@Hobbits wrote:
Hi people ,
has anyone had this issue or resolved it .
for example today putting on the film "the fog " 1980's on sky the quality was awful- all the dark parts of the film had black pixels and fussing whilst the rest of the screen was completely ok . Film moves onto a lighter screen and all is good . NOW this seems to happen on different films / programs . Netflix and Amazon are the same . Even through a fire stick I still have the issues so can only put it to the TV - I've changed the picture settings and decreased to dark and back to light - manually adjusted it on different levels etc and no joy .
For a super TV ( skys words ) I'm kind of disappointed with the poor quality as it's unwatchable in some ways. - CAN ANYONE SHED ANY LIGHT IN THIS PLEASE - !
It's due to a combination of poor compression on the source files and poor backlighting/gradation on the Glass TV.
Many older movies are encoded with a low bit-rate, leading to higher compression and artefacting on low-lit, darker scenes - these are the 'black pixels' you can see.
Sky Glass is a fairly budget VA type LCD panel with various backlit dimming zones. It's not a very bright panel so can't produce huge contrast compared to other true smart TVs.
Only an OLED TV can produce true black and these also tend to have better handling of poorly compressed, darker content with better gradation in the greys and blacks.
Sky Glass is fine for casual TV viewing - it can produce perfectly good images of brightly lit, mainstream prime time TV, but if you're a movie fan who likes the best quality then it's perhaps not the best choice.
