for it which is difficult once you know it is there.

[flippence]

[QUOTE=lloydread;16548488

This is a £500 TV (40") which competes with the top models which can be over £1000 so I can forgive a few niggles personally... although it did take 5 of these TVs before I got one I'm happy with [/QUOTE]

This is a £1000 set reduced to £500 and should compete. In the same way that a GT30 can be had for £650 and would compete well with £1000 sets.

Held off purchase of Sharp due to issues previously noted.

[rob619]

Originally Posted by Olly C

Right so in a better turn of events..

I used the online return form enquiry last night and they called me about 11am this morning to say they would replace the set, the lady on the end of the phone was very positive from the get-go rather than the dedicated Aquos TV line who were blunt and negative before even mentioning any fault.

She has arranged an RMA return label and the TV could of been picked up as early 2moro but since it takes 3 days to deliver a new one I'm now getting it picked up on Monday instead and that should mean the new TV will arrive on the same day or Tuesday at the latest.

I asked about their policy on this kind of fault and explained that I recently had a Dell LED LCD PC Screen with one dead pixel that was replaced in this way, afterwards the second one was fine and I've been happy with it ever since, she said that they would very much try and help me be happy with my purchase but as PC screens are smaller (Still 23") and you sit closer these faults are easier to notice and therfore considered more of a problem, also as the TV is bigger and has millions of pixels there was more of a chance of it happening, although saying that on the Sharp website they say "Failed Pixels are very rare on Aquos LCD TV's"

To wrap it up she said that if I faced the same problem on the new set then I could either replace it again or seek a refund, all in all I'm much happier with the service using that support option rather than the very poor dedicated Aquos line support (which may useful if say your TV doesn't power on at all in three years time or has a fault that doesn't need to be proved and is subject to opinion but for these I guess "subjective faults" fairly useless)

Will keep all updated, next post will be about image quality and setup..

What was the number you called and recommend Olly? They have so many numbers and the ones I call, the staff have bad attitude, just give you one word answers! Hopefully the number you use will rectify the problem.

[lloydread]

Originally Posted by flippence

This is a £1000 set reduced to £500 and should compete. In the same way that a GT30 can be had for £650 and would compete well with £1000 sets.

Held off purchase of Sharp due to issues previously noted.

Yeah I see your point, but for me I spent £500 on a tv I consider to be better than anything in that price range.. I think it's amazing, I was just unlucky my first my tv's as this one is pretty much perfect

[Olly C]

Originally Posted by rob619

What was the number you called and recommend Olly? They have so many numbers and the ones I call, the staff have bad attitude, just give you one word answers! Hopefully the number you use will rectify the problem.

I didn't call them to get the good service Rob, I went through my account on the website, when you click on your order theres a button to return the items, type in your for reason and your mobile number and they will get back to you within 1 day.

Every number I tried ring to get support got me to a person who was very blunt and seemed to fob you off with short responses too, if they have a way to make a complaint about the after sales service I'd be willing to do it since I found it that bad.

I'm still trying to find optimal picture settings for my TV before the new set arrives, I thought I'd found something acceptable and used that for playing my Xbox for a while (albeit on a new game I hadn't played before so I didn't have expected colours in my head aleady) then when switching back to watching Sky HD found it fairly off still.

To prove its not just me (I'd say I'm fairly picky when it comes to this sort of stuff but hey its alot of money on a product I want to fully enjoy) I watched my usual weekly viewing on The Walking Dead on FX HD with my brother and straight away he mentioned the blurry mess in shadows and darker scenes, it looks terrible and I fail to see how this new £1000+ RRP 2011 TV can be so much worse than a 5 year old 720p Sony LCD in terms of showing SD/HD and during games!?

I'll keep trying with new settings (Just done a factory reset) and maybe the new set that comes will be better all round (I hope) but if the new one comes and I can't even get the settings on-par with my old LCD let alone better I'll have to just sent it back and get a refund.

On the positive side I really like the litte Aquos light on the front of the TV under the Sharp logo

[rob619]

Originally Posted by Olly C

I didn't call them to get the good service Rob, I went through my account on the website, when you click on your order theres a button to return the items, type in your for reason and your mobile number and they will get back to you within 1 day.

Every number I tried ring to get support got me to a person who was very blunt and seemed to fob you off with short responses too, if they have a way to make a complaint about the after sales service I'd be willing to do it since I found it that bad.

I'm still trying to find optimal picture settings for my TV before the new set arrives, I thought I'd found something acceptable and used that for playing my Xbox for a while (albeit on a new game I hadn't played before so I didn't have expected colours in my head aleady) then when switching back to watching Sky HD found it fairly off still.

To prove its not just me (I'd say I'm fairly picky when it comes to this sort of stuff but hey its alot of money on a product I want to fully enjoy) I watched my usual weekly viewing on The Walking Dead on FX HD with my brother and straight away he mentioned the blurry mess in shadows and darker scenes, it looks terrible and I fail to see how this new £1000+ RRP 2011 TV can be so much worse than a 5 year old 720p Sony LCD in terms of showing SD/HD and during games!?

I'll keep trying with new settings (Just done a factory reset) and maybe the new set that comes will be better all round (I hope) but if the new one comes and I can't even get the settings on-par with my old LCD let alone better I'll have to just sent it back and get a refund.

On the positive side I really like the litte Aquos light on the front of the TV under the Sharp logo

Dammit! I actually saw that button, but due to past experience have always called a company as its quicker and more personal. However like you have said they did not help one bit, and just didnt take no for an answer!

Anyways on your blurry-ness issue. You are right that the fact that tv's made 5 years ago have better features then ones out today in 2011/2012 . Like with the Sharp the EPG, cuts of the sound so if you want to view information regarding a tv programme you will miss what you are watching or have to wait for the internal

The blurry issue I couldn't see a problem on however, mine was amazing in handling fast moving images such as footy. Much sure your scanning backlight is on.

[Olly C]

Originally Posted by rob619

Dammit! I actually saw that button, but due to past experience have always called a company as its quicker and more personal. However like you have said they did not help one bit, and just didnt take no for an answer!

Anyways on your blurry-ness issue. You are right that the fact that tv's made 5 years ago have better features then ones out today in 2011/2012 . Like with the Sharp the EPG, cuts of the sound so if you want to view information regarding a tv programme you will miss what you are watching or have to wait for the internal

The blurry issue I couldn't see a problem on however, mine was amazing in handling fast moving images such as footy. Much sure your scanning backlight is on.

I did exactly the same, I thought it'd be better and faster to call and speak to someone rather than try and e-mail to get a response, but apparently with Sharp thats not the way to go! :P

I also have a Sony 46W5500 from a few years back downstairs in the living room and again the quality of that set is emmense and that was only £550 at the time too, so why hasn't the quality aparently transfered over to the new Sony 3D LED TV's?

My blurryness isuues arent related to the speed of things moving, I played Fifa 12 just fine (except from seeing that banding issue down the middle I explained) and the same with Need for Speed no motion blur to note, its more a lack of clarity, my brother described it as like the parts of an RTS games map that you either haven't discovered or have discovered but aren't near at the moment lol

I'm sat here viewing this page on my 23" Dell LED Monitor, the colours are great and the crispness of the fonts and movement is sharp, also I have no problem playing Burnout Paradise with reguards to motion blur or anything so basically why can't my TV offer the same quality in picture?

[rob619]

Originally Posted by Olly C

I did exactly the same, I thought it'd be better and faster to call and speak to someone rather than try and e-mail to get a response, but apparently with Sharp thats not the way to go! :P

I also have a Sony 46W5500 from a few years back downstairs in the living room and again the quality of that set is emmense and that was only £550 at the time too, so why hasn't the quality aparently transfered over to the new Sony 3D LED TV's?

My blurryness isuues arent related to the speed of things moving, I played Fifa 12 just fine (except from seeing that banding issue down the middle I explained) and the same with Need for Speed no motion blur to note, its more a lack of clarity, my brother described it as like the parts of an RTS games map that you either haven't discovered or have discovered but aren't near at the moment lol

I'm sat here viewing this page on my 23" Dell LED Monitor, the colours are great and the crispness of the fonts and movement is sharp, also I have no problem playing Burnout Paradise with reguards to motion blur or anything so basically why can't my TV offer the same quality in picture?

I see what you mean. After so many years, you expect technology to naturally improve. I don't mean that in relation to the Sharp tv but generally, some features such as user interface, clouding etc. My Sony tv from 5 years previously is better!!

This is just manufacturers cutting costs and corners, advertising one "killer" feature and leaving the rest in the corner. If anybody has come up with a perfect tv, please let me know?? However I don't think there is one out there as yet.

[MidnightOwl]

Anyone ordered from Sharp affinity via Quidco and got cashback ? Tried it and got declined (due to not meeting T&Cs) .. so was wondering if anyone has been successful.

[Olly C]

Originally Posted by MidnightOwl

Anyone ordered from Sharp affinity via Quidco and got cashback ? Tried it and got declined (due to not meeting T&Cs) .. so was wondering if anyone has been successful.

I'll let you know how I get on, mine didn't track so I raised a claim and its sitting at £24.95 at the moment, however looking on TopCashBacks website it mentions in the conditions that no Cash Back is tracked when using Affinty deals, I looked and it didn't mention it via QuidCo hense I used that even though its 5% less..

[ponty1050]

Originally Posted by rob619

. If anybody has come up with a perfect tv, please let me know?? However I don't think there is one out there as yet.

There probably is but I doubt you'll find it in Sainsbury's for £500.

[solidamber]

Any recommendations for a budget 3D enabled player
spotted this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...=hotukdeals-21

any thoughts could sell the free disks for £20 or so

[lloydread]

Originally Posted by MidnightOwl

Anyone ordered from Sharp affinity via Quidco and got cashback ? Tried it and got declined (due to not meeting T&Cs) .. so was wondering if anyone has been successful.

I just had exactly the same thing! I have emailed back complaining and they are now sending it to the Quidco Admin Team to investigate - I can't see that any T&Cs have been breached.

Originally Posted by Olly C

I'm still trying to find optimal picture settings for my TV before the new set arrives, I thought I'd found something acceptable and used that for playing my Xbox for a while (albeit on a new game I hadn't played before so I didn't have expected colours in my head aleady) then when switching back to watching Sky HD found it fairly off still.

To prove its not just me (I'd say I'm fairly picky when it comes to this sort of stuff but hey its alot of money on a product I want to fully enjoy) I watched my usual weekly viewing on The Walking Dead on FX HD with my brother and straight away he mentioned the blurry mess in shadows and darker scenes, it looks terrible and I fail to see how this new £1000+ RRP 2011 TV can be so much worse than a 5 year old 720p Sony LCD in terms of showing SD/HD and during games!?

I don't have this problem, it's one of the best TVs I've seen IMO... I can't remember the settings I've eventually used but start with Movie and adjust the colour temp to middle, DNR OFF, Active Contrast OFF and also with anything other than 1080p, Sharpness +2. Any pics of what you mean?

[deanos]

Originally Posted by solidamber

Any recommendations for a budget 3D enabled player
spotted this Sony BDPS480B.CEK 3D Blu-Ray Disc: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

any thoughts could sell the free disks for £20 or so

I have a Sony player (S570) , works perfectly with the TV

[solidamber]

Received mine today, some initial reaction, first off I haven't got a bluray player yet, Why? My upscaling Denon player does such great job! Dvds look like many a HD demo I've seen.... First SD (sky) quite disappointing, the pictures that looks fine on my Panasonic plasma look very youtube like on the Sharp. Watching a bit of Casino Royal DVD via the 1080p upscale on the Denon look great, you can see every hair and pockmark on peoples skin. all the detail showed up... sets and stunts looked like you can see it's movie set, if you know what I mean, YELLOW wow
I dont think that extra yellow pixel was a good idea everything yellow was highly exaggerated the yellow cabs popped out the screen and that's without 3D turned on! and explosions where sickly yellow. I'll have to play around with the settings.

now looking at this budget player, apparently it is easily made multi region for DVD and Blu ray
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-BDX3...1311715&sr=1-1 any thoughts

[lloydread]

Originally Posted by solidamber

Received mine today, some initial reaction, first off I haven't got a bluray player yet, Why? My upscaling Denon player does such great job! Dvds look like many a HD demo I've seen.... First SD (sky) quite disappointing, the pictures that looks fine on my Panasonic plasma look very youtube like on the Sharp. Watching a bit of Casino Royal DVD via the 1080p upscale on the Denon look great, you can see every hair and pockmark on peoples skin. all the detail showed up... sets and stunts looked like you can see it's movie set, if you know what I mean, YELLOW wow
I dont think that extra yellow pixel was a good idea everything yellow was highly exaggerated the yellow cabs popped out the screen and that's without 3D turned on! and explosions where sickly yellow. I'll have to play around with the settings.

now looking at this budget player, apparently it is easily made multi region for DVD and Blu ray
Toshiba BDX3200 3D Blu-Ray Player with BD Live: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics any thoughts

The thing with this tv is that it really needs tweaking, standard is just awful IMO... Look up settings and then play around a little, the picture will reward you for it!!

[mabbyb]

Does anyone have a "torchlight" effect above the Sharp logo & beneath the bezel directly above on the top off the screen ? It is only noticeable on panning shots whilst watching football etc.

Both the le831's I've had have had this.

[solidamber]

The 56" JVC LCD projector TV I just sold had this effect above the JVC logo on the bottom of the screen

[mabbyb]

Does anyone have a "torchlight" effect above the Sharp logo & beneath the bezel directly above on the top off the screen ? It is only noticeable on panning shots whilst watching football etc.

Both the le831's I've had have had this.

If anyone could give some info on this it would be greatly appreciated as the tv is only just over a week old & I am trying to decide whether to return it for this and banding. On the subject of banding, is it very common with this tv or is there a high chance I could get one without banding if I were to return it ?

[rob619]

Originally Posted by mabbyb

If anyone could give some info on this it would be greatly appreciated as the tv is only just over a week & I am trying to decide whether to return it for this and banding. On the subject of banding, is it very common with this tv or is there a high chance I could get one without banding if I were to return it ?

Sorry to sound stupid, I am sure it has already been explained on this forum before but what is banding? I have not noticed it on the 2 Sharp's I've owned, however I don't know what this is!

[mabbyb]

Sorry to sound stupid, I am sure it has already been explained on this forum before but what is banding? I have not noticed it on the 2 Sharp's I've owned, however I don't know what this is!

Not at all, believe me banding is one of those things you don't want to know much about.

It is basically vertical shadows (or brighter strips) running from the top to bottom of the screen, which are only visible during panning shots i.e foootball & golf, or when the screen is a uniform colour.

If you have not seen it I would strongly advise you not to look for it, as once you have spotted it your eyes are constantly drawn to it. As I put in an earlier post I have seen it in every tv I have owned in the last year (which there is a long list) & I am starting to think it is present in every led/lcd tv to some degree.