Neal136
MCU Whore
Why don't we all skip this archaic crap and jump right to 8K?
85" Class Q900 QLED Smart 8K UHD TV (2018)
85" Class Q900 QLED Smart 8K UHD TV (2018)
Do you mean QLED? Samsung does not make OLED.
Two very different technologies. Only LG manufactures OLED panels. Sony purchases their OLED panels from LG.
Up until recently, I was in the consumer electronics industry, primarily Home Theater (Audio & Video) for 20 years.
A quick rundown for anyone that cares.
OLED is by far the superior technology. Samsung is trying to prolong the life of LED as they have been the leader for many years. They chose to confuse consumers about 2 years ago by switching their marketing campaign from calling their TV's what they actually are. Shortening Quantum Dot LED to QLED, to make it sound like OLED. Samsung chose to not invest in OLED technology due to cost, and continue with LCD technology. All LED tv's are LCD's (LED back lighting vs CCFL back lighting), confusing consumers who can't bother to do research since they started to be manufactured and sold at retail. OLED is Organic Light-Emitting Diode. OLED functions more like a Plasma did.
The simple answer is QLED's only advantages are brightness and image retention (burn in). So those who are tricked into believing a brighter picture is a better picture will like Samsung. Especially if you prefer to watch TV in a bright room, or having lights on, versus a darker more theater like room. OLED is superior everywhere else when comparing actual picture quality. Better black level, contrast, color, viewing angle. It's only limitations are still price (more expensive).
Both tv's are impressive. One great, one good. If you want big, you can get an 82" Samsung QLED for a lot less then the 77" LG OLED. If you want the best possible visual experience and are content with a 55" or 65", the LG OLED has become much more affordable and is the best TV on the market. Ever to date. Period. It is now the reference TV technology all others are judged by. Reviews are given based on comparisons. Every TV will be judged and compared to the latest benchmark, the LG C8 series TV. Previously it was still the Pioneer Elite (& latter Panasonic who bought Pioneer's technology after Pioneer left the video industry) Plasma TV's.
If you take a little time to do some research, you will see everything I have stated is true and fact. The only reason you may find TV's with higher ratings than the LG, is when price is taken into consideration. Consumer Reports always had cheaper TV's rated higher as they based their reports on "Value" over absolute "Picture Quality". That's where Audio/Videophile websites excel with their reviews. They judge on quality instead of overall value. A quick analogy, much fewer people would buy a Corvette if they could afford a Ferrari.
But in the end, buy what YOU like. What makes YOU happy, It's your hard earned money.
Torn... buy a crappy 82" Samsung or buy an excellent OLED LG 65" that will look small across my vast living room...?
Decisions, decisions...
Torn... buy a crappy 82" Samsung or buy an excellent OLED LG 65" that will look small across my vast living room...?
Decisions, decisions...
I'm not too happy with my 48 inch 3D 1080p Samsung right now. Bought it in late 2014 and only four years later I've got half a dozen outlines of the backlight bulbs that can be clearly seen whenever the picture is depicting a bright scene. So much for hanging on to a 3D model for years and years.
Crappy 82" and then 8K in two years.
I dont think any set looked very good at 85.....even LG.
This could be a good plan.
Interesting. I've only seen the 82" screen at Costco but the picture looked fine... (at brightly-lit Costco that is).
But the 75" tvs I've seen in the Magnolia area of Best Buy looked great. To my eye, the Sony LED looked best (900F). But maybe I'll take another look at the 65" OLED LGs. It's just that I've got like 15 feet distance in my living room now and 55" looks small.
I'm not too happy with my 48 inch 3D 1080p Samsung right now. Bought it in late 2014 and only four years later I've got half a dozen outlines of the backlight bulbs that can be clearly seen whenever the picture is depicting a bright scene. So much for hanging on to a 3D model for years and years.
GG was great in the original CW cartoon but what a POS useless character in ROTS lol
What movie is that seat belt buckle pic from it's driving me nuts that I can't recall, lol.
As the resident hi-res expert, could you answer a coupla questions:
* I was looking at finally making the jump to 4K mid to late next year. Might I as well wait for 8K by then, or will it be a few more years till it's affordable?
* According to this chart, the optimum size for a 4K set at our viewing distance of 2.5m-ish is 70" and up. Would you concur?
[FONT="][FONT="]While I believe any investment in 4K now will be relatively inexpensive I will gladly put up my 1080p image quality against any 4K image and I’m certain that my will be as good if not better than most of the 4K in peoples homes. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]There is nothing wrong with waiting it out we’re talking about 2 years here. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT="][FONT="]Oh one more thing buy as big as as you can afford and fit in your space. [/FONT][/FONT]
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