StevenSurprenant
04-06-2009, 05:08 AM
There are two things that I want to mention ...
I've read that putting a light behind your TV creates a seemingly better picture in a dark room. I've tried this before with less than stellar results, but last night I apparently positioned the light in the correct position and everything fell into place with great results. The articulating bracket that I use for my wall mount TV makes the TV sit out from the wall about 3 or 4 inches. At first it looks odd, but I think that it's because we aren't used to it. Once I got past that preconceived notion , it makes the TV appear to float in mid air which is actually really cool looking. It also gives me room to place the light behind the TV. I placed an under counter florescent light on top of the wall mount and against the wall. Of course, this is behind the TV. That position lit up the wall behind and above the TV without creating any bright spots. It also lights up the sides of the TV a bit to accent that floating appearance. The end result was a better picture. I think the key here was the lack of bright spots from previous light positions that were distracting.
I have a Samsung LCD TV and as most of you know, LCD TV's don't have the black level that plasma's do. I noticed that TV watching in the day time was great with apparent black levels that rival most plasmas and surpass some plasmas. I realized that this effect is caused by the iris of the eye being slightly more constricted because of the ambient light in the room. When the room is totally dark, it is easy to see the “lack” of total blackness of the LCD although the picture is still very good. By placing the light behind the TV, it causes the iris to slightly close which in turn causes the black to “appear” darker, hence the picture becomes more 3D. Any way, the light stays!
The second thing is that many of us sit so far back from the TV so that we cannot tell the difference between 720 and 1080. I noticed that when I would get closer to the screen I would see more detail. It occurred to me that by sitting too far back, we aren't getting what we paid for. I moved my chair much closer and the results were spectacular. I went from sitting 12 foot to sitting 7 foot from a 52 inch screen. The picture quality determines the best distance to watch from.
Between the light behind the TV and sitting closer, the results were awesome. The chair sitting in the middle of the room looks odd, but who cares. Just move the chair and get rid of the wife, if that's a problem. Just joking!
There was one more benefit...
By moving the chair, I was further away from the rear speakers which created a more even sound field and therein a better listening experience. It also caused the room to seem bigger that it actually was.
All pluses!
The suppose that the same thing could be accomplished with a bigger screen and a bigger room, but that is something that many of us cannot afford.
The reason I brought this up is because I was hoping that others could benefit from this experience.
Any thoughts?
I've read that putting a light behind your TV creates a seemingly better picture in a dark room. I've tried this before with less than stellar results, but last night I apparently positioned the light in the correct position and everything fell into place with great results. The articulating bracket that I use for my wall mount TV makes the TV sit out from the wall about 3 or 4 inches. At first it looks odd, but I think that it's because we aren't used to it. Once I got past that preconceived notion , it makes the TV appear to float in mid air which is actually really cool looking. It also gives me room to place the light behind the TV. I placed an under counter florescent light on top of the wall mount and against the wall. Of course, this is behind the TV. That position lit up the wall behind and above the TV without creating any bright spots. It also lights up the sides of the TV a bit to accent that floating appearance. The end result was a better picture. I think the key here was the lack of bright spots from previous light positions that were distracting.
I have a Samsung LCD TV and as most of you know, LCD TV's don't have the black level that plasma's do. I noticed that TV watching in the day time was great with apparent black levels that rival most plasmas and surpass some plasmas. I realized that this effect is caused by the iris of the eye being slightly more constricted because of the ambient light in the room. When the room is totally dark, it is easy to see the “lack” of total blackness of the LCD although the picture is still very good. By placing the light behind the TV, it causes the iris to slightly close which in turn causes the black to “appear” darker, hence the picture becomes more 3D. Any way, the light stays!
The second thing is that many of us sit so far back from the TV so that we cannot tell the difference between 720 and 1080. I noticed that when I would get closer to the screen I would see more detail. It occurred to me that by sitting too far back, we aren't getting what we paid for. I moved my chair much closer and the results were spectacular. I went from sitting 12 foot to sitting 7 foot from a 52 inch screen. The picture quality determines the best distance to watch from.
Between the light behind the TV and sitting closer, the results were awesome. The chair sitting in the middle of the room looks odd, but who cares. Just move the chair and get rid of the wife, if that's a problem. Just joking!
There was one more benefit...
By moving the chair, I was further away from the rear speakers which created a more even sound field and therein a better listening experience. It also caused the room to seem bigger that it actually was.
All pluses!
The suppose that the same thing could be accomplished with a bigger screen and a bigger room, but that is something that many of us cannot afford.
The reason I brought this up is because I was hoping that others could benefit from this experience.
Any thoughts?