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Rhyno posted:Excellent. I'll probably head over to BB on Monday to check it out in person. For what it’s worth it looks pretty wonky until you calibrate it. At least mine did. I’m basically using the default rtings settings for the tv and it looks very nice. https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/tcl/6-series-r617-2018/settings
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American McGay posted:I'm not sure the exact differences of the E series compared to the C series but it might just be casing/speakers, which may or may not be particularly important to you. If you like the look of the TV then that's a decent enough deal, but if you look around you should be able to find a C series for ~300 cheaper and the panel portion of the TV will be exactly the same. Thanks very much for the input. We are going to take a look at one in person and see if it makes sense after a 24 hour cool down 
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Rhyno posted:I'm a little out of touch with TVs these days, what are the best bang for the buck options in the 65" 4K neighborhood? I actually need it to fit in a 68" wide section of the wall so I'm not sure if a 70" would fit there or not.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:I'm not recommending this television per se, but for reference purposes this 75" TCL is just under 66" wide. So if you're confident in your measurements you can get 33% more screen area in there compared to a 65" television. That might be a bit insane for the space. My viewing distance isnt quite far enough to make that worthwhile either. Maybe in the living room!
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Question - my whole life I've been routing my home theater inputs into a receiver, and an hdmi out to the TV. However I just bought a Samsung Q90, and it has an external input box and a universal smart remote and I'm wondering, should I be reversing my initial idea and instead on super smart tvs, insert all the inputs into the tv, and have a single ARC out to my receiver? Is this blasphemous? It seems to make sense but I want to ask before I go through with it all..
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FateFree posted:Question - my whole life I've been routing my home theater inputs into a receiver, and an hdmi out to the TV. However I just bought a Samsung Q90, and it has an external input box and a universal smart remote and I'm wondering, should I be reversing my initial idea and instead on super smart tvs, insert all the inputs into the tv, and have a single ARC out to my receiver? Is this blasphemous? It seems to make sense but I want to ask before I go through with it all.. Samsung smart TVs in particular have really aggressive automatic device detection that really doesn't like it when the device connected to an HDMI port changes. I don't have hands-on experience with the Q90, but the Q6FN I have will try to figure out what device just got plugged in or swapped out if I change anything, and this also comes with a bonus factory reset on the picture options for that input. You will probably find that you have to fiddle with the fewest things possible if you connect as many things as you can directly to the TV. Be advised that the capabilities of what you hear and what you see will be determined by the least capable device in the chain - I don't think Samsung TVs are yet equipped to pass through DTS/Dolby Atmos or other high end audio streams via ARC or Optical audio, and if you have an older receiver, it may not pass through 4k video or HDR signals to the TV.
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Astro7x posted:Someone needs to change the thread title to "Just get the TCL or the LG OLED" Sony's still the best non-OLED TVs to get right?
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halokiller posted:Sony's still the best non-OLED TVs to get right? Yep.
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halokiller posted:Sony's still the best non-OLED TVs to get right?
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I just picked up one of these for $925 in Canada and its a hell of a TV for the price. Huge upgrade over the 49" inch Avera 4K TV with no HDR capabilities I previously had. Anyone else had any experience with the higher end Hisense models? The RTings review I read seems to mention this TV has some brightness issues but I haven't really noticed them yet but I am coming up from a really cheap 4K and saved around $250-$300 on this vs a TCL 6. https://www.visions.ca/catalogue/category/details.aspx?categoryId=0&productId=41999&sku=65H9908 Le Saboteur fucked around with this message at 19:42 on May 6, 2019 |
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My TV is not here yet and I have no idea where it is because the shitass shipping company my seller used doesn’t have a functional tracking system. Also they get mad if you ask them for an update because apparently that’s an unreasonable request in the year of our lord 2019. where my TV at 
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gently caress em. Email them twice a day asking for an update.
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Has anybody itt ever dealt with AM Trucking before or know how to get them to give me a shipping update or an ETA?
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Something Offal posted:
The Service Maps link is loving useless. It says “Click a state for terminal details” (what “terminal details” is supposed to tell me I have no loving idea), but when you click a state, nothing happens. The Tracking link is equally useless. All it does is give you a date two weeks out that your poo poo is supposed to be delivered by, which tells you loving nothing at all. I have no idea where my package is right now, and none of the other buttons seem to do anything. ... actually I take that last part back. There’s an “Email Tracing Link” button that MIGHT tell me where my package is right this second, but according to that, my package was last in New York and it doesn’t say when the gently caress that was. I’m thinking about leaving this eBay seller a bad review just because their choice of shipper is loving unacceptable. It’s 2019. My rear end should be pampered 24/7 with up-to-the-second shipping updates for my huge $1400 superTV.
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If you google consumer reviews on AM Trucking you'll find an impressive litany of "worst shipping company ever" complaints. I hope you get your TV someday.
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I had some questions about calibrating a TV out of the box so for mine I used the RTings calibration settings here as I believe this is the US version of my TV: https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/hisense/h9e-plus/settings Now I've never calibrated a TV before just kind of messed with the settings until I got some semblance of what I thought was right. The result of RTings calibrations seems to have produced a much warmer image, but the colours don't seem quite as vibrant as they did out of the box. But they were possibly too vibrant straight out the box. Just wondering if this is kind of the effect you expect when going through a calibration? I think the image overall will be more pleasing to the eye over time, it just feels a bit weird right now as the calibration changed quite a bit.
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Le Saboteur posted:I had some questions about calibrating a TV out of the box so for mine I used the RTings calibration settings here as I believe this is the US version of my TV: https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/hisense/h9e-plus/settings I literally came here to post a realization I just had after a week with my new TCL so I’m going to reply to you with it. Calibrate your tv to the rtings calibration and wait a week. Pay attention to things you notice about the picture but don’t overthink and try to adjust as little as possible. I 100% guarantee you that your perception of it will be much clearer and you won’t have that A/B comparison jumbled vision. The first few days while you’re messing with the calibration after seeing the stock settings aren’t going to tell you anything because our eyes and brains are weird and bullshit us. The rtings people are very good at what they do and I’m speaking as someone who has been very not into the idea of a “best” calibration like you can find around the internet. Kilometers Davis fucked around with this message at 05:21 on May 7, 2019 |
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American McGay posted:The perfect way to calibrate your new TV is to not listen to what anyone says online and sit down for 20 minutes one day flipping through every available setting until you get a picture that you like and then just keep it on that picture setting regardless of content or input or any other factor. You don't need one setting for sports and one for movies and one for daytime TV. Just find something that looks good to you and literally never change it after.
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Agree with the above. Get the motion and color space settings right, brightness and contrast levels so your white and black points aren’t all over the place then never worry about it again. I was worried when I put a receiver back in my chain that running all my devices through one HDMI input would screw me as I couldn’t fine tune each thing and that was the dumbest thing that ever entered my brain.
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Number_6 posted:If you google consumer reviews on AM Trucking you'll find an impressive litany of "worst shipping company ever" complaints. If I haven’t gotten the TV or a sufficient update on its whereabouts by Friday, I may just return it again and reorder it from this place instead. https://www.abesofmaine.com/LG_Electronics_OLED55C8PUA_55-Inch_4K_Ultra_HD_Smart_OLED_TV_1037037.html Same price as eBay, AND they have an express shipping option, which eBay doesn’t.
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Question, I was cross checking the TCL https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tcl-65-class-led-6-series-2160p-smart-4k-uhd-tv-with-hdr-roku-tv/6204551.p?skuId=6204551 on Amazon as I have $142 in gift card credit there. The search turned up this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0798B2L5H/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_oKs0CbR0S33M2 What's the real difference between them? Edit: Between the 5 and 6 series I guess? Rhyno fucked around with this message at 14:14 on May 7, 2019 |
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AM Trucking delivered my C8. I got an automated phone call (and text) about two days before delivery asking me to confirm a delivery window (mine was 6-10pm on a Friday). The day of delivery, they called at the beginning of the window (again, automated). The driver called me a couple of times to give me an ETA. I got a few more automated update calls that evening. They ended up showing up pretty late, like 9:30, with the TV. Two guys that looked very sketchy but were polite. They pulled the screen out, powered it on to confirm it worked, and then boxed it up. I signed for it and they took off. I’m pretty sure they drove 2-3 hours (one way) to deliver just my TV. I live out in the middle of nowhere so if you’re in an urban area the service may be better.
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I. M. Gei posted:If I haven’t gotten the TV or a sufficient update on its whereabouts by Friday, I may just return it again and reorder it from this place instead. Newegg also has a sale on a bunch of the 2018 LG OLEDs this week if you or anyone else are interested. 55" C8 for $1299 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889007646 55" B8 for $1049 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIAJKJ8JF8704 55" E8 for $1349 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIAJKJ8J41164 65" B8 for $1699 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9KB8S06050&Description=lg%2065%20b8&cm_re=lg_65_b8-_-89-007-664-_-Product 65" C8 for $1849 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889007642 All pricematchable with Best Buy but the stores might not have any in stock still. They offered to order and deliver it for me but I just decided to go with Newegg.
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Phera posted:Newegg also has a sale on a bunch of the 2018 LG OLEDs this week if you or anyone else are interested. Holy poo poo.  It’d require a 3-hour drive, but if I go the Best Buy price match route I could have both my new TVs at my house TODAY. I could totally swing that. I don’t have gently caress else going on today.
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I. M. Gei posted:Holy poo poo. You may want to call ahead and make sure they have it in stock and that they'll price match. Newegg came up on their computers for them to price match for me but I'd hate for you to make a 3 hour drive for nothing.
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re: calibration If you're a huge dork like me you can buy a colorimeter and have more fun loving around with the settings on your TV than actually watching it.
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Phera posted:You may want to call ahead and make sure they have it in stock and that they'll price match. Newegg came up on their computers for them to price match for me but I'd hate for you to make a 3 hour drive for nothing. BestBuy.com says Newegg is on their list of online companies they do price matching with, so I think I’m good.
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I have a colorimeter because I'm a huge dork but also because I'm colorblind so it's basically the only way I can get things accurate.
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Rhyno posted:Question, Just look at this comparison. https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/compare/tcl-r617-vs-tcl-s517/613/619?usage=7318&threshold=0.1 5 Series doesn't have local dimming due to an edge back light instead of full array. The Peak Brightness is also not at good as the 6 series, so you're not going to be able to see the beauty of HDR
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Astro7x posted:Just look at this comparison. Outstanding, thank you. So one last dumb question, what's different between the 65R615 and the 65R617? The 5 being the Best Buy model and the 7 being the Amazon model. Just different numbers for different retailers?
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Rhyno posted:Outstanding, thank you. The 617 has some voice control. That's it.
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GreenNight posted:The 617 has some voice control. That's it. Oh I don't care about any of that. So Best Buy has 24 months no interest so I guess I'll just buy it.
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Rhyno posted:Outstanding, thank you. R615 is an IR Remote, R617 is a Wifi Direct remote. The difference is that the IR must point at the TV (sound bar may mess with the signal like with mine), and the WiFi direct you can just press the button. You can always buy the Wifi Direct remote from the Roku website if you don't like the IR remote, costs about $35 w/ shipping https://www.roku.com/products/accessories/roku-tv Edit: I see the Best Buy model with worse remote is $20 less, so take the chance and know you're out $15 if you decide to upgrade the remote later
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GreenNight posted:The 617 has some voice control. That's it. Also the remote is really crappy IR instead of RF. I considered paying $50 more for the non-crap model, but I stuck with Best Buy. If it was a $2k TV I would've spent extra for the RF remote but I don't care enough at this price point. It does bug me though. An obvious fix is to get an IR blasting universal Harmony.
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Something Offal posted:Also the remote is really crappy IR instead of RF. I considered paying $50 more for the non-crap model, but I stuck with Best Buy. If it was a $2k TV I would've spent extra for the RF remote but I don't care enough at this price point. My sound bar blocks the IR receiver, so I quickly realized I had to hold my hand up in the air every time to use the remote and got really loving tired of it. It's probably one of the worse IR remotes I've ever used. It's not like the sensor is blocked. I can see it when sitting on my couch, but unless the remote has a direct line of sight it won't work. It's still probably cheaper to get the WiFi Direct remote from Roku's website than a Harmony remote
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