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Sony Shows Bravia TVs with 1,000,000:1 Contrast, Due in October
Posted by Kit Eaton at 6:24 PM on August 28, 2008
As well as crazy thinness, Sony's other upcoming TV releases include crazy contrast: one million to one. The XR1 series of Bravia's will be 1920 x 1080 pixel full-HD models, featuring tri-colour RGB LED backlighting for an improved colour gamut, and dynamic switching backlighting tech to generate that enormous contrast ratio (it's about 3,000:1 in static mode.) There's a 10-bit Bravia 2 Engine processing the images inside, with separate algorithms for SD and HD picture sources, 120Hz Motionflow tech to improve smoothness, the usual range of connectors plus an extra USB port for connecting digital cameras. The XR1 will be in 46- and 55-inch sizes, for around US$5,500 and US$6,800, due October 10 in Japan at first. [AVWatch]
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Optimus-Prime
Posted 11:19 PM 28/8/08
AHHH, i've been holding out for the pioneer extreme contrast, but this is looking awfully delicious!
Optimus-Prime
wolfenstein-3d
Posted 12:13 AM 29/8/08
I thought contrast wasn't a standardized test, so one company's 1000:1 could equal another company's 100,000:1.
Am i wrong?
wolfenstein-3d
Brandson
Posted 12:52 AM 29/8/08
LCD TVs with local-dimming backlights essentially have infinite contrast, but the marketing people think 1,000,000:1 or 2,000,000:1 looks better so that's what they put on everything.
Brandson
Balance_In_Life
Posted 1:55 AM 29/8/08
@Optimus-Prime: So bad when thrown up against even last years Pioneer 5010, the Pioneer will still kill the Sony for Black Levels and color.
@wolfenstein-3d: Yeah kinda, when looking to buy you need to make sure you read find out what the static contrast ratio is. It can still be a little over blown but it's gonna give you a better idea what a TV can really do.
Balance_In_Life
fluf
Posted 2:25 AM 29/8/08
I check out LCD TV's when I shop and the one thing that no one ever talks about, even with full high def expensive models is when an analog signal is sent to the TV the resolution varies greatly. It's like there isn't any anti-alias and everything looks cubey especially with high contrasting edges. At the same time there is one or two models that look great who have the same screen resolution and is fed the same identical signal.
Why is that?
fluf
markarian
Posted 5:27 AM 29/8/08
You know, LCD panels just keep getting a little better, a little better, a little better as time goes by. But all the other next generation display technologies we were promised like SED, FED, and OLED, seem to have completely stalled.
markarian