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Black Friday Approaches: Time to Crack the Case on the 4k TV Phenomenon
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I have a 49'' TCL 4k TV that cost me maybe $300 not on sale? I'm more then fine with the quality of the picture and use it for my switch + streaming. I'd like to eventually get something like a bigger OLED TV, but that is a move and a thousand-ish dollars away.
I just need VRR and low input lag on the cheap, so I'm probably going to have to camp a bit longer.
if anyone can help. I am actually in for a TV and I want to buy one tomorrow.
I am looking for a TV that doesn't go above 1200$ Canadian ( Around 900$ US ? )
I am looking at the Sony X900F, X850G and TCL 6 Series.
I know many people will say go with the 900F but I am a guy who really loves IPS screens ( same goes for my Asus 2k IPS 144htz monitor ). at least in monitors, I can't stand the VA panels . yet they all keep raving about the 900F.
I am also someone who is OCD to backlight bleeding and dead pixels. I can't sleep at night if I saw a dead pixel. or there are different gradients of gray on the screen when it display a gray solid color image .
if someone has an opinion please share it ? and no I will not buy an OLED TV even if it was a 200$. I will not live in paranoid zone fearing the hud of a COD game stuck on my screen in few months / year because of spending too much time playing.
I am looking for a TV that doesn't go above 1200$ Canadian ( Around 900$ US ? )
I am looking at the Sony X900F, X850G and TCL 6 Series.
I know many people will say go with the 900F but I am a guy who really loves IPS screens ( same goes for my Asus 2k IPS 144htz monitor ). at least in monitors, I can't stand the VA panels . yet they all keep raving about the 900F.
I am also someone who is OCD to backlight bleeding and dead pixels. I can't sleep at night if I saw a dead pixel. or there are different gradients of gray on the screen when it display a gray solid color image .
if someone has an opinion please share it ? and no I will not buy an OLED TV even if it was a 200$. I will not live in paranoid zone fearing the hud of a COD game stuck on my screen in few months / year because of spending too much time playing.
In Canada 🇨🇦 yes! I'm in the Greater Toronto Area, and purchased it from a brick and mortar shop in the Niagara region.
Just checked my receipt, and I purchased it on November the 9th. Also got free delivery.
This years and last year's U series Samsung TVs fall into that category
Fingers crossed its and LG C9 55",in the UK most places have them for about £1400, hopefully I can get it on interest free credit, in fact I'm going to have a look at them tomorrow, unsure if the prices will drop anymore, even by Black Friday though
I'd be suprised, the RRP is £2500, so I don't think they'll go much lower.
the B8 dropped to about£900 just before the B9 was launched in a couple of places, so that is probably a pattern that would occur again if the same 10 series models are following the same pricing structure too
If you want IPS go with this
For being an IPS TV, it's pretty good AND it has HDMI 2.1. If it's a little too expensive you can go with the SM9000 which is pretty similar (also HDMI 2.1.) but not as bright.
https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/sm9000
Unless you just need a cheepo tv, I would not buy this year if you aren't getting the C9 with 2.1. Next year we will get more 2.1 with better deals.
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Currently in bestbuy Looking for a 4K "gaming" monitor/ small tv to replace this crap dell I have and I'm seriousLy wondering why I don't just buy a Big ass tv instead
Depends on the use really. I have a 144hz monitor just for Rocket League and CS, all the rest I play on a TV.
IPS is like nightmare fuel for HDR, which is why it's not really used in premium TV displays because of IPS glow + plus FALD. You'll see this mentioned in reviews for LG's TV LCD panels.
PC monitor world is a little bit of a mess because of it.
It gets much better with more zones, I think some of the very best displays have 500+ zones on a relatively small screen.
Waiting for HDMI 2.1 and next-gen consoles to jump in on 4K. Right now I'm fine rocking my 2011 Samsung D6500 1080p plasma.
I bought a 55" Philips OLED back in May... It was pricey (around £1500), but goddamn, it's the best purchase I've ever made. Ambilight is the tits, and the picture quality on it is absolutely unreal. The only thing that's given me a twinge of buyer's remorse is that there's a newer model on sale for £1099 at the minute which has Dolby Vision as well as HDR10, but I'm ok with that.
I just wish they'd start making 40" OLEDs - I want one in my games room but I've not got space for a 55" :(
I just wish they'd start making 40" OLEDs - I want one in my games room but I've not got space for a 55" :(
TCL and Hisense make really good TV's. My next tv I buy will be from either of those tv makers. I am hoping next year they have tv's that have HDMI 2.1 with VRR.
Don't buy OLED if you want piece of mind.
I'm going to wait 2020 black friday hoping that CES 2020 will give us nice surprises in LCD department.
I'm going to wait 2020 black friday hoping that CES 2020 will give us nice surprises in LCD department.
I was able to find a good used 65 inch tv X900F in good condition ( has like a small scratch on the screen but not visible for 800$ Canadian which is like 550$ US )
Grabbed that and I said fuck it .
So far so good I guess
I had just upgraded from a Samsung D8000 plasma... I finally found something that beat out the PQ that I've come accustomed to over the last few years...
Gibby's Electronics
OLEDs aren't for everyone. Be mindful of the room and time you'll be watching/ playing in, OLEDs aren't necessarily the best in bright rooms. My parents bought an OLED for their living room and ended up exchanging it for a high-end Samsung LED because they watch movies and TV during the weekends during the afternoon and their room gets a ton of sunlight.
I have a C8 and it's incredible, if you do use it mostly at night or in a dark room they are incredible, but definitely something to keep in mind.
I have a C8 and it's incredible, if you do use it mostly at night or in a dark room they are incredible, but definitely something to keep in mind.
If you can pick up the C9 on sale. That is THE gaming TV. Best display device that ever crossed the threshold of my house.
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...with your avatar one would hope you could see that its a joke a mile away....
This is one thing I wonder about. We currently have a KS9000 and I worry that upgrading to an OLED might feel like a downgrade in terms of brightness (especially when comparing my TV with something like a C9 using rtings' brightness review section)
Hi all,
I was hoping to ask for some help figuring out what kind of TV to get. I know very little about TVs. I did see another thread saying don't buy a TV on Black Friday because crappier models are more heavily promoted, but it seems like one poster in that thread has a good point that if you already have a good TV in mind you can avoid that issue.
So, our current TV since 2012 is this Samsung 26" set.
We don't have any 4K hardware, just an Xbox One and a Switch so I'm assuming we only need to upgrade to 1080 and not 4K. Even a bump to 1080 and a larger TV should be world's better to our eyes.
So given that, I'm hoping not to break the bank. Quality is more important to me than price though since we'd plan to keep this TV for several years. We game just as much as we watch, so I'd like something good for gaming in terms of latency and framedrops. We mostly play Nintendo games and Indies.
I don't know much about OLEDs vs. LEDs but it seems like I should also say our room gets a lot of natural sunlight.
Any advice is most welcome and greatly appreciated! Thanks all.
I was hoping to ask for some help figuring out what kind of TV to get. I know very little about TVs. I did see another thread saying don't buy a TV on Black Friday because crappier models are more heavily promoted, but it seems like one poster in that thread has a good point that if you already have a good TV in mind you can avoid that issue.
So, our current TV since 2012 is this Samsung 26" set.
We don't have any 4K hardware, just an Xbox One and a Switch so I'm assuming we only need to upgrade to 1080 and not 4K. Even a bump to 1080 and a larger TV should be world's better to our eyes.
So given that, I'm hoping not to break the bank. Quality is more important to me than price though since we'd plan to keep this TV for several years. We game just as much as we watch, so I'd like something good for gaming in terms of latency and framedrops. We mostly play Nintendo games and Indies.
I don't know much about OLEDs vs. LEDs but it seems like I should also say our room gets a lot of natural sunlight.
Any advice is most welcome and greatly appreciated! Thanks all.