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Josh Lyman posted:I’ve had the same TV for 5 months and I’m super happy with it. Do let me know if you notice video/audio cutting periodically cutting to black for a few seconds. How can you be super happy with that issue?
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:How can you be super happy with that issue? I use my FireTV stick exclusively but I want to say it happened when I used the built-in YouTube app before I got the FireTV, but that could still point to it being a network issue even though my connection is strong. Obviously what I need to do is use the TV’s built-in apps for a while to eliminate the FireTV being a source of problems.
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Dec 3, 2019 16:42
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I just got the 70 inch Vizio M Series yesterday and the screen looks really...blurry? Nothing looks crisp. Is this a bad screen, a bad purchase, or a setting issue?
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Dec 3, 2019 16:57
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Josh Lyman posted:I’m not but I can’t figure out why it’s happening. It could happen a couple times during one longer YouTube video or it might not happen at all, like last night when I watched 2.5 hours of stuff from HBO GO and FX NOW. Could be a HDCP handshake issue which would be resolved by changing the HDMI cable.
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My new vizio M quantum 55” something or other got in yesterday. Got it I mounted onto a little aftermarket stand so it would fit on my media center and holy gently caress this thing is MASSIVE. The only thing that makes it not look completely ridiculous in my living room is that we have tall ceilings. So loving glad I didn’t got for a 65”. Anyway tonight I’ll get to troubleshoot why the sound wasn’t coming through the speakers hooked up to the receiver and try and find a good picture setting.
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Give it a few weeks and it'll start to look average and you'll entertain the idea of upgrading to 65 next time
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Stan Taylor posted:So loving glad I didn’t got for a 65”.
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American McGay posted:And now we wait... Lol
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Josh Lyman posted:I’m not but I can’t figure out why it’s happening. It could happen a couple times during one longer YouTube video or it might not happen at all, like last night when I watched 2.5 hours of stuff from HBO GO and FX NOW. Are you using that little 6in HDMI extender the sticks come with? I've had issues with those.
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Well I procrastinated buying the Vizio P-Series Quantium because I was second guessing my decision as that is my thing even though we literally have the money set aside already to pay for it and now it is up to $999 instead of the $849 for Black Friday. How often do these things go on sale? I was going to put it on my Discover card because it is 5% cash back %5 cash back match on Amazon through the end of December.
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Three Olives posted:Well I procrastinated buying the Vizio P-Series Quantium because I was second guessing my decision as that is my thing even though we literally have the money set aside already to pay for it and now it is up to $999 instead of the $849 for Black Friday. Looks like you shouldn't have to wait long: https://www.joinhoney.com/shop/amazon/p/1_f245679d5520dfeb0eaefb5402ed75a6_cee29b1712518f26dcdcd33ffe2801be#price-history
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I seem to remember sales around Super Bowl time on TVs too, so maybe around that time.
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Euphoriaphone posted:Rakuten trip report: My C9 was delivered today. Shipping from NJ to CA with AM Trucking took 3 weeks (+ about an extra week for me since I was out of town when they were supposed to deliver it initially, so it got delayed - the "estimated due date" on the site ended up being the exact delivery date). I'm glad you posted this review, because I ordered a C9 65" from a seller on eBay for $1700, and they're using AM Trucking to deliver it. I'm on the same coast as NJ, so it hopefully won't take 3 full weeks to get here.
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Any guidelines on television height? We’re mounting for the first time, and it’s a big ole blank wall with a short “stand” to hold the AV/Network equipment, so we have a lot of flexibility.
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Boxman posted:Any guidelines on television height? We’re mounting for the first time, and it’s a big ole blank wall with a short “stand” to hold the AV/Network equipment, so we have a lot of flexibility. You want the TV lower than you think. Sit on your couch. You should not be looking up at your TV, you want your eyes to go straight to the middle of the TV. I like the bottom of my TV to be like 36 inches off the ground. That may not happen with kids, etc, but that's what I prefer and how we mount our video conference room TV's at work.
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Boxman posted:Any guidelines on television height? We’re mounting for the first time, and it’s a big ole blank wall with a short “stand” to hold the AV/Network equipment, so we have a lot of flexibility. The lower the better for me. Of course it's all a matter of preference. General rule of thumb is middle of the screen at eye level for your most used viewing position (ie on the couch). Just don't put it over your fireplace or some dumb poo poo like that.
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I picked up the LG C9 65" and it's my new favorite thing. Is there a detailed rundown of the various picture processing features in LG TVs anywhere? There are so many of them that besides turning off motion interpolation I have no idea what the cost/benefit of each is in terms of calibration.
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BonoMan posted:
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Rhyno posted:Why do so many people do this? Most fireplaces are in the middle of the room and people like putting their TV in the middle of the room. Also, there's usually a big open spot above the fireplace. Definitely a design over function thing.
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Yeah our new house came pre wired with a TV/media cable running tube in the wall from the ground to above the fireplace. Which just means I'll have to do my own run to a different wall spot but anyway point being it's rapidly become a commonly accepted design practice or fashion choice to where it's just done now.
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wandler20 posted:Most fireplaces are in the middle of the room and people like putting their TV in the middle of the room. Also, there's usually a big open spot above the fireplace. Definitely a design over function thing. My parents remodeled their entire downstairs, and I could rant about the stupidity of what they did all day long. The majority of the first floor is now one big L shaped room, an entire open canvas to put a TV, but above the fireplace was apparently the only place for the TV to go 
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Currently have a a 42” Vizio E420-A0 purchased in early 2013 for $308. Nothing is wrong with it aside from it being older. I don’t need a smart tv with WiFi and this and that. But if I were to want to upgrade to a new model, I’m guessing I’m generally getting more responsive inputs (eg, remote controller), upgrade to 4K, and better screen brightness? I’m eyeing the following 55” TVs: Toshiba - 55LF711U20 - $288 (open-box) https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/toshiba/fire-tv-2019 TCL - 55S425 - $300 https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/tcl/4-series-2019 Samsung - NU6900 - $304 (open-box) https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/nu6900 Any of those sound like good purchases? Anything else I should consider?
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Rhyno posted:Why do so many people do this? It is the best place in my living room to set a TV. It's in the middle of the room, and the walls were better suited to putting a in-wall speaker setup that has the speakers evenly placed. And it's my house, so IDGAF what anyone else thinks because I like it  edit: oh yeah, I have a toddler who loves swinging a hockey stick around the entire house, so anything under 3' is in the Danger Zone.
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I just set up my new C9 and I have seen God. He is in 4K HDR however 4K content seems kinda few and far between right now?
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AndrewP posted:I just set up my new C9 and I have seen God. He is in 4K HDR Do you have Prime? Go watch the Grand Tour.
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AndrewP posted:I just set up my new C9 and I have seen God. He is in 4K HDR 4k Blu Rays > Prime > Netflix > all
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AndrewP posted:I just set up my new C9 and I have seen God. He is in 4K HDR Disney+ has a lot of great poo poo to demo the set, especially the 4K HDR Pixar stuff. Inside Out and Coco blew my loving mind.
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wandler20 posted:Do you have Prime? Go watch the Grand Tour. Go watch Disney+ instead! 
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GreenNight posted:4k Blu Rays > Prime > Netflix > all gotcha, thanks. yeah Disney + seems to have a lot of great stuff. I've been sampling a few different things - Star Wars (IV) looks incredible. The Lion King was stunning. I found a Dark Knight heist scene in 4K HDR on Youtube which looked absolutely gorgeous but I noticed a liiittle bit of motion artifacts. Not sure if that's my motion settings or Youtube or just OLED, which I've read maybe doesn't handle motion as well as LED? AndrewP fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Dec 4, 2019 |
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I'm regretting not buying the 55" Sony X800G when it was $499 all last week because it's now $699 oops
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AndrewP posted:I just set up my new C9 and I have seen God. He is in 4K HDR
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AndrewP posted:4K HDR on Youtube
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Not sure if this is a common issue but Netflix doesn't seem to handle 4K stuff that well on my setup, it's sharp but to my eye it has a look similar to motion-smoothing
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If you're trying to demo 4K content you should be using 4K blu rays. It's like 8x the bitrate of streaming. It's not even close. Blade Runner 2049, Lucy, Blue Planet 2, etc... all good choices.
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morestuff posted:Not sure if this is a common issue but Netflix doesn't seem to handle 4K stuff that well on my setup, it's sharp but to my eye it has a look similar to motion-smoothing 4K streaming is nice and better certainly than 1080p streaming but it's still easy to notice the compression and absolutely solid media or perhaps locally hosted media on a plex server will blow HBO/Netflix/Amazon out when it comes to 4K quality. I actually need to get a 4K capable bluray player speaking of.
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tangy yet delightful posted:4K streaming is nice and better certainly than 1080p streaming but it's still easy to notice the compression and absolutely solid media or perhaps locally hosted media on a plex server will blow HBO/Netflix/Amazon out when it comes to 4K quality. That's true from what I've seen so far, but Netflix still seems noticeably worse than say Amazon and Disney+. I was tempted to get a blu-ray player on Black Friday but I'm set on holding out for the PS5
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Taima posted:4K blu rays I am so loving excited!
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Speaking of which, is there a short list of recommended 4k blu ray players? A lot of them seem to advertise streaming services, which seems redundant given the smart nature of most TVs these days (including the LG C9 I'd be buying this for).
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Is streaming more constrained on the server side or the client side? Because we have an unmetered gigabit internet connection that I could hard wire into a streaming box.
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Server side. Netflix 4k is ~25 mbit. 4K blu rays are ~120mbit.Top Quark posted:Speaking of which, is there a short list of recommended 4k blu ray players? A lot of them seem to advertise streaming services, which seems redundant given the smart nature of most TVs these days (including the LG C9 I'd be buying this for). I have a love/hate relationship with everything I've tried. The Sony players don't auto select Dolby Vision -- you have to toggle it. The LG UBK80/90 have broken HDMI CEC implementations and you need to break a pin on your HDMI cable to make them not turn themselves on with the TV and steal the input. If you're willing to tinker they're <$200. The Panasonic DP-UB820 is good across the board but just stupid expensive. KS fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Dec 5, 2019 |
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