These are the jacks on my receiver:
From what I can see none of the newer receivers have those kinds of jacks.
I've actually never seen those before. It looks to be electrically equivilent to your standard speaker connectors, so you may be able to get some cheap adapters for them. If not, then you might be able to cut the connectors off the receiver end, strip the wire, and either connect them directly or use banana plugs. Either way, the solutions are actually pretty cheap and easy to do.
When do the next batch of tvs get released from all the major companies?
the 2020 lineup I guess
While some TVs do get announced in the fall, the vast majority are announced at CES in January. They usually don't start trickling out into stores until the spring and some can even be released as late as the summer or early fall.
Hey TV Era.
I've been lurking in this thread for a few weeks, trying to absorb information about the current slate of TVs (in addition to reading reviews on other sites).
I think I'm going to pick up the LG C9 55" once it goes back on sale in Canada (it was $2K two weeks ago and $1800 a month ago).
I did have a few questions that I was hoping someone could offer their opinions on.
1) My main uses for this TV will be gaming (MMOs, modern games but also lots of retro stuff), watching stuff online & movies (via a blu ray drive) - is an OLED right for me?
This will depend on multiple factors. The risk of burn in--particularly for recent model OLEDs--can be greatly exaggerated, but there's still technically a risk. If you're going to be playing the exact same game over and over then that chance will be raised. For example, if you play the same multiplayer game for a couple hours a day for several months to a year, then it becomes more likely (though not guaranteed). And it'll also happen sooner if you don't vary the content with other games, movies, and shows.
The other thing to consider is if you will be watching this TV in a bright room. For SDR content, LCD has the advantage in a very bright room, though OLEDs are no slouch here. For moderately lit to dark rooms, OLED is the undisputed king right now. You'll have to decide based on how you'll watch the TV.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the higher you have the brightness set, the higher your risk is for burn in. Ordinarily your gaming habits might be fine, but if you place the TV in a room where you feel you have to have the OLED Light set close to the max, then you're upping the risk further.
If you're really worried about burn in, you can always buy the TV from Best Buy and get their extended warranty since it's the only one to explicitly cover burn in. In addition, LG doesn't officially cover it in their factory warranty, but they have been replacing a lot of people's burned in panels lately anyway--even for TVs that were outside of the factory warranty period.
2) The rtings LG C9 review lists "Brightness varies with different content due to Automatic Brightness Limiter (ABL)" as a potential issue. Is there a way to disable or get around this? Is it a big deal while it's active?
The ABL cannot be disabled, not to mention there are multiple reasons as to why it's there. In most cases, it shouldn't be that much of an issue for SDR. Even for HDR, you can still get retina searing brightness out of the TV.
There are, however, multiple dimming features separate from ABL that can be disabled to help maintain brightness within the limits of the ABL.
3) The rtings review also has this snippet under the "Motion/Sutter" section:
"Due to the nearly instantaneous response time of the LG OLED C9, 24p motion can appear to stutter, as each frame is held static onscreen for nearly the entire time. This can be especially noticeable in slow panning shots when watching movies."
It then suggests that the "OLED Motion" feature can be enabled to reduce this - but this itself will add "judder"? Can anyone speak to this & how this affects their experience watching films? Should I be concerned?
The stutter mentioned in the Rtings review refers to a form of stutter that's inherent to 24p content. If you look closely, you can also notice this stutter in commercial cinemas too (both analog and digital). Different display types can affect how noticeable this stutter can be. Since the response time (how quickly a pixel can change from one color or brightness value to another) is often much slower on LCD than the likes of CRT, plasma, OLED, and even projected film, it tends to cause a smearing or blurring effect between frames. This can mask (but not entirely eliminate) some 24p stutter. It's just stands out more for people that transition from an LCD with a slower response time to OLED, which has a nearly instantaneous response time.
Further, higher brightness can make stutter more noticeable too. While OLEDs are not as bright as some high end LCDs, they can still get extremely bright. If you combine that with the response time, that can make it more apparent. That said, if stutter hasn't been an issue for you on other display types or at the cinema, then it probably won't bother you that much on OLED. Before I'd watched movies on an OLED, I was in your shoes with being very concerned about 24p stutter on OLED. When I finally did, it actually wasn't much of an issue and was largely in line with my plasma. If you can, I recommend checking one out in person (with motion interpolation disabled) to see it for yourself.
Worst case scenario, you can always engage the motion interpolation function to smooth things out, but be aware that causes other issues too.
4) Anything I should know if I'll be using this as a PC monitor 80% of the time (console usage being the other 20%)? I'm planning on removing any icons and taskbar from the Desktop view & enable a short screensaver window to reduce burn-in opportunities.
Thanks! <3
I don't know if I'd recommend using one as a PC monitor. If you're just using the PC for gaming, then it shouldn't be any different than the burn in risk from a console. I did exactly that for years without issue on my plasmas (and I'm currently doing the same with my OLED). If you're going to be doing a lot of tasks other than gaming though, then I'd probably caution against it.
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