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Originally Posted by berettafan

So last night the wife and i are watching this 'the old man' show (kinda funny given the 'i can't see or hear anything' comments in this thread) and there were some very dark scenes. In our room there is a mirror on the wall to the right and if i'm situated just so i can watch the tv in the mirror. When i did this i could make out WAY more detail than i could looking directly at the tv. it was like a second tv (in reverse) that had the brightness turned way, way up.

i guess it was less light hitting my eyes thus allowing more open pupils. Honestly though it was almost eery just how different it looked.

My guess is that it had more to do with viewing angle. Most flat panel TVs have an image that varies quite a bit as the angle of view changes from perpendicular. My guess is that you could get up and walk to the side and see a similar image.