Ace McPlane

I saw a noticeable difference trying this. Good idea! I’m sold on the idea now.

I got the idea that maybe lighting up the wall behind my TV or maybe under the TV stand will help me ignore the flashlighting and backlight bleed with my QLED TV by making my room less dark. Anyone try this? Did it make a difference? IMG_5816.mov

Update: I found dead pixels on the newest TV and one other in the store. There’s even a dead pixel cluster. Luckily it’s only on the bottom edge: Every single panel had some. It was like 5-6 in a row. Confirmed. Dead pixels are very common at least with this make and model. It sucks and they shouldn’t be, but they are. The newest one I got also had backlight bleed on the bottom right/middle edge and at the top left worse than the last one. Of course I couldn’t see it in the store. 2 in a row with that. Sigh.. Samsung’s quality control is not great. They’re not going to let me exchange it again at Best Buy so I either have to return it or keep it. The backlight bleed is a worse issue so I’d prioritize that if you buy a new TV. I’m hoping it gets better with time if I keep it.

The new one has some backlight bleed too I’m hoping it goes away, but the one before it had another issue where it looked like shaded vertical lines. Idk how to describe it, but if you were playing a game that was blue or light grey and you panned around, you saw a colour difference right in the middle of the screen that looked like a subtle line. Hated that, so might just put up with the backlight bleed and just be happy that even worse issue is gone. The bleed is more towards the centre of the screen now though so that sucks. edit: crud, found another spot at the top left hand corner:

The new one has some backlight bleed too I’m hoping it goes away, but the one before it had another issue where it looked like shaded vertical lines. Idk how to describe it, but if you were playing a game that was blue or light grey and you panned around, you saw a colour difference right in the middle of the screen that looked like a subtle line. Hated that, so might just put up with the backlight bleed and just be happy that even worse issue is gone. The bleed is more towards the centre of the screen now though so that sucks.

Update: I found dead pixels on the newest TV and one other in the store. Every single panel had some. It was like 5-6 in a row. Confirmed. Dead pixels are very common at least with this make and model. It sucks and they shouldn’t be, but they are. The newest one I got also had backlight bleed on the bottom right/middle edge just like the last one. Of course I couldn’t see it in the store. 2 in a row with that. Sigh.. Samsung’s quality control is not great. They’re not going to let me exchange it again at Best Buy so I either have to return it or keep it. The backlight bleed is a worse issue so I’d prioritize that if you buy a new TV. I’m hoping it gets better with time if I keep it.

I returned it for the same one. Checked the replacement in store and it doesn’t look like it has it too. I think the other one was defective. Hard to tell under bright store lights if the new one is good. This is my last replacement before I can only return it so wish me luck.

Not finding that one at Best Buy Canada sadly. They’ve only got the 65U78KM It doesn’t say anything about having freesync or gsync. Tried the Amazon page too. Unless they’re just not listing it, I guess it’s a no go. Got to at least have freesync.

That sucks. Honestly, I miss big bezels. Never had a problem with this 10 years ago. Ugh, it’s between this one and the q70c with the Batman logo style splotchy blacks which is even worse IMO The only other model in my price point is a QNED by LG. 120hz and freesync or gsync are already pricy enough features. Def can’t afford to go OLED. All of the Black Friday sales are about to end too. spending way too much money to put up with so many issues either way. I’m tempted to downgrade to a TCL or something. Why pay for brand name if you get issues like this?

It’s not just the blooming. I’m just using the mouse to activate the backlight in that picture. Here’s another one without the mouse

It’s this one. Samsung q80c https://www.samsung.com/ca/tvs/qled-tv/q80c-65-inch-qled-4k-smart-tv-qn65q80cafxzc 22% off same as this

It’s like the bezel isn’t stuck down enough or uneven in that area causing significant flashlighting. its pretty noticeable whenever that dimming zone is lit by something on a black screen like a watermark on a YouTube video. Is this typical? will it get worse or better over time?

I don’t think it’s just luck. It’s not normal to be able to see pixels from 6-8 feet away on 4K screens apparently. I play way too many flight sims.. The new one’s dead pixel is not so noticeable, but it also has some backlight bleed flashlighting on the bottom right so might have another reason to return it again. I notice everything.. it’s a curse and a blessing

Update: more dead pixels. 4 TV’s in a row now. The latest one only has 2 so far. I might keep it, but the 3rd one had like 15. Geez, check your TV’s right away when you buy them. dead pixels are very common now. confirmed.

I exchanged it again. Props to Best Buy because they agreed to give me a deal on a better model at almost the same price since the other one’s out of stock now. I’m going to get localized dimming zones now which is awesome. I don’t have to pay anything extra to have them come replace it either after paying the first time so super happy with that. 2 TV’s in a row with dead pixels though? Maybe everyone else just isn’t doing white screen tests to look for them, but I think Samsung needs to work on quality control or their packaging, because I don’t think this is rare at all. Check your own display with a white screen. I just use notepad on a PC. Black screen too for backlight tests and for stuck pixels. Maybe don’t check it if it’s not still within the return window though. I wouldn’t want to know.. you probably wouldn’t notice them anyways unless you’re using it as a PC monitor like me.