Abefroman
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Oldbased
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I'm looking at it different than most I guess. The price point to features tells me a lot of the more expensive tech is now available cheaper. It's mostly a collection of chips and products anyways right?
Most brands have already set sail for 2017 models. The 32" vizio smart tv we bought for music and news streaming was only $180 but 2017 model. They are basically pushing for 2018 price/functions but for end of year 2017 sales.
To me this just means in the next year tvs will be shifting to better functions for price than we have had the past few years.
Most brands have already set sail for 2017 models. The 32" vizio smart tv we bought for music and news streaming was only $180 but 2017 model. They are basically pushing for 2018 price/functions but for end of year 2017 sales.
To me this just means in the next year tvs will be shifting to better functions for price than we have had the past few years.
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I'm also wondering if next years tvs will come with atsc 3.0 tuners. Don't know the lead time they will need for that since it isn't even settled yet and won't be for a couple months.
I just thought that TCL tv was a great deal for the features compared to other tvs. Picked one up for my dad for his bedroom. It's not as good as an OLED or QLED but it's damn impressive for that price.
Also be careful if you are a chord cutter buying a VIZIO. Many of their TV's don't come with OTA tuners.
I just thought that TCL tv was a great deal for the features compared to other tvs. Picked one up for my dad for his bedroom. It's not as good as an OLED or QLED but it's damn impressive for that price.
Also be careful if you are a chord cutter buying a VIZIO. Many of their TV's don't come with OTA tuners.
Oldbased
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Ya, wasn't an issue for us as we have Direct TV but it was nice it included smart 2.0( the new processors for their brand ) for the $180 price point. Of course soon as we bought it Dell ran a special with it for $200 and a $100 Dell GC back making it $100 if you use those.
I think Vizio rolls out 2017s in April along with LG. TCL apparently rolls them out in June/July. Not sure on other brands.
Even in our case the 2017 compared to 2016 had better everything about including speakers.
It's starting to be like Iphones and Samsungs where the
Still mad my main LG 2014 model has 5 dead pixels now. One clump of 3 and a clump of 2. It's very small but they are black and noticeable on a light screen. Looks like dust.
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LG 49" 4K HDR Ultra HD Smart LED TV with App Pack — QVC.com
Curious about this deal. It says if sold separately. It is about $100 more than Amazon for the TV but 6 payments. Just curious what they mean as it should come with apps right? I know it comes with a upgraded remote. NM watched the video, it wasn't attached to it earlier. Apps are a bunch of paid odd shit like 1 year of live exercise.
Curious about this deal. It says if sold separately. It is about $100 more than Amazon for the TV but 6 payments. Just curious what they mean as it should come with apps right? I know it comes with a upgraded remote. NM watched the video, it wasn't attached to it earlier. Apps are a bunch of paid odd shit like 1 year of live exercise.
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Hey guys,
LG OLED65B6P
I am about ready to take the plunge into OLED. Any advice? Should I do this? I fell in love with one when I saw it at Best Buy.
Is now a good time to purchase as this is 2016's model? Sounds like they are the same panel.
LG OLED65B6P
I am about ready to take the plunge into OLED. Any advice? Should I do this? I fell in love with one when I saw it at Best Buy.
Is now a good time to purchase as this is 2016's model? Sounds like they are the same panel.
Abefroman
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I would wait till next year to get an OLED since the price is going to plummet next year with LG opening an automated factory reducing the cost to make them bigly. At least wait till black friday or super bowl when they get heavy discounts.
Oldbased
Make sure that isn't one of those shitty fucking rgbw tvs.
Utnayan
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I would wait till next year to get an OLED since the price is going to plummet next year with LG opening an automated factory reducing the cost to make them bigly. At least wait till black friday or super bowl when they get heavy discounts.
Ok thanks for the tips
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i almost jumped on the OLED 65" B6 for $1999 around superbowl time so I think the price definitely should be better than $3k for that TV. I've seen the 55" for $1400 multiple times at Frys now. I went with the KS8000 instead mostly because the LG's were having issues with input lag when HDR mode was enabled, dunno if they fixed that yet (assume so).
its probably the best TV you can buy right now for gaming/movies/TV, followed by Samsung KS8000 but keep in mind the HDR NITS values on both TVs are going to be lower than the NITs level on the 2018 TVs. I think the NITS max level on the LG OLEDs is 500 whereas the newer TVs are going to hit 1500+ which is a huge brightness differential, which will make HDR even better. The 2018 TVs are also going to support VRR, aka TV gsync but dunno if newer games will let you turn off v-sync, if they do the input lag will be absolutely minimal on console gaming.
samsung just added steam link as an APP (no extra hardware needed) to their new TVs which is awesome
its probably the best TV you can buy right now for gaming/movies/TV, followed by Samsung KS8000 but keep in mind the HDR NITS values on both TVs are going to be lower than the NITs level on the 2018 TVs. I think the NITS max level on the LG OLEDs is 500 whereas the newer TVs are going to hit 1500+ which is a huge brightness differential, which will make HDR even better. The 2018 TVs are also going to support VRR, aka TV gsync but dunno if newer games will let you turn off v-sync, if they do the input lag will be absolutely minimal on console gaming.
samsung just added steam link as an APP (no extra hardware needed) to their new TVs which is awesome
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The only downside to LG's OLED is that it isn't the brightest. The picture looks amazing, but in a bright room, there's some difficulty. Add randomly, my screen appears to go 20% sooner than usual. Like if I pause something to use the bathroom, it doesn't always resume full brightness when I press play again. It might not really happen, but that's the feeling I get.
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I have a 2015 LG OLED and I don't have any issues - but then my set was professionally calibrated.
I use my TV as a monitor and it does reduce the brightness if it's inactive for a while, but moving the mouse turns it back up to full. I think that's a setting you can turn off.
The biggest issue with LG Oleds and even still on the newest models is "near black banding" - basically in near black scenes then there will be visible "jail bars". Even on a pro calibrated set this can still be an issue. There's a notorious scene in Interstellar which just looks awful. Also, Castle Black scenes in Game of Thrones or similar locations/light levels can highlight this.
Although, when the scene displays absolute black eg that scene in Stranger Things when it's just Eleven in a total black setting - look stunning
I'm happy with mine despite some minor imperfections.
Honestly, waiting for the next innovation is always going to be a permanent waiting cycle. That LG OLED deal someone pasted a few weeks ago was too good to ignore IMO
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Just bought this myself bronie, I'll let you know how it is (especially for gaming). Only concern, as mentioned, was brightness levels but I found a deal for $2400 delivered and that seemed a fair price. I'm sure it'll get cheaper, but I need one now.
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The steam page says it is also for 2016 and 2017 UHD models for the US beta. Going to check it out when I get home.
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Saturday, pretty stoked - didn't realize my xbone S had a UHD player so going to grab planet earth 2 and see how it looks. My brother has an older LG OLED and he's obsessed with the thing. Now to find a home for my old sony 55".... thinking of just pawning it.
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you should probably check out Avforums or the US equivalent AVSforum. There will be owners threads for each model.
Here's the latest B6 owners thread, admittedly a lot to digest but you should get a good and honest response if you ask for opinions LG B6 OLED TV Owners and Discussion Thread - Part 5