Ranma posted:

Samsung F5300. It is a plasma, 60" for $700. As long as you aren't constantly watching it in a super bright room, it is a great TV.

Ranma posted:

It is a pentile display. If you are within 3-4 feet of the TV, you can notice it, at 10 feet it looks identical to non pentile displays.

BonoMan posted:

Well for not being sensitive to the screen door effect and for a set that is generally excellently reviewed, I'm gonna still say you probably saw a broken unit or it really was still just the source.

Typically going into a Best Buy or Sears or whatever, in my opinion, is a way to get a terribly misinformed opinion of a set since they are generally setup so poorly by people that don't know what the gently caress they're doing.

1997 posted:

Did any of your research include this thread? Just get a Vizio. Low input lag, good price, decent picture quality.

Dallan Invictus posted:

Possibly in the "too good to be true" sense. Are you sure you aren't misreading something somewhere and signing away your soul and/or a kidney along with that $1350?

qirex posted:

AU/CA might be Australian/Canadian model? Not sure if there's any real difference between those models and the US one. Either way I'd put that solidly in the "suspiciously cheap" category.

Don Lapre posted:

The 2015 replacement has been selling for less than that.

MrOnBicycle posted:

Are there any good OLED TV's for about $2.5k? Preferably one that integrates well with Galaxy Tab S tablets. Preferably not curved.
I'm trying to find some, and the closest I can get are LG TV's that I can't find reviews about (which I normally take as a bad sign).

Internet Explorer posted:

In the market for a new TV, having to downsize from a projector. Would love to spring for one of the new OLED TVs but 55 inches is just too small and 65 inches is just too expensive.

Also, a 1 year warranty on a $5,000 TV? Come the gently caress on.

Tapedump posted:

A sanity check, if you please.

I currently have a nothing-special 42" Panasonic TC-L42E5 in my den that I generally sit 9 feet away from. I watch a lot of 720p TV content using XMBC/Kodi, and I play a lot of 1080p PC games on it (GTX 980, FWIW).

I find myself moving the sofa up much closer to play games like Witcher 3 that have small text and no UI scaling. I considered getting a 120Hz display for my PC, but I want to game on the couch.

So, I want a new TV, and my wish list is:

A) Be bigger than my current set, ideally 60" or 65"
B) Make my PC games look awesome by keeping their display res at 1080p but run at a higher refresh rate

My research has led me to the Vizio 4K M 2015 series, which CNET and rtings.com list as being able to do 1080p at true 120Hz.

My sanity check question is: I am correct to assume these sets will effectively be like a 120Hz PC monitor (at 1080p) so I can set a PC game to output 1080p to the TV and watch it respond ultra-smooth like a similar PC monitor would, provided my rig can pump out FPS above 60? Could a game actually display at 120 FPS? Or, is interpolation going to kill this idea?

If I'm over-assuming here, would the "worst case" scenario of a 60Hz-limited input signal from PC to TV still look improved on said Vizio (or other) 120Hz panel over the 60Hz Panasonic, despite being "only" <60 FPS?

(Also, I'm not going to find a TV 1080p panel that does true 120Hz like that, right? Not for 3D viewing but as a blazing fast, large "PC monitor." Gotta get a 4K just for that feature?)

Thank you all for helping guide me.

Don Lapre posted:

120hz tv's arn't always using frame interpolation. Most of the time they simply repeat each frame twice (or 5 times for 24hz material). Motion Interpolation is something you can turn on or off 99% of the time.

veedubfreak posted:

The 27" isn't widescreen, but it still weighs 90 pounds. Those ginormous 32" widescreen CRT tvs were ridiculous.

veedubfreak posted:

Any thoughts on the Sharp LC-70UH30U. It's 100 more than the Vizio but it has an adjustable stand and the Vizio feet are too wide for my table. Seems to basically trade blows with the Vizio, but I've never owned a Sharp so not sure what it's like long term. It also does 4k60@4:4:4 so I can use it with my pc.

Lamquin posted:

This might be a bit offtopic, but does anyone have personal experience with "Ambient backlight" on TVs? It's time to start thinking about Christmas presents, so I'm poking around a bit for my brother who watches a lot of Netflix from his PC connected to his TV.

I've seen both the "Lightpack" and the AmbiVision mentioned when I only took passing glance about the topic. It seems like a gimmick, but a pretty nice looking gimmick.

Since I've never seen this personally in action, I'm curious if it's worth digging deeper into or if it's something that'll be used once and then turned off because it's a hassle/distracting.

goferchan posted:

Why a soundbar? It still blows my mind that people spend $1,000+ on a TV but then settle for the audio equivalent of a 32" CRT or whatever ..... get some speakers dude!!

edit: I mean I understand if you have space considerations or if you have a shared living situation where you don't necessarily want to crank the volume up. But unless soundbars are nowadays way better than I understand them to be, you can get decent speakers pretty cheaply and have an audio experience as good as your visual one

EL BROMANCE posted:

Sometimes it depends on what audio format the source is in, but a good receiver will have a 'late night' option to compress the audio a bit.

I ran 5.0 in my apartment for years and nobody ever banged on my door or complained through the front desk or anything.

Duke Chin posted:

Yeah still trying to find if there is a game mode and whatnot. The in-tv-manual kinda blows. Gonna hit samsung's site and see what's clever. This TV is baller as F when it comes to plugging my PC in thus far, though. poo poo's changed bunches since last I bought a flat screen.


Thanks - I'd never even heard of the site.

dupersaurus posted:

What's the expected price area for a decent ~50in 1080 TV? Mostly used for watching a Roku and some gaming, but I'm not going to go full sperg on the refresh rate. Good enough is good enough.

Slowhanded posted:

You're still about a grand short of being able to buy a good 1080p OLED, so don't fret about that.

sellouts posted:

Crossposting from deals thread because I don't think people know about it:

LG Electronics 55EG9100 1080p OLED 1399 via Adorama on eBay

God am I getting close to just saying gently caress it and getting this vs the 65" flat OLED which is 3x as much.

farfidnuggin posted:

Hey friends, I picked up a Samsung UN50J5200 for pretty cheap during Cyber Monday sales. I haven't had a TV in years, but I knew the audio was going to be less than desirable. Turns out, it's trashier than I expected and I need to pick up some sort of speakers system. I've never done audio for a TV before, any suggestions at a reasonable price?

sellouts posted:

I think you're crazy if you choose 4k at 55" over OLED 1080p at 55"

Coolnezzz posted:

Coolnezzz posted:

It is! I live in a studio apartment with no garage or lockable outdoor storage and also happen to have a lot of tools so I have no where else to put the thing. The picture basically shows a third of my entire apartment with the front third taken up by my bed/dresser and the middle third for my desk/workspace. It does have a full kitchen and bathroom so I don't complain and it's inexpensive for the area.

Number_6 posted:

Any prospects of a 50-55" OLED for $1200 or less? Also, has LG fixed the "yellow tint" issue that some reviews mentioned for off-axis viewing? I need (want) plasma-type performance over a wide viewing angle.