That's only true if nothing bright is displayed on screen. Look at the picture of this article carefully. Pioneer deliberately use a video screen that has bright spot all over the screen to defeat the local dimming effects (e.g. fake black) used by LED LCD TVs.
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My Sammy LN46A650 LCD displays black as pure black which is plenty good enough for me.
That's only true if nothing bright is displayed on screen. Look at the picture of this article carefully. Pioneer deliberately use a video screen that has bright spot all over the screen to defeat the local dimming effects (e.g. fake black) used by LED LCD TVs.