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they're putting up a 50 incher up at work, below the last gen one. the black levels on the old one were enough to make me think the set was off half the time. i'm expecting the new one to melt my head :D
It's a general rule of thumb that if a tech journalist actually puts his hand in his pocket and buys a tech product, it must be seriously good, and I actually bought one of these!
Right now, there are no better TVs on the market and if you take your high definition movies/gaming seriously, you want a Kuro. As always, black is the new black!
please I will like to see an editorial article on which is better in this current generation of projectors and huge flat screen televisions. With TVs boasting a lot of contrast ratio and black levels, it will be interesting just to know where the better image quality usually lies. A comparison of entry-level to high-end level will be absolutely great.
I hope sometime in the future (not too far away) we get you guys accredited opinions.
"I couldn't help but feel the pain of technophobes as I had to delve deep into the LX5090's menus just to ‘enable' its HDMI connections."
Come on John, it takes about 3 seconds to do this:-)
And on the upside pricewise it has come in at over £1000 less than the set it replaces.
Actually I had the same problem as John, since the TV comes out of the box with only one HDMI port configured. Then the manual tells you to configure HDMI, but doesn't tell you that you need to have to manually select each input before you're allowed to select HDMI.
And no invites until I get a decent sound system sorted to go with the TV :)
Oh my goodness, gracious me - Big Bad Mr. Kuro is back IN BLACK!
Must.
Have.
Want.
Now.
I was already sold by the reassurance that they've managed to supersede the black level of the last masterpiece, which, as soon as I saw it, blew me away. But this observation on the monstrously bad '10,000 B.C.' seals the deal for me :
"honestly, the detail levels are so extreme, pure and noiseless that they're almost enough to make you forget about 10,000 B.C.'s awful acting, story and staging"
You're joking, right? I would have thought the Devil Himself couldn't sell me that kind of bad.
I'm also glad you've addressed a growing concern of mine that as amazing as the darkness may be, the brightness of whiteness may be a comparative disappointment, which would be a shame since I believe this element is just as crucial to justify the 10, if not even more so given the constant explosions in blockbusters. I'm so happy you then said :
"consider also the picture's unprecedented dynamism, which finds some of the purest, richest whites we've seen resting right alongside the deepest, most natural and most profound blacks in town"
I hope you're right. A few things I can think of that would confirm this if I were viewing it, would be any viewing of the plain white Pixar logo with those little dainty black letters, and a number of obvious set pieces from the sci-fi thriller 'Sunshine', which would really confirm bright white and colour (I think that's on BD, but not sure).
If we could entertain the idea that I had this kind of cash to play with, I think this line would make me a plasma loyalist consumer. Please do try and prove otherwise though, if you can hunt down an LCD 50 incher to rival it. They tend to be a bit cheaper, right?
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