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I'd like to buy my father a new television for his birthday, and I'd like some help. All that he cares about is that it is 4K - we have three devices connected to it that can play Netflix, so it can be a dumb TV and there wouldn't be a problem. 50", ideally. stealth edit: Oh, no Alexa, please. not-so-stealth edit: Price is an issue, so keep it under $500. Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Feb 15, 2020 |
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Dumb TVs are facing extinction, nobody's wasting a quality panel on them. You can get a 55" TCL that's 4k and you don't have to connect to to the home WiFi.
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Feb 15, 2020 09:55
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I recently got a TV with Roku built-in and that's all fine and whatever. I like how it will read video files off a USB, but what is the fundamental reason it can't do the same from a network share? It's just a mounted volume... is it licensing crap? I know I can set up Plex or equivalent, but why do I have to jump through the DLNA hoops?
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Feb 15, 2020 15:48
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Plex is pretty great though and stupid easy to setup. But yeah I don’t have an answer for you.
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Feb 15, 2020 20:26
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I'm having an HDR passthrough issue. I just got an Onkyo tx-nr676 with my Vizio P65. It's not showing HDR / 4k RGB through my PS4 Pro. Thus far I have made sure that: 1. My TV has the input enabled for UHD mode. 2. I ensured the cable wasn't the issue by directly plugging the PS4 into the TV and was able to get HDR/RGB that way. 3. I put my receiver in "enhanced" 4k mode which was apparently an issue that onkyo put out a firmware update for last April. I'll call onkyo support tomorrow but I'm wondering if I'm blatantly missing something. Edit: I switched my HDMI receiver to a different port on my TV and that worked. Technology! seiferguy fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Feb 17, 2020 |
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Feb 17, 2020 08:06
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bull3964 posted:I remain very skeptical of this. ANY emissive display is going to be subject to differential aging, it just comes with the territory. Not the same at all but SSDs are in a similar place. They have a limit on the amount of writes you can make to them before they become unusable but on modern drives a consumer will never reach it before the drive itself becomes obsolete. So as long as OLED or similar tech can do the same it won't matter if it has burn-in or not that much.
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Feb 17, 2020 08:53
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bull3964 posted:I remain very skeptical of this. ANY emissive display is going to be subject to differential aging, it just comes with the territory. Another potential factor if they do wear at a higher than expected rate is the increased peak brightness might allow a manufacturer to keep some brightness "in reserve" and track usage over time to automatically compensate. It'd be really easy to track, with a 64 bit counter per subpixel coming in just under 200 megabytes which would give you enough resolution to track every single PWM cycle for a few million years. Obviously I wouldn't expect the lower end of the market to get that any time soon, but I don't expect the lower end of the market to get off LCD for a long time anyways because it's really cheap and easily good enough for most people.
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Feb 17, 2020 18:25
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I was pretty excited about getting a new TV (TCL 6 series), but my old plasma still looks great and $450 could go towards so much other stuff, so now I just want to get a mount for my old TV. Mostly so the kids stop touching it. I have a Panasonic TC-P54G25. Can I just use any kind of mount or because it's 10 years old there's some model specific mount only made by one company I have to use?
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Feb 17, 2020 22:08
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Your old TV doesn't look great you're just brainwashed.
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Feb 17, 2020 22:12
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Ok. Well it looks fine for mostly watching lovely kid movies on Netflix.
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Feb 17, 2020 22:51
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Just make sure it's rated for the weight. Speaking of... finally sold my 12 year old Samsung Plasma today. $75 Had to come down after weeks of nobody biting. Several buyers backed out at the last second because of the weight of the thing (NINETY GODDAMN POUNDS)
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Feb 17, 2020 23:20
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I am bummed that I didn't pull the trigger on the 65" TCL 6-series for $500 at Costco or Best Buy right before the Super Bowl. It looks like now they're mostly gone already. Costco has them back at that price but they were out of stock online almost immediately and I couldn't fit a 65" TV into my car even if I did find one in-store. It's hard to buy a 55" now knowing that the 65" can theoretically be found in a similar price range with a bit of patience. It doesn't look like there's much comparable without going up another couple hundred bucks.
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Feb 17, 2020 23:34
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BonoMan posted:Just make sure it's rated for the weight. Pretty sure it’s made out of the same stuff as the sun so that makes sense.
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Feb 17, 2020 23:36
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Vice Zoomler Aestro posted:I am bummed that I didn't pull the trigger on the 65" TCL 6-series for $500 at Costco or Best Buy right before the Super Bowl. It looks like now they're mostly gone already. Costco has them back at that price but they were out of stock online almost immediately and I couldn't fit a 65" TV into my car even if I did find one in-store. It's hard to buy a 55" now knowing that the 65" can theoretically be found in a similar price range with a bit of patience. It doesn't look like there's much comparable without going up another couple hundred bucks. The pro miser move is to wait until next (this) year’s Black Friday. If you wait, there WILL be deals.
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Feb 18, 2020 00:19
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Yes the pro move is to spend years and years thinking about and obsessing over buying a TV but never actually buying it.
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Feb 18, 2020 00:21
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American McGay posted:Yes the pro move is to spend years and years thinking about and obsessing over buying a TV and then buying it. 
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Edit: wrong thread obviously
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Shyfted One posted:I was pretty excited about getting a new TV (TCL 6 series), but my old plasma still looks great and $450 could go towards so much other stuff, so now I just want to get a mount for my old TV. Mostly so the kids stop touching it. I have a Panasonic TC-P54G25. Can I just use any kind of mount or because it's 10 years old there's some model specific mount only made by one company I have to use? That is definitely going far back, but televisions are weirdly good about having standards. The one here is VESA. Google your TV model for the manual and it should tell you what size VESA mount your television uses (or if you're hosed and need to buy some weird esoteric thing). American McGay posted:Yes the pro move is to spend years and years thinking about and obsessing over buying a TV but never actually buying it. Paging Residency Evil to the thread
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Feb 18, 2020 00:28
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DNK posted:The pro miser move is to wait until next (this) year’s Black Friday. If you wait, there WILL be deals. That might be what I end up doing. Hopefully there will be more good deals over the next month or so as new models roll out, but I'm a bit worried that the TCL hype might've already pushed the clearance models out the door. I've got a functional 42" Dynex, who I'm pretty sure hasn't even made TVs for several years but while it works a new TV isn't exactly an emergency. I just cut the cord on Comcast in favor of YoutubeTV and would like a Smart TV to make that easier, but after seeing my friend's lower-end Samsung struggle to change between apps I think I'm okay being patient. The TCL 6-series seems to respond reasonably well. I keep reading that the Hisense H9F is also good value but those seem to be running $200-300 more than the TCL's on a good sale.
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Feb 18, 2020 00:46
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Boxman posted:Paging Residency Evil to the thread American McGay posted:Yes the pro move is to spend years and years thinking about and obsessing over buying a TV but never actually buying it.
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Feb 18, 2020 01:16
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Any deals on a 43 inch 5-series TCL? What sites should I be monitoring? I want one.
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Feb 18, 2020 01:23
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Walmart has it (43S525) for $280
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Is there much of a market for selling our old TVs when we want to upgrade? It seems like cheap (lovely) TVs are so ubiquitous that you might only be able to get $200 for a TV you paid $1500 for 5 years ago, if that.
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People certainly try to sell them but I honestly don't know who's buying when you can get brand new 50" tvs for under $200.
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Yeah as I mentioned above, I had to get my 50" still-working-and-great-picture plasma down to $75 for it to sell. I have an old TCL 42" that works great but is way before the Roku line and nobody wants it for $50 because it's not a smart tv. Basically you just have to put it out there and hope someone is looking for a garage tv.
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I'm moving so I checked my Panasonic plasma GT50 for hours and it's only at 422. Just took it off the wall and holy gently caress is it heavy. Torn on keeping it or selling it. Edit: lmao found a receipt for a Philips 32" LCD from 2006. $1,190! wandler20 fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Feb 18, 2020 |
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Feb 18, 2020 18:46
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Sony XBR75X800G $1,000 shipped
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Feb 18, 2020 18:55
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Electronics Express via Rakuten has the 55" R625 for $492.50 with free shipping after coupon code XP30: https://www.rakuten.com/shop/electronic-express/product/55R625/
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Josh Lyman posted:Is there much of a market for selling our old TVs when we want to upgrade? It seems like cheap (lovely) TVs are so ubiquitous that you might only be able to get $200 for a TV you paid $1500 for 5 years ago, if that. This is why I'll never spend more than $500 on a tv unless I become very wealthy.
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I know the TCL 6-Series is universally praised for its quality and price point, but it has been given me several frustrating problems recently. 1) Sound randomly stops working (going through optical out) about once a month. Need to unplug the TV and plug it back in for it to fix itself. 2) HDMI port randomly doesn't display my Nintendo Switch about twice a month. I need to unplug the HDMI cable and plug it back in for it to fix itself. 3) Enhanced remote stops working in the enhanced point anywhere state about once every two months. Need to repair the remote to the TV to get it working again. 4) HDR picture quality looks disappointing on some programs. Mandalorian on Disney Plus and the Superbowl on the Fox Now apps notably look like garbage. Really washed out picture. Just putting that out there. Maybe it's anecdotal and I got a lemon
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Feb 19, 2020 05:55
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HDR can be hit or miss with various sources no matter the TV I’ve noticed.
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Feb 19, 2020 06:24
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Astro7x posted:I know the TCL 6-Series is universally praised for its quality and price point, but it has been given me several frustrating problems recently. If say def anecdotal. I watched the Superbowl on my r625 with the Fox Sports app and it was gorgeous. I kept A/B'ing it with my cable connection and it easiles above. Definitely not washed out at all. That combined with the other issues makes.me think lemon or some screwed up settings
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Feb 19, 2020 06:28
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I gave away our last TV (2008-era Samsung 46" 120hz/1080p) in exchange for a newer 32" 720p Samsung for the kid's playroom, because there wasn't room for a 46" in there. We replaced it with a 4k 55" Samsung in 2017, which will probably get replaced in another 9 years with whatever is good and reasonably priced at the time. Or when we finish the basement and decide we need a TV down there.
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Feb 19, 2020 17:08
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Unsure if HDMI ARC to a soundbar or WiFi Plex is to blame for audio-sync issues when using it. Netflix, TV and Prime are fine. Time to test with ethernet!
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Astro7x posted:I know the TCL 6-Series is universally praised for its quality and price point, but it has been given me several frustrating problems recently For this one, it might be more the source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/disneys-the-mandalorian-joins-a-long-list-of-fake-hdr-content-analysis-finds/ The Mandalorian has terrible HDR.
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Feb 19, 2020 21:27
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Our Planet on Netflix for maximum HDR goodness.
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Feb 19, 2020 21:42
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looking for a little push on which TV I should choose. I've narrowed it down to the budgetish range between a 65" TCL 4 series or a 55" TCL 6 series which should leave ample money for a soundbar afterwards. Opinions?
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Feb 20, 2020 03:53
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The 4 series is very good but I’d get the 6 if that’s a choice and a cheaper soundbar.
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I own a 2019 5 series and a 2019 6 series and I can easily say get the 6 series. The 5 series is great but there are definite panel issues (which I'm fine with because of the price but wouldn't use it as a main driver).
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BonoMan posted:I own a 2019 5 series and a 2019 6 series and I can easily say get the 6 series. The 5 series is great but there are definite panel issues (which I'm fine with because of the price but wouldn't use it as a main driver). What panel issues?
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