Plasma owners: How much banding/false contouring do you have?

[baccusboy]

Plasma owners:

My LG TV is driving me insane, because I have recently discovered the banding/false contouring issues, which creates a stair-step look to gradients in images.

False contouring is defined by C-NET as:

An artifact common to fixed-pixel displays that produces splotchy, distinct sections in what should be gradual gradations of color or shadows. Also referred to as solarization and posterization.

Source: http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5107912-7.html


My question for you is this... how much false contouring do you notice in your TV? I wasn't bothered by it before, but now that I know what it is, it drives me nuts.

Another good example of what banding/false contouring looks like is this DELL monitor shot. You can see the stair-stepping along the bottom half of the image:

[jermwhl]

none for mine.

[msm]

same here, no issues at all.

[Gremal]

I notice it occasionally in games and menu screens or when there is very thin line art, but never in actual movies. Keep in mind, my plasma is more than 5 yrs old (fourth generation) and I would expect the top of the line plasmas to be able to handle gradients these days. Solarization is a very common problem.

[Filterlab]

Not for me either.

[baccusboy]

I found that if I use component from my PS3 instead of HDMI, this problem goes away.

Very, very strange!

[baccusboy]

Just updating this thread:

It appears that my LG TV does not process the HDMI signal, and it comes in "hard" without any of the internal controls over banding/false contouring being implemented. I have a feeling that this was just LG being cheap, and "slapping on" a cheap HDMI solution to an older model of a set.

Just a note for LG Plasma users -- you may find that component looks much better than HDMI.