Under bright lighting in broad daylight the PX's screen was very good: a bit more-effective at mitigating reflections than the TCL 8-Series and the LG B9 and a bit worse than either one at preserving black levels and contrast - effects that tended to cancel each other out. See below for details, but it once again proves that test pattern measurements (and specs claims) aren't the end-all, be-all. I prize the "Accurate" settings most, and Vizio's is the easiest to implement: just select the Calibrated mode.ĭespite its jaw-dropping measurements with test patterns, with real HDR material the PX actually looked (and measured) dimmer than both the Samsung Q80R and the TCL 8-Series. The TCL 8-Series struck a balance that looked best to my eye among the LCDs, with deep black levels and solid shadow detail that came closest - albeit wasn't quite as good as - the B9 OLED.Īs usual the Vivid mode was the brightest but horribly inaccurate. The Samsung Q80R was just the opposite, crushing shadows to get darker black levels and letterbox bars. It seemed as if Vizio's local dimming was erring too much toward exposing shadow detail (which was excellent) at the expense of contrast - it was incapable of going as low in black areas as the other FALD TVs. In the more mixed scenes a bit later, for example as the kid explores the cave and speaks to the wizard, the differences evened out a bit but the PX still lagged slightly behind in my side-by-side comparisons, even against the less-expensive Vizio PG and TCL 6-Series. In the opening sequence of Shazam, for example, the letterbox bars, the dark interior of the car and the darkened seats looked a bit too bright in comparison, robbing the image of some contrast. Dim lighting: With non-HDR material in a dark room, its black levels were surprisingly a step behind any of the others in my comparison, resulting in a slightly more washed-out image.
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