Scooby2000
Distinguished Member
In defence of Scooby, of course black levels are important, as I said on the review that's why dynamic range and black levels are at the top of our scoring criteria. However I do agree that we shouldn't get too hung up on measurements, although having said that 0.013 against 0.004 is a big margin.
This is the point thanks Steve, you can't just go by measurements, not when the numbers are very small, the difference here though is quite big and noticeable by eye hence my disappointment.
0.007 on an Ansi would be ok if the rest of the picture is as good or better, 0.013 though good is nothing like the Panasonics sadly. For some other areas may be more important, I myself took a hit going from a GT30 to a D6900 but it was worth it for less issues. If the Panasonics this year are improved as people say then for me such a difference in black level my clinch it for me, 60ms lag also makes an F8500 purchase unlikely for me.
Steve, you say Samsung are looking into the black level, any chance they'll get a lower usable black level of around 0.007? not sure if they can change how the sets driven or something. If they did the F8500 could still be sneaky option if the VT dissapoints me when I demo.