Arepeebee:
Hi Mr. Jelly.
I bought my third TV in as many months on Saturday, the 46we5 and yes, I have clouding in the two top corners. I have already returned a Samsung which had clouding, which was to replace another Samsung I had for ten months before deciding to die on me. Though that one did not seem to have any clouding issues.
Then last week I got the Philips 47pfl8404. Beautiful set- pin sharp and really true-to-life colours, but the picture noise was quite bad. I was debating wether to keep it or not, when that was decided for me when it wouldn't switch on on Saturday morning!
I was informed by Richer Sounds Exeter that the Plymouth branch had a black WE5. I couldn't get through on the phone but decided to risk the 30 mile journey. 'Yes, we do seem to have one in stock-do you want it'? ..MMM OK. Said I. Paid for it and the guy went to get it for me. He came back and said he'd just opened the box to check and it's white! Pooh. Well he said try it and if you can't live with it, bring it back for a full refund, and gave me £55 back. They could special order me a black one but it would cost 'much more'. Fair enough. So I thought I'd give the white one a go.
Anyway, after correctly setting it up and setting the white balance using my Spider Pro, I have to say the picture is fantastic. Maybe not quite as detailed as the Philips (and I miss my Ambilight), but the SD picture is so much better. Unfortunately, once I'd noticed the clouding I can't now take my eyes off it. I even repositioned the set so I'm not looking up to it so much but to no avail. I now have the backlight turned down to 1, but it's still there. Even with the backlight on min. It's not terrible- most of the time you would not notice, but in really dark scenes you can notice it, and once you do, you can't keep your eyes off it. It just ruins what is otherwise a fabulous set.
Having deliberated and tested so many TV's in the last four or five months this is really disheartening. I'm fed up with all the agro I've been through and still haven't really got a satisfactory set!! I don't know whether to take it back or put up with it and hope that I don't notice it so much. But, I mean you wouldn't buy a new car that had wobbly wheels and put up with it just because the salesman says it's the new technology!
Besides that, I still can't decide on the white. It looks cool, and in a darkened room you wouldn't really notice when you're watching a film, but in daylight I can't work out if it's destracting or if i'm just thinking about it and looking at it too much. And if I do return it because of the backlight bleed, I think getting a replacement will be another long and drawn-out affair, and even then a replacement is likely to have the same problem. My only other option now is a Samsung UE series 7 or 8, but i hear it can make things look artificial, plus I think they may have reliability issues, given my previous experience. The new Panasonics are frankly unimpressive from what I've seen.
I'm really depressed about the whole thing. Maybe I should just go back to a CRT!!
How bad is yours, Mr. Jelly? You say you can't even notice on really dark scenes. I'd live with that. Are you going to exchange/ change your set?
have you checked out the samsung b850 plasma ?? its meant to be very good , i dont know if 50inch would be too big for you , but you will have no clouding problems , and apparently its quite a bright plasma , more lcd like in that way , you dont seem to be having much luck with lcds , why not check it out ?
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