Nowt wrong with my tele, the blacks and screen quality is better than yours if you remember
The thing is, running 1080p on a 55” 4k tele makes the textures look like complete ass. If you like that low res look but the clear image then bravo, I want eye candy not PS3 looking textures on a big tv
This is why to me, things look nicer on a 27” 1440p monitor, less scaling needed and better PPI.
How can blacks be better? If anything my blacks are better than yours as you have the brightness set higher than 51?
And that's why I keep saying your TV is ****** You were/are happy with the 4k/checkerboard yet to me that looks like 720p. Either your scaling/aspect ratio or something is messed up if 1080P is looking as bad as what you are saying.