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It is always the eternal question.
8K content will not be regularly broadcast for years. In fact, right now, aside from streaming services, regular tv still does not broadcast in 1080P. Regular 4K content is still years away. That TV you are looking at in the store is being fed 8K content. You will bring that TV home and for the next 4 years or so not have anything other than you tube videos to watch in 8K.
yep, thanks to this thread I am going to try that this weekend.Kilgore Trout said:
Most TV's have an audio output. You should be able to direct your video to the TV and have the TV send the audio to the receiver.So, it just dawned on me that my AVR is on the old side, and sure enough it has HDMI 1.3 ports, which won't support 4K content. So until I can replace it with a newer AVR or soundbar, I'll have to choose between 4K video with TV speaker audio, or 1080p video with surround sound.
They just delivered it but I won't get it unboxed until later today; will check this out. Thanks!
Yep, you are going to need an optical audio cable. This is exactly my setup. Get yourself down to a Best Buy stat.So today I have all my sources connecting into the AVR and a single HDMI out to the TV - it's basically a monitor taking video from the AVR. And I switch between inputs on the AVR.
Instead, I would connect all my sources to the TV inputs and then run a single HDMI out to the AVR, and manage my source switching on the TV instead. (I see there's also optical audio out but I don't have that cable AFAIK)
Do I have that right?
ETA - aaaaand, my AVR doesn't support HDMI ARC
Yeah on the phone with my wife who's out running errands. Of course BB only has the $20 one in stock but you can get them for <$10 online.
I just looked at your original post. I see you got the LG CX. I have a C9. You'll love it. I also have a Denon 3600x (3700 is the current version) that I got at the same time as the TV and the two work really well together.
I'm replacing a Sony DLP that I bought in 2007. And my AVR is an Onkyo that's a few years newer but not new enough.
The HDMI 2.1 standard is faster than HDMI 2.0, the current connection used by modern home entertainment devices. It nearly triples the bandwidth of HDMI 2.0, defining a maximum speed of 48Gbps, compared with 18GBps. For 4K TVs, that means an HDMI 2.1 connection can handle 4K video at up to 120 frames per second.
The Samsung’s native motion rate is 120 which is fine for sports anyway
Our mantle is 74 inches, I was told the width of the tv needs to be less than that. That’s where I land on the 82inch.Wrigley said:
The 77” LG is just under 68” wide
And yes, I know the bolded. I might not have been clear...the mantle is 74 inches wide/long. I have to find a TV that is not longer than the mantle. That's why the 85 incher is out of the question.
I almost always go for the better deal, but for once decided to splurge on the 77" Sony OLED (A9G) and it is fantastic and I regret nothing. Even my wife had to be like "Damn yeah that's sweet"
This is true. I’m having those thoughts as we speak. But I ultimately passed on the O and went with a Q because of my space. It’s just to bright for the O. Because of that I know I made the right decision, but I still can shake that “what if...” thought.
The new C1 and G1 are supposed to be game changers for OLED brightness. The reviews are positive. Waiting to see what the price tag is. Will probably wIt for the first price drop next fall and pull the trigger in my main living room space (which is also very bright).
Yeah I was contemplating that too but just couldn’t wait anymore. I’m happy with my 85inch Q80 and with the 500$ gift card feel like I got a great deal.
DAMMIT! I am in the market and that would've been a nice incentive, but I just saw this. Finishing up my kitchen and then will be adding a TV.
I'm close to the decision...So is OLED not a good option for a bright room? We don't have direct sunlight hitting the TV, but its definitely a large, bright room.
Yeah peak brightness is where OLED’s lag behind, this shows up mostly in bright rooms. In a dark man cave environment the O is the pretty obvious answer (price not with standing obviously). I’ve been happy with my choice as the picture on the Q80T has been very good and it handles the brightness and reflections really well.
Ugh...I was set on the OLED. I'm happy with my current TV, I just want something bigger.
The issue here is in the margins, just like anything when comparing 2 good things. Not my money but I doubt the brightness issue is enough of a problem that you’ll dislike the TV. By all rights O’s are great TV’s. My decision came down to running across a deal that I didn’t want to miss. Absent that though I might’ve gone the O route. Imo there’s no losing here. Each TV has its strength and “weakness”, it’s just trading one for the other.
I have it in a bright room with a window right behind it. I just close the curtains and it works out.
Yeah I have my OLED in a room with 3 big (albeit north-facing) windows. I can watch it on a bright sunny day and it's just fine. If I look REALLY hard I can sometimes see the windows/blinds reflected in the glass, but I have to work at it.
Mine is in the basement but even if I have all my lights on, I have my brightness around 50. I think it would be uncomfortable to look at if I turned the brightness all the way up.
Mine is at 60 in said room with windows. Maybe people like watching TV while burning their retinas. ??
OK, so now that I have a very well lit room that I'm putting this TV in and have shifted away from the OLED back to the Samsung. is it worth paying the extra grand for the Neo stuff?Hawks64 said:
Depends on which models you're looking at. The QN90 maybe, the QN85 maybe not. Why moving away from OLED?
