Thanks for posting the review. I continue to be absolutely gob smacked by this display, and apart from the "corona" (what I called light blobs above) effect he mentions, is about the only flaw that I have consistently been--bothered is too strong a word--distracted by might be a better descriptor, and again that's really only with scrolling credits.
I really like the pedestal stand for my 75--as he notes, the number of choices goes way, way up without having to embrace feet--which look dorky as hell IMO (and yes the plastic part that screws to the back seems a bit cheesy, but out of sight, out of mind, the steel part that is visible more than makes up for it). Today I take delivery of a metal stand that is nearly as wide as the TV (so in theory it could have worked with feet), sits 2 feet off the ground bringing center screen to eye level, and best of all for my situation has an 9 inch shelf that will just accommodate the smaller Elac center channel. Granted it's still an MTM on it's side with the associated problems, but short of wall mounting which isn't an option for me, I'm hoping that it will take my pair of the Debut Reference up a notch. (Which I haven't really been able to put through the paces owing the need for some room treatment as I have huge swaths of wall and floor with nothing much to absorb reflections
). A arge area rug is next, and then some DIY panels as needed.
The existing stand I had which is really for a 55-65" screen size would have been fine--I was just a wee bit nervous about the weight of the TV on a 1/4 inch piece of tempered glass with a considerable span between supports. Anyhow that's a win-win given I was able to add a center channel. Incidentally, in my very live acoustic, the built in speakers are pretty damn good in my opinion, and I switch back to these for late night viewing so as to not piss off my immediate neighboring apartment and at those volumes, it seems more than adequate. Maybe I'll get some BT buds down the road, but in no hurry.
One related option is that AFAICT, there is no way to get the optical audio output to work while using the built-in speakers--I know the Sony's can, cant recall re the LG's. Which really only means having to get into the settings menu and switching selected outputs versus just using the volume control on my AVR and the TV to control. Speaking of which I have had difficulty getting the AVR and TV to communicate via eARC, but that may be due to the ten year difference with the Integra I picked up on EBay. I suppose if I got in there for an extended thrash I could get them to play nicely, but now that Integra brand is history, don't know that any technical support is available--in any event, I doubt that's there would be an issue for anybody else.
But what makes me really, really in love with this TV is the picture depth--truly at time's it almost 3D and you feel as if you can walk into the scene--something I have never experienced to this degree. Textures are rendered gorgeously as well. Don't get me wrong--I watched a doc on the diamond trade and the new breed of lab made diamonds that are absolutely impossible to tell apart which was effing dazzling; metals look awesome as well.
I absolutely agree that this thing needs to be tamed a bit for dark viewing--I find the mid 30's of brightness to be perfect for dark viewing, and just fine for daytime viewing with the shades closed--so for me it's set and forget. Finally if you look at the zone density of the various sizes, the 75" seems to be in the sweet spot. Many people were having issues at AVS with the various brightness options and reporting wild swings in scene brightness, but that may be more or less confined to 65" models and firmware fixable. Happy to say it hasn't been a problem for me. Oh and Google TV seems like a fine interface for my multiple subscriptions. It hasn't had a chance to get to know me so not sure in that regard, and the remote is a sweetheart compared to others I've used, and the Samsungs just suck ergonomically I'm told. One problem is the proximity of the volume control and the back button, but I'm getting there--having a backlight is very nice.
Effing sweet TV--at $1800 for the 75, I'm happy as a clam and my checking acct agrees!
PS: I'll update the post once I get the stand and speaker set up with pics.