Just got a 75" Samsung 75ES9000

[ImpulsE69]

Originally Posted by Zivic

room conditions are BS.. bad conditions make any display look less than its best.

I am talking about inherent flaws in the displays themselves... and viewing angle issues are one of the worst with LCD panels

I think people overplay the viewing angles. If you're watching your TV from the side you are doing it wrong and is really not a true test of any set. They are not meant to be watched from around the corner. I see people make comments about that all the time and scratch my head because if you are SOOO worried about how a picture looks, yet are watching it from a 100 degree angle, you have your priorities backwards. Room conditions (as too much light) is much more of an inconvenience. If you have a room full of people watching a TV, the little bit of "lighter" picture from looking at it from off center is not nearly as critical as you might think if you need to have a totally dark room to even see the picture.

[BurnItDwn]

My theater room is in the basement with only 1 window well in the room (at the very back, 25 feet from the screen.) I have all the walls painted flat black, and black drop ceiling grid (ceilinglink) with dark blue flat colored ceiling tiles.

Anyhow, the room is dark and there's very little reflection

[Zivic]

Originally Posted by ImpulsE69

I think people overplay the viewing angles. If you're watching your TV from the side you are doing it wrong and is really not a true test of any set. They are not meant to be watched from around the corner. I see people make comments about that all the time and scratch my head because if you are SOOO worried about how a picture looks, yet are watching it from a 100 degree angle, you have your priorities backwards. Room conditions (as too much light) is much more of an inconvenience. If you have a room full of people watching a TV, the little bit of "lighter" picture from looking at it from off center is not nearly as critical as you might think if you need to have a totally dark room to even see the picture.

I'm talking about moving from the center of the couch to the end of a couch ... So maybe 10-15 degrees. Obviously some LCDs are better than others but all suffer to some degree.