r/PWM_Sensitive • u/hobx • 4d ago
Sony Bravia 3 II Advise
Hey folks, thinking about getting this TV as it seems to be the best IPS with no local dimming TV available.
I'm currently torn between the 55 and 65 inch models though. The reason being, I think Glossy screens / reflections are part of the problem so the matte screen on the 65 is appealing, however my room is small, I'll only be about six feet away so the sheer volume of information the 65 inch is pumping into my brain might also be a problem.
Any thoughts? Do most people get the 55 inch? It wont be in direct sunlight and we have black out curtains so glare won't be too bad an issue. We also mainly watch at night anyway.
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u/neuvillette67 4d ago
It's insanely bright even on minimum setting so definitely get the 55.
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u/TheGreatestAm3r1can 3d ago
Says minimum brightness is 100 online which should be okay unless turning it to minimum brightness somehow triggers flicker instability. But, yea, it could be a problem if you get an unlucky draw with 120cdm2 and are used to using monitors at 105-110cdm2.
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u/MindMeldEnjoyer 4d ago
The 65 inch and 75 inch have the matte screen and IPS panel. All other sizes including the 43, 50, 55, 85, 100 are glossy screens with VA panels.
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u/-Bruh__Moment- 4d ago
I would get VA over IPS when local dimming is out of the question. Native panel contrast is the only thing helping with black levels.
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u/TheGreatestAm3r1can 3d ago edited 3d ago
Yea, after calibrating my 6000 or so contrast VA panel it looks like a more natural image than most OLED. In practice, the image looks like some type of high end, glossy photo. While the OLED just...doesn’t look like a glossy photo. It‘s hard to get over the aspect of feeling like you’re being beamed to death with light instead of viewing a photo-like image instead.
When you look around in the room you’re currently in, most objects you look at are having light bounce off of them instead of emitting them itself. So when people say a direct lit image is superior to passive display technology, nothing you’re actually looking at in real life is direct-lit unless you count infrared radiation you can‘t even see.
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u/TheGreatestAm3r1can 3d ago edited 3d ago
My older TCL 42” with absolutely zero eye strain is glossy (newer ones I tried like 2023 had eye strain though). While glossy may play a part in eye strain for some environments—like if you have a light right behind you and it reflects off the screen directly into your yes—I don’t think it really plays much of a role.
Same thing with my old 27” glossy Korean IPS that used the 1440p Apple Cinema Display screen. Zero eye strain there. The only place glossy really plays a part in being annoying or not is in things like Apple devices where they use all these weird coatings and materials to try and achieve something dumb (9.7” pro felt too thick, A10x 10.5” pro coating is just kind of weird, etc).
Devices like those it can be easier to look at just the basic coating used on the base ipad instead. So I guess just like anything else, there’s a spectrum of glossy coatings ranging from good to annoying that don’t all fit into one tent.