Make sure you do your homework on DSE (Dirty Screen effect), I was an early adapter of 4k and have gone through 6 tvs all were plagued with DSE. After my extensive research I found that it's common for these new tvs to have this problem,yes the oleds as well and I tell you it's very annoying. I finally got a fairly decent one a Samsung 8000 series, go it professionaly calibrated and the picture is pretty good and best of all no DSE on this one. That's not to say that the 8000 series of Samsung 4k tvs don't have some that are plagued with DSE as it's a hit and miss. All in all if I had to do it all over again I would still have my Pioneer elite pro 111fd and wait a few years until there's a certainty with quality control and with the format itself because 4k is evolving very fast.
I'm not an early adopter, so I'd be leery as this technology is advancing rapidly
4K sets are stunning compared to 1080p, but how long before it is supplanted by something even better?
I'm amazed at the current sets at work, but know that something better is probably waiting in the wings.
Then again, my 8 year old 720p plasma looks great on OTA programming...
Make sure you do your homework on DSE (Dirty Screen effect), I was an early adapter of 4k and have gone through 6 tvs all were plagued with DSE. After my extensive research I found that it's common for these new tvs to have this problem,yes the oleds as well and I tell you it's very annoying. I finally got a fairly decent one a Samsung 8000 series, go it professionaly calibrated and the picture is pretty good and best of all no DSE on this one. That's not to say that the 8000 series of Samsung 4k tvs don't have some that are plagued with DSE as it's a hit and miss. All in all if I had to do it all over again I would still have my Pioneer elite pro 111fd and wait a few years until there's a certainty with quality control and with the format itself because 4k is evolving very fast.
No. They are for sure NOT stunning compared to 1080P sets. Yes, maybe with the absolute perfect source and material 4K produces a nice looking colorful bright picture but who spends all day watching waterfalls and humming birds fly around? Most of the stuff we watch is not that and 4K TV's don't do the picture justice compared to 1080P. In my opinion this is where we took a step backwards in quality, when they stopped making plasma and started pushing cheap @ss LCD's. I am done with this technology.
I will have to do my research on DSE because I think my Samsung KS8000 might have it. I was watching a show last night and the scene was at night, they the character was standing on a bridge and you could see the black sky behind him, the sky did not look black and half the screen had this white smoky looking picture, it looked terrible. The in another scene, the character dropped a book in a dark room and there was all this haze on and around the book when they zoomed in on it. Even my wife said something and she isn't picky at all. Don''t have this problem with my plasma at all. My advice is to wait or buy a used plasma while you can.
I have the Pro 111FD as well. I keep an eye out on CL for either the 50" or 60" KURO sets locally for a spare just in case mine bites the bullet. I just saw one in Orange County for under $500.I have the Pioneer too... a fifty inch. If it dies I would buy an LCD to replace it and get used to it rather quickly, but that Pioneer Plasma has the best picture quality of any except for those, as of yet, expensive OLED screens. When the price comes down and they have proven themselves in the market I would buy one to replace my heavy, power hungry Pioneer. But till then, unless it dies.
Look it up DSE (Dirty Screen effect) is a real thing and manufacturers are letting tvs go out to consumers knowing about it.What you explaining is likely a limitation of light source zones. This is a technology used in modern LCD panels to increase perceived contrast. Panel backlight is not uniformed, but split on several hundreds individual zones - each with separate brightness setting. When bright object is on the screen, zone or zones where it is located have more light produced by LEDs behind LCD. Of cause when zone size/location does not exactly match picture on the screen, you will see some kind of halo where backlight is still bright, but LCD contrast is not sufficient to dim it and match with surrounding dark area where backlight is dimmer.
Keep that awesome plasma for as long as it works. I used to have the same TV and regret letting her go.I have the Pro 111FD as well. I keep an eye out on CL for either the 50" or 60" KURO sets locally for a spare just in case mine bites the bullet. I just saw one in Orange County for under $500.
I overlook the power issue because the picture is so good.