Question on buying a TV...

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Ambilight sucks! It's a cheap trick that doesn't really do anything for the picture quality. The constant flickering of the ambilight is annoying as . You can fix it at a certain color and brightness but then you've just paid a lot for what DLF did.

What DLF did is smart.
Having a bright screen on a black background is tiring to the eye and putting a soft light behind it helps a lot.

What the are you talking about? I have Ambilight, there is no flicker. Yeah, it changes with the screen's dominant colors, so what?

Everyone who has ever watched anything at my place thinks it's awesome.

The only ing I hear is when one of my buds tells his wife he wants one and she says no

[Slomo]

What the are you talking about? I have Ambilight, there is no flicker. Yeah, it changes with the screen's dominant colors, so what?

Everyone who has ever watched anything at my place thinks it's awesome.

The only ing I hear is when one of my buds tells his wife he wants one and she says no

Well it's not flickering per say but it change in sync with the dominant screen color so sometimes with very dynamic pictures it does "flicker".

Anyway I find it ing annoying!

It's a gimmick it doesn't bring anything to the picture. I guess it's designed to be "cool".

[Jimcs50]

Just bought this one last week at Circuit City.

It is very nice. It was on sale for 1899.00

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

I don't usually watch TV in the dark.

Pussy.

[MannyIsGod]

Pussy? WTF?

Ok Mr. TV nightlight.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Pussy? WTF?

Ok Mr. TV nightlight.

You seriously watch TV with the lights on all the time? Don't the colors seem to be washed out with the light in the room?

If you think your TV looks good now, get that sum calibrated and add bias lighting.

BTW, I only did this the cheap and dirty way to see what it looked like for future reference. It definitely will be part of the equation when I upgrade in a few years, but done the right way (6500k bulb, crown molding, yada, yada, yada). I think I am going to try blue later this week to see how my eyes perceive the color spectrum with the blue background.

[MannyIsGod]

I thought about getting it calibrated, but I'm not sure its worth the money on this set. I'll watch movies with the lights off at times, but for the most part we watch with some lights on. I've never noticed it looking washed out.

[slayermin]

I don't usually watch TV in the dark.

Can Anyone reccomend good home theater DVDs?

I have been meaning to buy Die Hard and Die Hard 2.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Well it's not flickering per say but it change in sync with the dominant screen color so sometimes with very dynamic pictures it does "flicker".

Anyway I find it ing annoying!

It's a gimmick it doesn't bring anything to the picture. I guess it's designed to be "cool".

At least on my Philips TV, you can adjust the settings for the Ambilight, so you can avoid the 'rapid changing' during dynamic scenes, as you put it.

Sorry you find it ing annoying, the simple solution there is not to watch one

It actually brings more dynamic contract to the picture, I put it besides a Panasonic 42" when I was trying to decide which one to buy (bought both, took the Panny back), the picture is so much better on this one and the Ambilight adds to the experience.

Sorry you're a hata.

[Slomo]

At least on my Philips TV, you can adjust the settings for the Ambilight, so you can avoid the 'rapid changing' during dynamic scenes, as you put it.

My father in law's model doesn't have that it only has dynamic or static where you can then set it to any colour and intensity you want.

It actually brings more dynamic contract to the picture, I put it besides a Panasonic 42" when I was trying to decide which one to buy (bought both, took the Panny back), the picture is so much better on this one and the Ambilight adds to the experience.

I would bet the the better picture was/is a result of the superior picture processing engine that Philips has (I forgot the name, but according to many revues it's one of the best - specially the latest version - and from what I've seen it's really good).

Sorry you're a hata.

Of ambilight? Definitely!