Yeah, the contrast on the below picture is excellent considering the room lights are on. The dark area's simply can't get any darker than the CRT face color when the set is turned off. The whites look very bright, and there's no visible retrace lines that I can see. IMO it's as good as it can get from an 19AP4. Turn the lights off and you can turn the brightness down accordingly. Kick back and enjoy.
http://videokarma.org/attachment.php...4&d=1392130928