With local dimming off (smart LED turned to off), the B8500's exhibit the same clouding as other LED LCD's I've seen. Local dimming almost eliminates this when turned on, however if a dark scene is calling for any backlight and shows limited/no texture, the clouding still comes through in my experience, despite the effects of the local dimming.
An example would be a scene from Lovely Bones where the killer is in the room in the cornfield with the little girl. The scene shows some candle light on the left side of the screen, the guys face in the light towards the middle/right, and pitch black on the last third of the screen. I notice the backlight must be on over on that last third, because light/dim clouding is noticeable. I don't know why the local dimming isn't turning off the backlight there, but the movie must be calling for it. That movie has several scenes where i can see the clouding on my B8500 in ways it wouldn't be as noticeable on other movies, even if still present.
My question, is this an expected result? We know clouding is just a fact of life with LCD's, and while local dimming can get rid of it most of the time, if the screen has large black areas that use even the lowest setting of the backlight, we'll see the clouds in that area if but ever so slightly. The only other option is that I have a set with way more clouding than most, and while I know there is clouding, I've seen worse photos on the internet. So I can't imagine it's that, but rather I know where the clouding is and can find it.
Do you agree, even the local dimming king B8500 is not 100% immune to clouding and my TV is pretty much like any other of that model?
An example would be a scene from Lovely Bones where the killer is in the room in the cornfield with the little girl. The scene shows some candle light on the left side of the screen, the guys face in the light towards the middle/right, and pitch black on the last third of the screen. I notice the backlight must be on over on that last third, because light/dim clouding is noticeable. I don't know why the local dimming isn't turning off the backlight there, but the movie must be calling for it. That movie has several scenes where i can see the clouding on my B8500 in ways it wouldn't be as noticeable on other movies, even if still present.
My question, is this an expected result? We know clouding is just a fact of life with LCD's, and while local dimming can get rid of it most of the time, if the screen has large black areas that use even the lowest setting of the backlight, we'll see the clouds in that area if but ever so slightly. The only other option is that I have a set with way more clouding than most, and while I know there is clouding, I've seen worse photos on the internet. So I can't imagine it's that, but rather I know where the clouding is and can find it.
Do you agree, even the local dimming king B8500 is not 100% immune to clouding and my TV is pretty much like any other of that model?