Posted by Steve Roberts on 05/28/06 15:26

On Sun, 28 May 2006 12:09:33 +0200, Ries <richard.splinter@gmail.com>
wrote:

>It is a great TV, but the ambilight function is just eyecandy, nothing
>more. Any story that it's against eye strain is utterly nonsense.

Just to throw in something from a broadcasting perspective... We
backlight all monitors in our grading areas with a diffuse 'illuminant
D' (ie Northlight / 6500K) wash. It's easier on the eyes if you're
spending twelve hours in a darkened room trying to colour-correct TV
programmes and it provides a crucial unchanging colour reference in
the room to ensure consistency in the colour balance being applied by
the colourist.

So if it's possible to set Ambilight to give an unchanging backlight
colour I'd definitely consider this to the "a good thing".

Steve

The Doctor Who Restoration Team Website
http://www.restoration-team.co.uk

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