OK I have been out again trying to decide which 37-40" LCD panel to buy to replace my trustworthy CRT. My budget is not limitless but my PQ requirements are fairly strict.
Yesterday and today I visited two different suppliers where thay seem to be learning and have provided a large space in front of the bank of LCD's in both cases with 42" panels at one end and 26" at the other in logical progression. In one case the display on all panels was from an "in house"HD demo" source and in the other Freeview SD.
Irrespective of other factors I noticed something in both arrays of panels that I could not explain or have noticed before.
As I walked slowly from one end to the other one tends to look back to see whether a characterisic one has noticed on the larger panels is repeated on the same brand/ type intermediate size and smaller panels or vice versa.
In so doing I noticed that one brand of panel - Samsung - maintained "brightness" far more than any other brand as the viewing angle decreased. Moving closer to the bank of screens this difference was even more marked.
I repeated this "Test" on the bank of displays in the second store today with the same result.
On closer inspection I noticed that although other brands showed a differential the Samsungs stood out remarkably.
A fairly poor second was Sharp, third Panasonic 32"LCD and smaller only (No 37" Panny LCD yet!), equal - as one might expect - fourth Philips and LG. The latter being only just discernable from the remainder after several re- evaluations and of course its just me!
Sony who ostensibly use the same display panels as Samsung were indiscernable from the other remaining brands.
The Samsungs were really outstanding in this respect. great pity that they do not perform in other areas.
Yesterday and today I visited two different suppliers where thay seem to be learning and have provided a large space in front of the bank of LCD's in both cases with 42" panels at one end and 26" at the other in logical progression. In one case the display on all panels was from an "in house"HD demo" source and in the other Freeview SD.
Irrespective of other factors I noticed something in both arrays of panels that I could not explain or have noticed before.
As I walked slowly from one end to the other one tends to look back to see whether a characterisic one has noticed on the larger panels is repeated on the same brand/ type intermediate size and smaller panels or vice versa.
In so doing I noticed that one brand of panel - Samsung - maintained "brightness" far more than any other brand as the viewing angle decreased. Moving closer to the bank of screens this difference was even more marked.
I repeated this "Test" on the bank of displays in the second store today with the same result.
On closer inspection I noticed that although other brands showed a differential the Samsungs stood out remarkably.
A fairly poor second was Sharp, third Panasonic 32"LCD and smaller only (No 37" Panny LCD yet!), equal - as one might expect - fourth Philips and LG. The latter being only just discernable from the remainder after several re- evaluations and of course its just me!
Sony who ostensibly use the same display panels as Samsung were indiscernable from the other remaining brands.
The Samsungs were really outstanding in this respect. great pity that they do not perform in other areas.
