TheBigFatJ on 02 July 2008
| souixan said: The contrast ratio is a little low for my taste but it always seems to be a little lower on smaller screens. Other than that Samsung makes among the best LCD tv's you can buy. For my money they're every bit as good as a Sony or Sharp and less expensive. |
That contrast ratio doesn't mean anything because it's dynamic. It means that the actual contrast ratio is probably 600:1 or maybe 1000:1, and then the whole panel gets brighter or darker based on the scene. So one scene cannot have a very bright and also a very dark section -- this means specular highlights, etc will be under exposed or blacks will be grey.
But that's common to LCDs. There are none with a very good native contrast ratio. They're all dynamic. If you want a good contrast ratio, you go away from LCD (except the very high end ones that have back panels that can brighten/darken in regions, but these have their own problems yet).
