Thanks, I made sure that takealot offered the 30 day hassle free return with this TV so I've logged the return with them. I'm not sure whether it's broken or maybe I just received a really bad panel. Looking at the level of IPS glow I'm pretty certain that the panel is specific to SA as overseas...
I bought the 75inch U8k from takealot so can confirm that it's the same processor as uk (pentonic 700 per youtube app settings so same as what Vincent Theo showed in his review on hdtvtest) and I counted the same number of dimming zones at 1056 which matches rtings website.
Big issue though is...