So, I had some kind of issue with my UK KS7000/US8000. I couldn't identify it, so I decided to have it picked up and get a return.
Well, the return came in and the problem was still there. I realised I cocked up and asked the technician if they somehow kept track of returned TVs, so I could swap back to the one had (if that makes sense). He said that wasn't possible, so I was stuck with a replacement TV with more problems than the old one.
Then I woke up and it was all a dream.
I'm not joking. I literally woke up with a start earlier today, realising that I did not swap my TV for some unknown technical reason. It's still upstairs and I'd had some kind of lightmare (not quite a nightmare).
I hope this post is OK, but seriously folks, as many issues as the TV has with plastic separation, DSE and banding and light bleed, if you have a set that you can live with, a set where you can get into a show or a game and forget about the niggles, keep it.
If you can find HDR settings that work for you, whatever combination of backlight, brightness and contrast the may be, stick with them.
Because I've just run an unwanted simulation of what it's like to get rid of a slightly flawed TV for a worse one, and it's enough to give you lightmares.