I may have to whip the back of my telly then. Not that i have been unhappy with it, but if i can make something better, then i have to give it a go.
Hi Courjezter
I've just been mentioning on the AVSForum the fact that LG's target for their MLL hovers around video black.
LG Plasma Panel tweaks for better blacks. - Page 26 - AVS Forum
rob80b said:For those working on older sets, 2008 and 2009 I just spent the morning cleaning up a few pixel misfires and noise on my PG25 but I'm amazed how much the panels improved in 2010/11.
Using the DVE disc it's impossible to get the outer third stripes on the pluge pattern on the PG25, on the other hand, the PX950 which also only showed the inner two bars before tweaking dropped the MLL way down, easily showing the outer third stripes, absolutely no comparison.
So I've been wondering if maybe LG hadn't bothered to change their panel adjustment procedures at the factory for the 2010- 2011 panels given the ability for the newer panels to produce an MLL way below video black. My theory is that the assemblers just followed older pre 2009 panel voltage guidelines to get an acceptable picture and left it at that, pity.
rob80b said:LG appear to have their panels MLL adjusted at video black, so black looks black within the actual picture, problem is the bars (which have no video information) when watching letter box films will only be as black as the pre adjusted MLL or video black (as in LG's case) which is not black-black and are clearly visible in a dark room, and dark scenes suffer as much.
As I mentioned both my PG25 and PX950 started their MLL at video black so if looking at the pluge pattern the outer stripes bellow video black can not be seen, the PG25 cannot not be adjusted lower than video black while PX959 can and non video information such as the bars in letter box are now invisible in a dark room.
I wasn't unhappy with the blacks on my PX950 prior to the panel adjustments either, but now that the panel's MLL is now so much lower and without the bars for letterbox being visible in a dark room the viewing experience becomes way more immersive, not to mention the increased contrast ratio so that there is more detail in shadow areas and dark scenes.
Another major benefit of the panel adjustments is almost the complete elimination of IR (image retention), I've experienced zero since the adjustments
And as I mentioned before, with LG being bashed with higher than acceptable black levels in regards to competition and unacceptable IR it's a mystery why they hadn't taken the steps to adjust their panels which IMHO are better than the competition, I'd go so far to say that my PX950 now matches Panasonics VT30 and Samsungs D8000 but without their inherent flaws.
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