As someone who just went through two of them, please trust me and don't do it. While I was initially happy, problems soon became very evident. My second TV has even worse issues, this time with backlighting. If I knew how to post pics on this website I would. It is the worst TV I have ever seen. It looks like there are four flashlights pointing towards the center of the TV. Horrible backlighting.
Yeah, Best Buy is good about returns. That's who I bought it with as well. I also live in an apartment, and they actually came out to the apartment with the second TV, and took the first one back. They also are now going to send someone out to pick up the second TV to return it so I can get my money back without needing to go to the store. So, if you do get the TV and have issues, call their customer support number (1-888-BESTBUY) They will send someone out to pick up the TV for you, whether you want to return or replace it. Just remember that the return policy is only 15 days, so act fast if you feel you need to, and it should work out ok.
No, didn't buy any warranty, was just within the 15 day return period. They have sent people to my apartment a total of three times now dealing with this, had no issues.
I will defend my R615. For the price I've paid, and I have friends who have the sonys and the lgs that cost 2x-2.5x what I paid, I am PERFECTLY happy with what I have. I really don't see a difference between what I have and what they have, not $1000 different at least. I got a friend to buy the same TV and neither of us have ever had issues. Though from the posts above, and previous reviews, panel lottery is a very real thing. Any issues I've ever had with the TV was because of the source material, I'm still not wowed by HDR nor do I 'get it' so this TV is perfect for me. Though someday in the future I would like an OLED, but I'm still super paranoid over burn in.
This has also been my experience with my B7! I live in a very dusty environment, and my computer monitors get coated with the stuff within a couple weeks if I don't regularly dust. But I can leave my TV alone for months upon months and hardly a dust or a cat hair can be found on it. I wish everything could be so dust-resistant haha
Well, there is the Hisense H8F, which is cheaper actually: https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/hisense/h8f
Also this is a little bit incorrect. While Resident Evil 2 has a couple of areas in the police station that have elevated blacks, it's obviously done intentionally and does not apply to all blacks throughout the game. There are plenty of true black values in the game as a whole. There are areas in RPD that have greyish blacks, but IMO this is so it's not as oppressive, and to contrast when you go to the basement, where they switch to true black values for all the darkness and it's really stressful and anxiety inducing. The game is just color graded differently for different areas, you can see the color grading adjust when you transition from the shuttered wing of the RPD with the foggy/elevated blacks to the main hall for instance.
I'm on limited on my PS4 and low on my LG C9.
Hmm, yeah IDK, are you sure the black level settings are correct when HDR is activated (feeding the TV HDR content switches it to a different picture profile) toggle them while running tetris or something and see if you notice a difference.
I've got the PS4 set to limited instead of automatic, and I think there's no way for me to set the TV's HDR black levels from anything other than low
Yeah it should be limited/low. Not sure what's going on there TBH
This is still an incredible achievement. I hope all other manufacturers get in on this input lag war. I really hope it stays this way or goes even lower for future LG OLEDs.
Hm, gotcha. It's tough, because I really did want a new TV this year. The TCL 6 sadly just didn't work out for me, and now I'm wary of these budget brands, plus I'd rather have a 120hz panel and VRR anyway. So, now I'm looking at basically spending like $1000+ on a TV unless I get a killer sale on Black Friday or something, and it just feels like, if I'm going to spend that much, might as well wait and save up for next year, and get the full package deal with HDMI 2.1, at least if it still offers significant benefits for gaming. Does seem like that would be the best option for me now.
