fraggle
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John Lewis in Milton Keynes has these three in.
The Samsung OLED and Panny LCD are in an almost perfect arrangement to view them side by side (the Panny is about 5' further back than the Sammy).
Samsung had their promo HD video running. Panasonic had their 4K promo running. LG had SD TV on it inititally, and then the LG HD promo.
Samsung : Absolutely gob smackingly good, as it has been every time i've been in there. I did wait until scenes with blues came on, and no problems whatsoever. I did not see the Samsung with an SD image sadly.
Panny : It's great for an LCD. Contrast is great, colours great, but next to the Samsung it just could not match the brightness and "pop" of the Samsung. Plus at more than 20 degrees either side of dead on you could tell the image was worsening, becoming flatter, so not a great viewing angle.
LG : The SD image looked absolutely *terrible*. Imagine the cheapest, worst plasma you can, and you've got it. Every single LCD TV around it looked better. I grabbed the remote and started adjusting the settings back to "normal" but didn't get far before a sales assistant came up. He switched it back to the LG HD promo which still looked terrible, just a crisp, HD terrible. It looked like sharpening was turned up to 11, image processing ditto.
I have seen the LG look really nice with the LG promo, but seeing how bad the SD footage was has me really concerned. Definitely one thing I'll pay very careful attention too when I come to replace my aging Panny 720p plasma.
One other brand that stood out was Sony. A few of their LCD TVs looked as good as the new Panasonic AX802, contrast, colour, clarity. Comparing them did get me wondering what all the fuss was about.
The Samsung OLED and Panny LCD are in an almost perfect arrangement to view them side by side (the Panny is about 5' further back than the Sammy).
Samsung had their promo HD video running. Panasonic had their 4K promo running. LG had SD TV on it inititally, and then the LG HD promo.
Samsung : Absolutely gob smackingly good, as it has been every time i've been in there. I did wait until scenes with blues came on, and no problems whatsoever. I did not see the Samsung with an SD image sadly.
Panny : It's great for an LCD. Contrast is great, colours great, but next to the Samsung it just could not match the brightness and "pop" of the Samsung. Plus at more than 20 degrees either side of dead on you could tell the image was worsening, becoming flatter, so not a great viewing angle.
LG : The SD image looked absolutely *terrible*. Imagine the cheapest, worst plasma you can, and you've got it. Every single LCD TV around it looked better. I grabbed the remote and started adjusting the settings back to "normal" but didn't get far before a sales assistant came up. He switched it back to the LG HD promo which still looked terrible, just a crisp, HD terrible. It looked like sharpening was turned up to 11, image processing ditto.
I have seen the LG look really nice with the LG promo, but seeing how bad the SD footage was has me really concerned. Definitely one thing I'll pay very careful attention too when I come to replace my aging Panny 720p plasma.
One other brand that stood out was Sony. A few of their LCD TVs looked as good as the new Panasonic AX802, contrast, colour, clarity. Comparing them did get me wondering what all the fuss was about.