Samsung's F8500 PDP owners thread with reviews

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by JimShaw

The black levels between the VT, ZT and the F8500 are so close that anyone who does not have a dedicated dark room would not see the difference, IMO

The black level of the VT and the ZT were measured at .0013
Where as the F8500 at .0018

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong. I wasn't trying to say the Samsung's black levels were bad. I was just saying that after a certain threshold is reached with black levels, you have to start looking at other factors besides just that! A lot of videophiles seem so hung up with this one individual aspect of a panel's picture that you'd think nothing else matters.

One thing I am curious about with the Samsung display is that I heard the Samsung's picture has a "cooler" look to it where the Panasonic's definitely seems "warmer." Can you confirm this and iif true, what is your opinion of the 2 different looks? Which did you prefer?