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: