alank2
Novice Member
My story is that I'm using a 15 year old 40" Sony TV that refuses to die and still has a great picture, but I want something larger. It was one of the first LED backlit models.
I tried a 55" Q80T and returned it yesterday for 2 reasons:
I didn't like the remote (no numbers, no input select).
The brightness would fluctuate wildly in a program that had white words in the background.
I did like its picture when it wasn't fluctuating.
So then I was looking at 55x900h, but I saw this in the rtings settings and it has me questioning local dimming all together:
"When displaying HDR content from streaming sources with subtitles, the subtitles can sometimes cause the screen brightness to fluctuate considerably, and there can be blooming around the subtitles in dark scenes. If this bothers you, we recommend decreasing, or even disabling the local dimming feature."
Is this a local dimming issue? An HDR is a new technology issue? It seems crazy to me to spend almost twice the price on a TV and have it do this - would I be better off looking at mid range models in the $500-$600 range like the 55x750h ?
I tried a 55" Q80T and returned it yesterday for 2 reasons:
I didn't like the remote (no numbers, no input select).
The brightness would fluctuate wildly in a program that had white words in the background.
I did like its picture when it wasn't fluctuating.
So then I was looking at 55x900h, but I saw this in the rtings settings and it has me questioning local dimming all together:
"When displaying HDR content from streaming sources with subtitles, the subtitles can sometimes cause the screen brightness to fluctuate considerably, and there can be blooming around the subtitles in dark scenes. If this bothers you, we recommend decreasing, or even disabling the local dimming feature."
Is this a local dimming issue? An HDR is a new technology issue? It seems crazy to me to spend almost twice the price on a TV and have it do this - would I be better off looking at mid range models in the $500-$600 range like the 55x750h ?