I use a Sony Bravia 55" and I've never seen any issue with the dark areas. I did a lot of fine tuning on the picture before playing the game though. Out of the box, regular tv shows looked really good, but seemed a bit "disconnected". I went from a 65" projection to the HD, so I thought it was that. It wasn't. After an hour of trying out all of the options, everything looked right. Then I played the game and it was beautiful from the get go.