Hi All - well my 65ZD9 arrived yesterday and it's a beauty. So far I've run various DSE and Banding tests and not seen anything so that's great news. :thumbsup:
I did notice that when on an all grey settings screen if I stood up and walked up to the TV and looked down on it I could see two very clear bands just off centre right but they vanish and never show up in any content when you return to a sensible viewing angle!
I'm very very impressed with the blacks (and near blacks) - indeed I played various LG OLED HDR demos
and my wife and kids thought it was an OLED! Blooming is virtually non-existent and in many cases is literally non-existent :cool:
The built in video player seems to play everything I throw at it via USB 3.0 without any problems whereas Kodi and VLC struggle with the 4K & HDR stuff. YouTube also plays all the 4K videos I can throw at it without any buffering - as too does Netflix and Amazon Prime.
HDR on Netflix is very good - although subtle it really does pop when it needs too and adds a realistic depth to images. I've also nearly burnt my retinas out a couple of times!!

I spent a while messing with settings while watching Daredevil before I realised Season 2 is not in HDR!!!
The Android OS has been fine - quick and no troubles at all so far. It updated itself as soon as I started it.
I only have a few minor issues so far:
I'm sitting a foot closer to the ZD9 than my previous 65" because I'm waiting to swap it and hang it on the wall, so it is currently sitting on a stand in front and also slightly lower too. It is amazing how this messes with your viewing pleasure and is actually very disconcerting when you've been used to a particular setup for a while. Can't wait to move it now.
I'm in settings hell right now. I've applied the AVForums settings and then @10k's and then tweaked... and tweaked... and tweaked :confused: Just when I think I'm happy I watch something and start tweaking again! I think I need to get it calibrated so then I know it's perfect.
So images look sublime and others not so. Never bad but sometimes too soft (BBC HD) or grainy / noisy (Daredevil 4K Netflix). The latter may be the style of course.
I'm also flip flopping through
the motion settings* as this is my single biggest obsession -
I can spot a judder a mile off. So far never on Sky Q but on panning shots in Daredevil and Marco Polo on Netflix and on some mkv TV shows. But I can't decide between True Cinema, Smooth, Clear and Custom (with 10K's settings)! I also don't know if it is the combination of these and Reality and Film Mode!? Too many combos :eek:
I also can't send a 2160p 10 bit single from my Sky Q to the ZD9 for some reason. 2160p 8 bit works fine. The Sky Q says it doesn't support it. So I'm currently suspecting my HDMI cables - which is odd because the Sky Q one is from Sky and supposedly certified for 4K.
Not watched any 1080p blu-rays yet either and I've not bought a 4K Blu-ray player yet. I'm eyeing the new Panasonic dmp-ub700.