Well of course the contrast on old sets was/is limited to whatever the CRT face reflects in any given ambient lighting. That's the main reason modern flat screens can produce such apparent contrast. But in IMO it's pushed over the edge, to the point of now being an effect more so than anything you'd see inside or outdoors in natural lighting. Keeping in mind that everyone's eyes aren't calibrated the same, not anymore that our ears are. I've met a few folks that don't see color, or so they say.
