The percentage of sales people that recommend Samsung HDTVs.
Salespeople are also becoming less likely to recommend LCD sets over plasma sets, which goes against the industry trend.
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Jeff... you don't know much about contrast ratios.
The best average, real-world native CR's to date have been between 1000:1 to 2000:1 CRs, and the best models out now have 2000:1, and one, Sharp's newest D92U even has 3000:1 native CR. Note: all TVs, depending on the content shown onscreen, can also achieve much higher, or dynamic, CRs, up to 25,000:1 [claimed by Samsung on their latest models]. All depends on the dark/bright content being displayed and the internal processing.
Not to be outdone, Sharp recently announced a future LCD being developed with up to 1,000,000:1 (yes, a million!) CR, although there exists no real-world equipment that can actually measure that high.
Note: the latest Pioneer Kuro plasma displays also have very high CRs [both native and dynamic], achieving the most realistic black levels yet seen in a flat-panel display, according to various trade and consumer reviews.
Note: if you will read product reviews in various AV magazines - like http://www.hometheatermag.com or http://www.soundandvisionmag.com - you will see that most displays with good CR's average about 1500:1 [any lower tend to reveal lighter black levels during dark scenes, revealing blacks that are actually more GRAY in color].
Joseph R @ Sep 11th 2007 3:07AM
Jeff... you don't know much about contrast ratios.
Joseph, all it says in the article is the contrast ratio was 2000:1 It did not say if it was dynamic or on-screen or what. I said they(JVC) must measure it differently then the others and I was right in a way, they just provided an on-screen ratio Contrast figure versus what many others quote in their PR releases, which I take is Dynamic. pkeegan did a good job of explaining it.
I don't pretend to know everything about measurements of HDTV's. That's why I ask questions on here. I do know measurments are not the whole picture(no pun intended) when buying a HDTV. You must actually look at it. Just like buying speakers on measurement or amps. Listening is always recommended.
I think I do know more about this stuff than the average Joe however. And I am learning more everyday.