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SvennoJ on 11 November 2016
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LivingMetal said:
SvennoJ said:
Doh already bought the pro. The markup in Canada sucks anyway. Plus I rather wait until 65" with full HDR will be more affordable.

It's a decent tv, actual 10 bit panel, yet no wide color gamut and HDR only reaching half the brightness of the full spec. Good for gaming anyway with low input lag. 32ms with HDR. (Low for HDR gaming anyway)
http://ca.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/x700d

Sort of going off topic.  My display is also a 10 bit panel but no wide color gamut if I understand correctly.  Is this a 'bad" thing, but it does product a very pretty picture.  Is there something I might be really missing out on.

10 bit ensures smoother gradients, less color banding.

Wide color gamut mainly produces better, richer greens, as you can see from the measurements below. Red gets a smaller boost, blue the smallest. Wide color gamut can produce more natural looking colors. The percentages are how much the tv covers of the rec.2020 color space (which in itself covers up to 70% of human color vision) To compare, the rec.709 standard for HDTV only covers 35% of human color vision.
Max 59% on the 700D might look bad on paper, yet it's still better at 1.18x the coverage of rec.709, while the B6 has a 1.48x increase over rec.709.
(Plus I doubt many older tvs actually reached the ful rec.709 spec, so the upgrade to rec.709 content will be visible too)

X700D


Current leader in wide color gamut, LG B6