I have 3 tvs in my house I often find myself watching tv in the basement where my Plasma is just because the LCD looks terrible in the dark why is this so
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Are you comparing a high end TV to something mid-range? Most plasma sets were high end models. Televisions at the same price point have improved in quality, but older sets that cost more can still win out.
Also, have you calibrated either television? It’s possible that the factory settings for the plasma are more to your liking than the LCD. This is both a subjective and objective issue. Not only do most TVs come with default settings that are not very accurate to what they “should” display, an objective failing of the device, but not everyone actually thinks a properly calibrated picture looks better. Extra bright colors, even if that’s not true to the source image, make for a subjectively better viewing experience to many people. It’s possible you could adjust settings and improve your experience with your LCD.
These extra bright color settings usually come at a cost of worse black level performance, and this is especially bad for LCDs.
If you’ve got an expensive TV, it’s probably worth having a professional calibrate the set. If you’ve got a cheap TV, then the default settings are probably terrible, and you’ll definitely see a benefit from fiddling with the settings yourself.
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