From the perspective of a cineaste: Sony W905 vs LG LA7408

On what this review is:
As hot-blooded movie lover is for me at the TV choice the image the alpha and omega, because I have an external sound system and Smart TV hardly use. This review is therefore primarily for like-minded people, in other words be interesting DVD and especially Blu-gazer, who value a good picture. That's why I'm also almost exclusively evaluate the individual pixels. To put the whole thing into perspective, this review is designed as a comparison between the Sony and LG 55KDLW905 55LA7408. The two TVs were compared here, as I have shown an HDMI splitter the same image simultaneously on both TVs.

A summary in advance:
I would have mentioned previously that both TVs deliver top quality, which LG clearly offers better value for money in terms of the overall package and can keep remarkably well with the Sony-screen monster. On closer inspection, however, the Sony Picture trumped by expanses.

Now to the actual (picture) review:

Motion reproduction
Sony: 10/10
LG: 8/10

Sony is well known for its good Bewegunsverarbeitung and that includes the W905. There are several modes that allow the image to be in motion different soft. Without so-called Motionflow, the screen looks (logically) and very uncomfortable hard in the movement, represents one the Motionflow at maximum are clearly artifacts to see fast-moving objects. The golden mean (at W9 defaults) is exactly that: the picture looks smooth, artifacts, etc. visible only with gaaanz closer look.
The LG differs only on and off while Motionflow between, which means equal to a very high motion processing and often significantly artifacts or blurring borders around fast objects are visible. In Elysium, there is a scene in which a spaceship horizontally quickly rushes over the screen and via a complex structure of the Earth; here the LG Motionflow comes completely into a skid and the spaceship jerky leaps and bounds across the screen. Otherwise, the LG mostly good work, the Sony only does but always.

LED LIGHTING / Clouding / BANDING
Sony: 10/10
LG: 5/10

The homogeneity of the Sony picture is incredible. I have tested the image with RGB, and black and white color surfaces and may find not a single irregularity. In the infamous pan over green grass or blue sky I could see shining through minimum vertiakle strip at the highest concentration, but it is almost obsolete to mention that at all. A completely black image is of course not so black that it would no longer be visible in a darkened room (as some LED buyers seem to be hoping the W9), but it's a) ABSOLUT black enough and b) so balanced that I was very heartwarming.
This is where the LG falters particularly. RGB colors work very well, but with a black screen lit abundant fat LED Bright Spots by (I had two devices because, in both the same). That was ultimately the reason for the return LG, as you can see quite clearly in a darkened room in the film these spots. But if you look at the lighted room or backlit, is thus hardly have problems. Even the banding stayed at LG in absolutely legitimate boundaries, albeit slightly more pronounced than in W9.

BLACK / CONTRAST
Sony 10/10
LG 5/10

This point is clearly intimately linked with the previous together, but here goes primarily to the black representation in film image.
In short, I highly doubt that another LED hinbekommt such a black. Reference is here the movie Gravity, in which the protagonist drifts into deep black of space. What rausholt the Sony here is amazing. One sees the falling figure and behind a uniform deep black and countless tiny star without clouding effect.
Comparing exactly this with the LG is clearly the big difference between the two. Even if one reduces the LED illumination of the LG at 50%, there is a) still the Bright Spots in the corners, b) a much grayer space than the Sony and c) much less detail in the background, as many little stars not at all can be differentiated from their represented black background. For this, the local dimming works at Sony so much more sophisticated that the bright figure has virtually no effect on the black background in the foreground. At LG, however, the entire vertical Dimming zone of 10cm width each time lights up when a the brightest area of ​​the rotating figure is visible on, say, the whole space is brightened enormously in this section.
AAAAB: So I have observed extreme really just at Gravity in other dark films such as Seven it was not half as strak, precisely also it is strongly on the source material.. Each picture fanatic like me, however, at W9 in dark scenes with joy singing =).

COLOURS / BRILLIANCE

Sony: 9/10
LG: 7/10

Caveat: Triluminos is overrated !! Yes, the first of three intensity levels of Triluminos function miss the picture quite a visible boost in color intensity. However, there are at normal film BluRays precious little moments where the function can really take advantage of their capacity. I have had the film Avatar running on the W9 with Triluminos and just with greatly increased color saturation and the two parallel see on the LG shockingly similar in all bright scenes. What the W9 However, does much better: avoiding the over-saturation of skin tones - the LG faces are then very quickly to red.
There are also moments, as again in Gravity, where shades are visible in the dark space that the LG simply can not display. But these are a few moments. Yes, the Sony is here overall significantly more capable, the LG is reflected with the correct settings but more than brave and without a direct comparison with the W9 would lack brilliance hardly noticeable.

SHARPNESS
Sony: 8/10
LG: 8/10

I must say in all honesty, I could not tell the difference at BluRays partout. I have test times leave something running on both SD television material, since the W9 improved a lot, the LG is much less. But that was for me as BluRayer not important.

3D
Sony: 3/10
LG: 10/10

Uuuund brings us to the problem of W9. Now I have often noticed that the 3D display is again perceived much more subjective than other image aspects. For me, I have now found even in countless devices: Passive 3D (polarization technique) is for me to Weeeeelten to look pleasant, almost no difference to 2D; Active 3D (shutter technique) on the other hand I have always perceived as tiring for the eyes and minimal flickering. I often hear statements like that it is not possible to perceive even a flicker at such high Hertz number, but as you can tell me what you want, I can see a minimal flicker.
Likewise, the W9. But not only that. The closer the 3D objects come to the audience, the less merge the two 2D images to 3D images. That was so extreme that I thought it was maybe a device error and am in the local Saturn to check it: Even with the Sony's 3D demo video it was.
The LG would here get 20/10 points. The 3D image is almost ghosting-free, pleasant to look at and by an almost sculptural depth. I have had time and time again a lot of fun in it.

UPSCALING
Sony: 7/10
LG: 7/10

If you look at DVDs on the devices operates the Sony vllt eeeetwas better in upscaling. Raving reviews from due to the W9 saw old DVDs look like HD material but I can not understand for the life. In fact, the entire strength of W9 in DVDs are less significant because the source material often does not have the capacity (best example: black levels) offers to let you spice by W9. The LG has done here in my eyes perfectly adequate job.

OTHERS

One more word about why the LG still offers the better package:
- He has a so rich tone that I did even though I have the film look extra-boxes, watched several movies on the internal boxes. Those who are not as overly fussy, really needs no external sound system. Not so with the W9. The sound reminded me of my first computer boxes. Since just completely missing the depths, not to stand in my ears.
- The beloved as hated gesture control of LG I find that completely logical new development regarding remotes. As a mouse controls to a pointer and there where one is pointing, then comes the pointer. If that's not intuitive and enormously faster than rumzutipseln with arrow keys (especially when entering URLs or similar), then I do not know.
- And last the price. The LG provides for significantly less money not solo a lot less than the W9.

CONCLUSION

The image of the Sony W9 is homogeneous, high contrast, more brilliant colors and fluid than the LG, but except for the LED / Black trouble the LG proposes more than brave. Each filmmaker will have been thrilled at the 2D image of W9, who active 3D like maybe because I can but the best will not imagine how one can watch with pleasure ^^. But since nunmal currently a VA panel, like the one has W9 is a prerequisite for a rich black with an LCD TV and they work almost exclusively with active 3D, which means probably a decision between black and passive 3D. I personally have the W9 (with a bleeding heart) due to the lousy 3Ds (hence only 4 stars) is returned and the LG because of the Bright Spots and prefer still by offering world in search ...

PRO SONY: look for cinephiles who want to have fun at the image, in dark rooms, and attach great importance to a rich black and good contrasts.

PRO LG: look for all-rounder, who value a good picture, but mostly in a bright room.

SONY 55KDLW905
+ Rich and homogeneous Black
+ Phenomenal Local Dimming
+ Flawless motion display
+ Great colors
+ Very sharp
+ No clouding, no banding, (in my case) all marks
- Inexcusable jerky sound
- Active 3D the two 2D images are not putting together useful
- Quite expensive

LG 55LA7408
+ Beautiful colors
+ Very sharp
+ Useful representation of movement (a few exceptional moments)
+ For me an ultimate 3D (passive)
+ Super sound with rich bass
+ Intuitive, efficient (remote) operation
- LED Bright spots in the corners (disturbing only in darkened rooms)
- Local Dimming works in extreme situations (at the same time very bright and very dark) roughly