
Unfortunately, the TruMotion controls don't seem to work at all in the ISF Expert picture modes, although they did function in the Cinema mode. To do so you'll need to engage the TruMotion: User setting and choose De-Judder: 1 or 2 (depends on your preference, I liked 1 best) and De-Blur: 10. It can deliver the magic combination of correct 1080p/24 cadence and relatively high motion resolution without resorting to smoothing (a.k.a. Video processing: The UH8500 performed well in this area if not as impressively as the Samsung. The Samsung, Vizio and OLED did look a bit more saturated and impactful however, likely owing to their superior black level performance. The OLED, Samsung and Vizio also preserved black levels better, and overall the Samsung is still a superior bright-room TV.Ĭolor accuracy: With program material and test patterns the UH8500 was quite accurate, delivering the natural colors from "The Revenant," for example, with no major issues. The LG's semi-matte screen works well to reduce the brightness of reflections, although not quite as well as the Samsung, Sony or Insignia. With HDR it posted similar numbers, dimmer than the Samsung but without that model's brightness fluctuations. I tried to address this issue by disabling dimming, but then the image looked even more washed out and worse overall - just as bad, in fact, as the Sony.īright lighting: The UH8500 is one of the brighter LED LCDs we've tested, similar to the Samsung KS8000 in its brightest picture mode, and significantly brighter than the Vizio and Sony. The LG also did a worse job controlling blooming than the others equipped with local dimming, with brighter spots interrupting shadows and letterbox bars, especially during the subtitles (or when I waved the motion remote's cursor around). As usual the difference was best revealed during some difficult dark scenes, including the evening and nighttime shots during Chapter 4 of "The Revenant." The letterbox bars, shadows and other dark areas of the LG's were relatively light, making the overall image appear much less contrasty and impactful than the three superior sets. Samsung UN65KS8000 (65-inch 4K LED LCD)ĭim lighting: Although better than the Sony in a dark room environment, the UH8500 still fell a good deal short of the Samsung, the Vizio and the OLED in this important category, and didn't look much better than the Insignia.
