LOL, I do not know who told you this is "reference quality", but I agree with you that it isn't, there is no "reference quality" LD, at least to me anyways, not anymore, but I am going to look at the areas you speak of just for the hell of it.
You are always posting LD screens, can you post some of what you are seeing, so the rest of us can see if we see it on our captures?