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Finally looking to buy a 60" replacement for my noble Pioneer plasma that met an unfortunate fate involving gravity. The current front-runners I'm considering are: http://www.samsclub.com/sams/60-240hz-led-wifi-1080p-4-hdmi-wifi/prod13950033.ip?navAction=push http://www.samsclub.com/sams/60-120hz-led-smart-1080p-3-hdmi/prod17180594.ip?navAction=push From what I can tell, the 2014 M series is still superior to the 2015 E series, I just can't tell if it's $150 better. Any opinions/information welcome.
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Knifegrab posted:Well yeah and they do hosed up things with splitters to get weird PQ on some tv's over others. But still its better than going in blind. Also please stop bragging about room size and how 75" is the lower end you are triggering me I am a poor-kin. My apartment isn't actually very big at all, just a weird layout with where doors and walkways are puts the couch 15' from the only place I can put a TV. I'll see if I can get to a Magnolia.
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May 22, 2015 19:48
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Ive narrowed my search down to the Sony XBR65x850b, the LG 65UF7700 and the panasonic TC65ax800u. The Sony is a quantum dot display, so it has expanded color gamut. Only negative is some reviewers see backlight issues. Pansonic has expanded color gamut, and similar concerns about backlight. LG seems like it'll be the backup choice if the Sony doesn't do it for me. Ill probabaly pick one up at BB this weekend or next.
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May 23, 2015 04:33
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Yeah I like the Sony 850b out of those, but I might not have seen the Panasonic. And to the dude comparing cheap vizios to his Panasonic plasma, condolences.
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May 23, 2015 14:24
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Anyone got their hands on Sony's W850C yet? I was drat close to buying the 70W850B, but all the stories of radial banding scared me away. I'm curious to hear whether the 75W850C has it ironed out yet.
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May 23, 2015 20:10
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Seems like all these vizios have bad viewing angles, how are sharp led TVs with blacks?
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May 23, 2015 23:31
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Doctor Butts posted:Seems like all these vizios have bad viewing angles, how are sharp led TVs with blacks? Vizios just use VA panels like most tv manufacturers now. They have similar viewing angles to other VA panel tvs like sharps (who make most of the panels vizio uses)
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May 23, 2015 23:40
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I got a Samsung u40h6700 from Amazon warehouse and I'm pretty happy with it... except I've got a stuck red pixel in the middle. I've tried tapping, pressing and I'm running the software thing now but it doesn't look like it's going away. Do any of these methods actually work? If it doesn't fix itself I'm thinking I might return it. The pixel wasn't in the items description. Problem is I scratched the base a little when assembling. Will Amazon accept it for a refund, or will I have to sell it?
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May 24, 2015 14:29
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New TV is in and it is awesome. Besides the TV, I'd like to have a solution for displaying digital camera pictures on said TV. I've tried putting them on my NAS and using a Chromecast with my phone / tablet (Allcast app and others) but it's insanely slow and / or crashes constanly. Granted the pics are large (5-7 MB), but still, I'm not speaking about 50MB TIFFs here, standard JPEGS. I had an old WDTV that could do it with the HDD hoked to it, but it died, and the new version is limited to 2mpixels or something equally crappy. What's the best option , preferably networked ?
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May 24, 2015 19:09
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A SWELL DUDE posted:Anyone got their hands on Sony's W850C yet? I was drat close to buying the 70W850B, but all the stories of radial banding scared me away. I'm curious to hear whether the 75W850C has it ironed out yet. I have a 70W850B and no radial banding at all. I think that was a software issue with early units or something? I can't recall exactly. I'm pretty sure it's not there on any newer sets though. The only real problem I have with the 850B is that the 3D is completely worthless. Like, unusable there is so much ghosting and cross-talk.
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May 26, 2015 17:32
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Spatule posted:New TV is in and it is awesome. It's a Smart TV, right? it should have a photo viewer. If not the product page (assuming you bought the Samsung you linked earlier) says it can show photos over USB.
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May 26, 2015 19:52
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Aphrodite posted:It's a Smart TV, right? it should have a photo viewer. Duh, I smart. First "smart tv", I had no idea. Still slow though. Wired is ok.I don't get it, wifi is snappy on myAndroid phone and tablets, crappy on anything else.
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May 26, 2015 20:08
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In the market for a TV and sound bar. This would be for an elderly woman who can barely see and has some difficulty hearing. Image quality is zero priority. She will mostly listen. My thought is that the TV speakers will be bad enough that a sound bar will be required so she can hear OK. However, anything with two remotes is a no-go. Does HDMI-ARC provide sound bar volume control from the TV, or is that outside its scope? I saw that Samsung has a specific and apparently proprietary feature for this, but it's very difficult to find compatible tvs. Any help or suggestions appreciated!
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May 28, 2015 04:19
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I'm all confused between PC displays and TVs. I've wanted to get a 4K TV for some time but I'm concerned I'll lose 120hz functionality, but then I remembered that you don't truly get >60hz on TV's its just a processing effect, whilst my PC monitor is as advertised...is any of that correct? ^^ I think that would come down to what the sound bar supports. Something relatively new and with HDMI connection should certainly support ARC I would think.
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May 28, 2015 12:24
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codo27 posted:I'm all confused between PC displays and TVs. I've wanted to get a 4K TV for some time but I'm concerned I'll lose 120hz functionality, but then I remembered that you don't truly get >60hz on TV's its just a processing effect, whilst my PC monitor is as advertised...is any of that correct? No, there are plenty of TVs with native 120Hz panels. I believe Vizio M series has them, for example - someone correct me if I'm mistaken.
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May 28, 2015 12:35
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There are plenty of TVs with native 120hz panels but not ones that take 120hz input. The vizio p and 2015 m series do though @1080p
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May 28, 2015 13:55
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Nuurd posted:In the market for a TV and sound bar. This would be for an elderly woman who can barely see and has some difficulty hearing. Image quality is zero priority. She will mostly listen. Vizio makes both TVs and sound bars and are quite affordable. Just get whatever size TV and sound bar that fits in the budget. You'll have to go though the setup once to get the TVs remote to recognize the sound bar but after that the single TV remote should 'just work' for adjusting the volume on the sound bar. They also make something called a sound stand that is made to fit under their TVs when you have both sitting on a table instead of mounted to a wall.
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May 28, 2015 19:36
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tI need some help here: My parent's (expensive, bolted into the wall) livingroom furniture will only accept a 40" TV, maybe some 42" with very thin borders. Ideally thy'd need more given the viewing distance and their eyesight. Basically it's a fixed width empty space, with a wooden board background, between two bookcases. The current 32" TV is on a mount, and anything above 40/42' would need to be in front of the bookcases' door, blocking them. Here's the crazy idea: how about storing a larger TV vertically between the bookcases when not used, with a rotatable mount, and putting it horizontally in front of the bookshelves when watching ? Soooo, does anyone make TV mounts that can rotate 90° ?
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May 28, 2015 21:59
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Spatule posted:Soooo, does anyone make TV mounts that can rotate 90° ? Googling "rotating tv mount" gives numerous results. this one seems ok. dont worry to much about the size limit. if you get modern Edge lit LED 40", the weight will not be an issue. make sure whatever TV you get has the right hole pattern to match up with the wall mount. http://www.amazon.com/Displays2go-V...g+tv+wall+mount
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Cornjob posted:Googling "rotating tv mount" gives numerous results. I saw these, but are they the kind you rotate once and block in a specific position, or do they have what I need, some kind of friction mount that can be rotated daily ?
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May 29, 2015 18:30
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http://www.wallmountworld.com/Portrait-landscape-Rotation-TV-mount-p/wmw-2752-rotate.htm This one claims 90 degree rotation and the one comment is from a guy doing what you want.
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May 29, 2015 20:34
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Elephanthead posted:http://www.wallmountworld.com/Portrait-landscape-Rotation-TV-mount-p/wmw-2752-rotate.htm That's awesome, thanks!
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May 29, 2015 20:59
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I've just noticed on my right side of my TV (LG 55LM7600) has a strange horizontal line. It's almost like dead pixels the whole length on the right side horizontally, but it blends in to normal from right to left.  Normally everything goes through my receiver and only one hdmi port is used on the TV for input. I've swapped out the hdmi cable and the pictures the same, also bypassed the receiver completely with the same cable and a spare and the issue stays the same, so obviously something has gone wrong electrical wise. Anyone had any similar problems?
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May 31, 2015 12:08
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Krailor posted:Vizio makes both TVs and sound bars and are quite affordable. Just get whatever size TV and sound bar that fits in the budget. You'll have to go though the setup once to get the TVs remote to recognize the sound bar but after that the single TV remote should 'just work' for adjusting the volume on the sound bar. Sorry for the late response. Thanks for the advice. Vizio would definitely be my go-to if I had better luck finding documentation of remote sharing on their site. Just fretting about it a bit. Might go that route anyway and just see what happens. Not finding an obvious, advertised path forward with anyone else's products. Thanks!
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May 31, 2015 12:33
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Nuurd posted:Sorry for the late response. I have Vizios 49 inch M series tv and the 5.1 channel soundbar in my living room and I can confirm that the volume works just fine with any remote you program it to. I use both my main TV remote and my Comcast remote. The only (very very slight) annoyance is the "TV speakers are turned off" message will flash up on the TV every once in awhile but besides that it works like a dream
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I'm looking to get a TV of 32" or 37", or at least not larger than 85 cm wide. From my research so far it looks like those smaller sizes is a somewhat neglected market by now, is there any significant difference between models from the reputable makers?
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Speaking of refresh rates, is there any reason why "120Hz" on a TV would be beneficial over the standard? Because as far as I know, most sources of video are still capped at 24/25/30fps. Even the next gen consoles have crappy frame rates, so why would you need 120Hz?
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The biggest advantage, before taking anything else into account, is that 120 is the least common multiple of 24, 30, and 60. That means is 120hz is the minimum refresh rate necessary to display source material of those framerates at native cadence. Otherwise, on a 60hz tv, 24fps material has to be shown at a 3:2 cadence.
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I ordered a Sony XBR65X850b. It should be here in a couple days. Hopefully i do well in the panel lottery and dont have backlight issues.
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Is this the thread to talk about projectors? I couldn't find a projector thread. Edit: nevermind, found it! tuyop fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Jun 3, 2015 |
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Cornjob posted:I ordered a Sony XBR65X850b. It should be here in a couple days. Hopefully i do well in the panel lottery and dont have backlight issues. Set it up last night. after calibration, the picture is great. Biggest issue is backlight for sure. when viewed straight on, the backlight is tolerable, but off axis, its a mess. thinking about swapping for something else, but i cant decide on what to get. LG? Samsung? Vizio? Vizio P and M series has full array backlighting....
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My trusty 42" Sony Wega rear projection LCD in the bedroom has finally given up and so I have an excuse to move the 67" Samsung LED DLP to the bedroom (for as long as it manages to last). So I'm in the market for something of the 4k variety at least 70". I've been eyeing the 75" Sony but there seems to be quite a bit of price range in the 70-75" market. Any suggestions?
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Cornjob posted:Set it up last night. after calibration, the picture is great. Biggest issue is backlight for sure. when viewed straight on, the backlight is tolerable, but off axis, its a mess. thinking about swapping for something else, but i cant decide on what to get. I don't think you'll be happy with black levels of the Vizio TVs after having the XBR.
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I've had a Sharp LC60LE55OU (60" LED) for almost a year and when I first got it everything was fine, but now there are white spots appearing at the bottom of it that are only noticeable when there's a lighter color on that part of the screen, when it's a dark part it looks fine. It started off with just one spot but now it's breeding like rabbits apparently and there are 5-6 of them all across the bottom of the screen (think around Windows taskbar it's used as an HTPC) Is this what a dead pixel is? Stuck pixel? Obamacare pixel? I've tried massaging the spots a little to see if it would help and nada. http://reviews.lcdtvbuyingguide.com/sharp-lcd-tv/sharp-lc60le550u.html Link to the TV if it matters Arrrrrg, googling Sharp white spots and this is apparently huge problem with Sharp customer support being horrific Midnight City fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Jun 5, 2015 |
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bull3964 posted:I don't think you'll be happy with black levels of the Vizio TVs after having the XBR. yeah i think ive ruled out the Vizio... But im unhappy with the black levels (caused by lack of backlight uniformity) of the XBR. Im considering the LG 65UB9200. thoughts? Cornjob fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jun 6, 2015 |
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I ordered the LG. im going to do a head to head shoot out against the sony sometime next week, and return one of them. If they both suck, ill try the panasonic.
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We ended up buying this TV here, a Sony KBL-70W840 (what's up with TV model names?) but caught some kind of weird flash sale and paid $1700. Is this a good TV? It looked awesome in store but the signal they were pushing through it sucked. The store listed the price at $2300 as well. Is there anything we should worry about with the Sony KBLs that would justify the Costco product protection thing?
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People say extended warranties are useless, but I've just had a tv crap out 2 years outside of manufacturers warranty this week and am now getting a new tv up to the value of the old one of my choice. I guess it all depends on how much the cost of the tv is compared to the extended warranty.
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Puddin posted:People say extended warranties are useless, but I've just had a tv crap out 2 years outside of manufacturers warranty this week and am now getting a new tv up to the value of the old one of my choice. Well, it's not so much uselessness as it is a bad bet like most insurance. You insure your car, house, and health because those things are prohibitively expensive to deal with on your own so the bet is worth it, but things like cell phones aren't really that expensive and you can absorb their loss without much hardship. A nearly $2k TV seems to fall into a grey zone because, like, whoa. But I do have credit card warranty extension so I don't think I'll bother unless there's some known semi-common defect in this model that google isn't turning up.
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Some people on AVSForum are reporting that the SEK-3500 Evolution box is giving HU8550 and HU9000 displays the ability to decode / display HDR. I'm not sold yet but it is an interesting development even if it's now enabling the metadata to be read into a "pseudo HDR" yielding a better PQ.
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