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My parent's old 50" rear projection TV has a bad convergence board. So I decided to get them a new set. I hope the new Visio 4k M series is a decent set as I already have it shipping to them. I was going to get them a 1080p panel but it looks like Visio is dumping those panels.
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Have you seen my apex seals? I seem to have lost them.
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Send me one too, motherfucker. At $~1199  I've made up my mind. Of course the LG 55" 4K often goes for $1289 but I'd rather give Vizio a try. The next Samsung to it is about $500 more and only 60hz I believe, not to mention the TV itself looks like a budget model. Pretty good that the arse is falling out of the economy and I myself only have 2 months tops left to my current job and unsure whats next after that. But drat it I need a new TV!
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My current HDTV is a cheap $100 upstar from amazon. It's 60hz I think. Would I notice much of a difference going to a vizio 40" 120hz? I'd say my current TV is serviceable but its never impressed me.
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Sep 1, 2015 20:42
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codo27 posted:Send me one too, motherfucker. At $~1199 Dang, amazon delivery even hooked it all up, for loving free. I thought I was going to have to make a drive and set everything up for them.
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Sep 3, 2015 20:21
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My parents are having an issue with their sound bar. The sound bar is connected to their Verizon set top box with an optical cable. Normal channels work perfectly fine, but the On Demand service has issues with the audio getting glitchy or lagging behind or just straight up not working (and then other times it'll work just fine). Anyone have any idea why this might be? I tried Googling the issue but I couldn't seem to find anyone else with this issue.
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Genocyber posted:My parents are having an issue with their sound bar. The sound bar is connected to their Verizon set top box with an optical cable. Normal channels work perfectly fine, but the On Demand service has issues with the audio getting glitchy or lagging behind or just straight up not working (and then other times it'll work just fine). Anyone have any idea why this might be? I tried Googling the issue but I couldn't seem to find anyone else with this issue. Are you sure it's the sound bar? Does the same thing happen out of the TV speakers?
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Sep 4, 2015 06:31
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Kingnothing posted:Are you sure it's the sound bar? Does the same thing happen out of the TV speakers? Nope, TV speakers are the same for both.
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Sep 4, 2015 07:35
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Genocyber posted:Nope, TV speakers are the same for both. Have you tried resetting your router and cable box? If the problem is with the incoming signal that might clear it up.
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Sep 4, 2015 14:58
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I have 2-3k to spend on a 55-65" TV and I'm not sure what to get even after reading through the thread. I'm looking at the 55" LG OLED vs. a range of 4k UHD TVs and I don't know which would be better. Obviously a 4k is more future proof but I have no idea what to get from so many options. I will be using this for a typical movies/games/sports mix. Any advice?
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Sep 5, 2015 06:53
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I'll be in the same boat next year, and also want that LG OLED. I'm struggling to find reason to justify 4K at that size and the way it's being supported.
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Sep 5, 2015 09:42
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Hopefully in a year the 65" flat oled will be down to 3k.
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Nibbler posted:I have 2-3k to spend on a 55-65" TV and I'm not sure what to get even after reading through the thread. I'm looking at the 55" LG OLED vs. a range of 4k UHD TVs and I don't know which would be better. Obviously a 4k is more future proof but I have no idea what to get from so many options. I will be using this for a typical movies/games/sports mix. Any advice? FWIW I got a 55" 6400 series Samsung 4k TV as a warranty replacement and it's actually pretty drat nice. In game mode the input lag is pretty low, colour reproduction is very good after I spent some time with it. I was a little worried about getting it originally but it's turned out better than the TV it replaced.
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Sep 6, 2015 01:09
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Is OLED looking like it's here to stay this time?
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coffeetable posted:Is OLED looking like it's here to stay this time? Yes.
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Sep 7, 2015 15:33
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Got $600 in the tv budget, Vizio E55 my best option?
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Whale Cancer posted:Got $600 in the tv budget, Vizio E55 my best option? Yes.
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Sep 8, 2015 16:34
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The M49-C1 is $599 on Ebay.
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Sep 8, 2015 20:47
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Trip report on the 4k M Seires. I went to my parent's to check it out and I hooked up my PC to play some Metal Gear V on it, in 4k. My video card actually ran it. Looked really nice, the pixel density reminds me of looking at a good smartphone. The blacks aren't anything to write about, but for the price its actually quite nice and even better once you turn off all the motion smothing, frame jutter reducer, and all that bullshit off.
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Sep 9, 2015 03:55
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Do the legs on those move towards the center at all or are they a fixed position?
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Sep 9, 2015 04:48
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I have a 42 inch 720p Panasonic plasma from 2008. Would a 2015 TV under $1000 be a large upgrade in picture quality?
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Sep 9, 2015 12:36
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I'm going from a Panny plasma, and OLED is the only upgrade that I can see.
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Sep 9, 2015 14:34
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I still have my gorgeous 2008 Samsung Plasma and I just can't see NOT going OLED when it comes time to put down ole bessie.
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Sep 9, 2015 14:41
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sellouts posted:Do the legs on those move towards the center at all or are they a fixed position? I don't know, I assume fixed, I won't see it again in a few weeks.
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Sep 9, 2015 20:24
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Residency Evil posted:I have a 42 inch 720p Panasonic plasma from 2008. Would a 2015 TV under $1000 be a large upgrade in picture quality? Anything 1080p will be a significant upgrade
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Sep 9, 2015 20:32
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goferchan posted:Anything 1080p will be a significant upgrade Depending on what he uses the TV for, and his viewing distance.
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Sep 9, 2015 20:52
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EL BROMANCE posted:Depending on what he uses the TV for, and his viewing distance. I don't want to go into a full-on rant but resolution-chart.png is and always has been bullshit, it's trivially easy to tell the difference between 720, 1080 and even 4k at 10 foot+ distances depending on the images on the screen. Whether or not it's worth the difference to any one individual is a separate issue.
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EDIT: ^ ^ ^   EL BROMANCE posted:Depending on what he uses the TV for, and his viewing distance. His TV is 1024x768. Yes, I know it's 16:9, but it's still 1024x768. You had to go over 50" for square pixels on 2008 Panasonic plasmas, and that was still 1366x768. Nothing is ever native resolution on such a screen. Also the whole "plasma is axiomatically better than LCD" chestnut that overlooks variations in quality between manufacturers, that LCDs have had seven years to become more refined and more commonplace, and that the plasma in question has seven years of wear on it. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Sep 9, 2015 21:02
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qirex posted:I don't want to go into a full-on rant but resolution-chart.png is and always has been bullshit, it's trivially easy to tell the difference between 720, 1080 and even 4k at 10 foot+ distances depending on the images on the screen. Whether or not it's worth the difference to any one individual is a separate issue. Sure I know the chart, but I've also got a 50" Panasonic plasma at about 8ft, and perfectly fine vision according to my optician and I'm not convinced I could pass a double blind test convincingly every time between 720p and 1080p in full motion. Anecdotal evidence sure, but that's what I was going on rather than doing a lookup on the chart. So I agree, individual use. Also I didn't know the 2008 series has the shameful resolution, I wrongly presumed it was 1:1 1280x720. Sorry, on phone so can't multi quote. That definitely changes the case imo.
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Thanks guys, I'll hold on to it until I move and then get an OLED.
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Sep 9, 2015 21:59
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With the average TV this thread buys a mediocre plasma with many years of wear on it is going to be superior, imo.
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sellouts posted:With the average TV this thread buys a mediocre plasma with many years of wear on it is going to be superior, imo. 42 inch on a $1000 budget tho?
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42" isn't going to get you a comparable to Plasma TV from Samsung IMO. P series vizio comes in 50" at the smallest. M series has a 43" and is only 699. The Samsung JS9000 comes in 46" and even then doesn't include the FALD backlighting the 9500 does. I don't find the 6 or 7 series from Samsung priced at 1k to compare to any Plasma I've seen, but they're rarer and rarer these days. Maybe I haven't seen the worst plasma. Just my opinion though. Maybe that plasma aged poorly or otherwise has serious image quality issues.
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Bunk Rogers posted:The M49-C1 is $599 on Ebay. This looks good. Does it have a headphone jack?
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Doesn't look like it looking at the labelling of the back and side panels. I guess you can run the line out into a little headphone amp or something though.
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Antenna question for OTA... not sure where to ask this so I'll start here and if there's a better place let me know. I just got an "amplified digital" antenna for my HDTV, I can get VHF stations with no problems but no UHF stations (at least that's according to antennapoint.com). I'm not quite too sure what I'm doing wrong since from my reading tonight it sounds like VHF should be harder to get than the UHF stations so what am I doing wrong here?
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shaitan posted:Antenna question for OTA... not sure where to ask this so I'll start here and if there's a better place let me know. it all depends on where the towers are in relation to you. Can you give any direction as to where you live? Zip code, cross street close by?
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Don Lapre posted:it all depends on where the towers are in relation to you. Can you give any direction as to where you live? Zip code, cross street close by? Yeah I'm in a pretty small town so I only have about 4 stations I can possibly pick up. I did fiddle around some more and was able to get a few UHF stations so I think I just need to find the sweet spot somewhere. Thanks though! (I'm about 8 miles away from the towers... both VHF and UHF towers are located on the same hill that I am facing).
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shaitan posted:Yeah I'm in a pretty small town so I only have about 4 stations I can possibly pick up. I did fiddle around some more and was able to get a few UHF stations so I think I just need to find the sweet spot somewhere. Thanks though! (I'm about 8 miles away from the towers... both VHF and UHF towers are located on the same hill that I am facing). How far away from you from a large town? You can pull channels from 50-100miles with the right antennas and location. Put your info in tvfool or antennaweb. It will show you where to point your antenna and how far away all the towers are.
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Sep 11, 2015 05:37
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For my mohu the wall I put it on made all the difference.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Doesn't look like it looking at the labelling of the back and side panels. I guess you can run the line out into a little headphone amp or something though. Is there a headphone amp you can recommend for this purpose?
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