| Azuren said: Noise algorithms generate noise, and for an important reason.
When a smart TV takes an image, it doctors it. A bunch of little things to make the image cleaner. Unfortunately, this generates artifacts from "mistakes". Noise algorithms generate a light noise over the image to help render those artifacts unseen, while also remaining light enough to be unseen from a reasonable viewing distance. Not enough, and you see the artifacts. Too much, and you see the noise. LG has an issue with the former, and Panasonic with the latter. Samsung uses noise algorithms as well, but dial them back significantly to retain a "clean" image at the expense of visible artifacting. Sony, on the other hand, found the sweet spot, but even that sweet spot will have visible noise from around 2 feet away. So to keep your game free of nasty artifacts, a Sony is the best choice.
The colors fading is an issue of where those colors come from. The chemicals they use have a half-life, so it sets a definitive lifespan on the panel. Sony actually makes the world's best OLED panel (it's used in studio production for movies like Angry Birds), but the blues go bad even faster; only 6 months until degradation.
And I assure you, that "image retention" is not temporary, and it will stick. |
Ah thanks. For my understanding, they add film grain to hide unwanted artifacts, or rather LG doesn't. I thought that wouldn't be neccesary anymore on 10 bit panels, guess not.
How are modern LCD/LED tvs with banding? Journey suffers a lot on my old 8 bit LCD panel due to banding issues that crept up over time. That's where my projector really outperforms LCD tv. Smooth color gradients don't look very nice anymore on my 52" Sharp Aquos. (It's 10 years old though) Ironically it's black level is much better than my faded Panny Plasma.
