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Television Displays and Technology Thread: This is a fantasy based on OLED
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Okay. So what did you change here, to achive better results?
Last day of return period for my B6 65" OLED. Keeping it. The $1,500 I paid for it will make it easier to swallow the upgrade to a HDMI 2.1 OLED in the future. And funny enough my eyes are now we'll adjusted to the 65", and I find myself wanting the 77". Feel like that would be perfect for games. That size is well over 10k now in OLED..
...But it won't be in #2020
Yeah it'll be 9K
GinoFelino
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Last day of return period for my B6 65" OLED. Keeping it. The $1,500 I paid for it will make it easier to swallow the upgrade to a HDMI 2.1 OLED in the future. And funny enough my eyes are now we'll adjusted to the 65", and I find myself wanting the 77". Feel like that would be perfect for games. That size is well over 10k now in OLED..
...But it won't be in #2020
Yeah man. That deal is too good. You made the right call.
Papo Swing
Member
So I am planning on getting a 55" B7A, but I am searching for the best TV stand that could fit my apartment. I can't use a wall mount so going with a stand with mount.
Do you know if these are good or if the TV stand with Mount concept is not recommended.
I also need a smaller stand in length. Do you think this one would work for it even if it is for a 47"
https://www.amazon.com/Whalen-Furniture-PROEC41-NV-Television-Console/dp/B00FSE7KFG/ref=sr_1_4?s=furniture&ie=UTF8&qid=1507218491&sr=1-4&keywords=tv+stand+with+mount
Do you know if these are good or if the TV stand with Mount concept is not recommended.
I also need a smaller stand in length. Do you think this one would work for it even if it is for a 47"
https://www.amazon.com/Whalen-Furniture-PROEC41-NV-Television-Console/dp/B00FSE7KFG/ref=sr_1_4?s=furniture&ie=UTF8&qid=1507218491&sr=1-4&keywords=tv+stand+with+mount
Last day of return period for my B6 65" OLED. Keeping it. The $1,500 I paid for it will make it easier to swallow the upgrade to a HDMI 2.1 OLED in the future. And funny enough my eyes are now we'll adjusted to the 65", and I find myself wanting the 77". Feel like that would be perfect for games. That size is well over 10k now in OLED..
...But it won't be in #2020
yes it will
I wouldn't be too worried about the size recommendation. Usually that's so the TV will fit comfortably, without hanging off the edges too much.
Good to be positive, but they're just being realistic haha.
You got a great deal, should keep. I think I paid $1800 for my 55E6 and I'm happy. Damn just looked and I've had it 11 months already.
Dr.Horrible
Member
Whelp, decided to splurge and got the 75" Sony 900. Delivery coming this weekend.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Hi folks. I need a new TV due to our old one having given up the ghost, and I am thinking of this one: http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6873578
I'm not mega-fussed about 4K but it seems like an okay investment for future-proofing, and I want a TV with HDR for gaming. This is about as big as we can go otherwise it'll be too large for our living room, and I don't know much about TVs but I've generally been looking only at Sony, Samsung or LG fir affordable sets of good quality. Can anyone offer any advice, tell me if this is a good price for what we're getting or tell me if there's anything I've forgotten? I defer to your superior knowledge. Thanks all.
I'm not mega-fussed about 4K but it seems like an okay investment for future-proofing, and I want a TV with HDR for gaming. This is about as big as we can go otherwise it'll be too large for our living room, and I don't know much about TVs but I've generally been looking only at Sony, Samsung or LG fir affordable sets of good quality. Can anyone offer any advice, tell me if this is a good price for what we're getting or tell me if there's anything I've forgotten? I defer to your superior knowledge. Thanks all.
Hey mate, the correct color temperature is around W48. I'll add comparison picks between my calibrated HDR mode and HDR Game in this post later after i'm done with work.
GinoFelino
Member
I'm not very knowledgeable about good UK deals, but this isn't a very good set for HDR. You're better off spending a little more. Rtings has a very easy to understand range of recommendations if you feel like doing some research.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Alright, thanks Ryback. I'll give that site a look.
If you want HDR you need to be looking at spending twice that.
Let's just say that my £4500 OLED TV is not even close to being future-proof, so unfortunately the XE70 isn't going to do the job for you in the long term.
The absolute minimum you'd need to get would be the XE90 for a satisfactory 4K HDR experience.
Goddamn 75 inches! If you have the choice, I would try to match with ebuy. Either way you only get 500$
Metalstrike
Member
http://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/permanent-image-retention-burn-in-lcd-oled
Rtings Burn in testing week 5 update.
OLED burn in/retention getting worse :/
Rtings Burn in testing week 5 update.
OLED burn in/retention getting worse :/
Lockjaw333
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Well, I think gamma is probably the most important variable beyond the basics of setting your brightness and contrast correctly. It has such a big impact on overall PQ in my opinion, I think it's more important than actual accuracy of the individual colors. A display with a correct white point and perfect 2.2 gamma looks amazing.
Too many displays have awful gamma curves. They either are too far off the power function over the range of values, or they are jacked up at specific points of the curve, particularly in the low near-black end. To me the near black performance is one of the most important parts of the picture quality of a display- too low gamma and dark areas look artificially enhanced or bright. Too high gamma and you are crushing detail. Gamma is really important.
You are right that is varies so much between different displays, even among the same model. Monitors are usually worse with this than these higher end TV's, but it's still an issue that annoys me. For the price of some of these displays, they should really be calibrated better from the factory.
RedlineRonin
Member
Wow
Cuphead looks incredible
Cuphead looks incredible
Lol, you're expecting it to get better as time goes on?
Metalstrike
Member
No, it obviously won't get better as time goes on.
I'm curious to see how bad this will eventually get.
Dr.Horrible
Member
I sit a solid 10-11 feet away, so I figured I'd upgrade from my old 65" Samsung.
That's my plan regarding the price match
The set is fairing better than I thought it would. OLED has come a long way in the last 3-4 years.
Papo Swing
Member
I have few other questions:
- I see a few 'Certified Refurbished' B7A 55" models on Amazon. Do any of you have experience are these ok?
- I see a few others at cheaper prices than the normal price from other vendors are these legit?
- Edit: Forgot to ask if: Deals are expected for these kinds of sets in or around Black Friday
Beer Monkey
Member
Black Friday deals will definitely happen.
Seeing a little movement on price this week. Legit seller firstclasstvs (iElectrica) on Ebay dropped the OLED65B7A from $2499 to $2299 in the last day. Beach Camera is selling it for $2200 if you call them. Cleveland Plasma is in the $2200 to $2300 range I think.
I'm thinking we may see $2000 as the normal non-advertised price by Halloween.
Seeing a little movement on price this week. Legit seller firstclasstvs (iElectrica) on Ebay dropped the OLED65B7A from $2499 to $2299 in the last day. Beach Camera is selling it for $2200 if you call them. Cleveland Plasma is in the $2200 to $2300 range I think.
I'm thinking we may see $2000 as the normal non-advertised price by Halloween.
Papo Swing
Member
Is Beach Camera legit? They have a featured entry on Amazon for the B7A 1 Year Extended Warranty (Certified Refurbished) for 1,600 no tax.
Are they a good retailer? Delayed shipping kind of store?
Edit: if this is legit I will jump in, but I can wait since the main reason for getting the TV is the XOX which comes out November 7
I haven't bought a TV from Beach, but some other camera related things. They're legit, haven't had an issue.
Beer Monkey
Member
Beach is legit but I wouldn't buy a refurb personally.
Do you have a credit card with price protection?
I'm ordering my set around the 25th because I get back from vacation on the 29th. I get the X1X on Nov 7 (set should arrive by then), and I'll execute price protection on Black Friday to get somewhere between $200 and $500 back on my TV purchase.
Papo Swing
Member
Hmm so that CC price protection means if I buy something and it goes down in price I get the difference returned?
What is the time window for that purchases?
The terms for every card are different.
I just submitted 3 for my Citi the other day, and the price drop has to be within 60 days. I had 180 days to submit the stuff.
Yappadappadu
Member
Yeah, these last days several german stores popped up that sell the 65W7V for 3.000 + shipping. It's currently cheaper than the 65G7 and the 65E7.
If I didn't have to rely on using a TV with a normal stand I would be tempted as well.
If I didn't have to rely on using a TV with a normal stand I would be tempted as well.
That's a great price. Too bad about the soundbar though. I'd never use it since I have a decent receiver and speaker setup and would have a hard time hiding the soundbar.
Tarin02543
Member
No, I will not buy a QLED.
Well, that's where all the internals are housed in so there's no avoiding it even without the soundbar.
It does increase latency, yes. Last I heard it was in the 70ms range for a 2160p signal.
The PC icon is only recommended for the series 7 models sadly.
If that's true then I've discovered a problem.
Playing Cuphead, I noticed minor stuttering and hitching in the game on the OLED that I did not get on the captured footage.
After some messing around, I discovered that this is a fault of the TV. If you're using any other mode besides the PC mode, you get stuttering. The TV is causing this issue. Now, I've only seen it in Cuphead but it worries me about other content as well. Something that game is doing is causing issues here that PC mode eliminates.
Are we sure that PC mode really weighs in at 70ms?! I saw that on RTINGS but I'm not sure they updated the "supported resolutions" column like they did with the input lag column.
Honestly, between this and the firmware BS, I'm getting very annoyed with this TV's shortcomings.
Kudo
Member
You could always just try it out and see how playable it is. 70ms is high enough to be immediately noticeable, especially in a game like Cuphead.
As for stuttering, I've not had any on my E6 in general so I'm not sure what would even cause that for one game. Odd!
I notice it right when starting a round. It looks like the game lurches between 30 and 60fps very briefly before smoothing out. It's very strange.
RedlineRonin
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Rtings is very responsive on Twitter. Id ask them to confirm.
OK, reading up, it looks like this is a known issue that I somehow missed before and was fixed in some of the newer firmwares. The problem is, the German version went straight from 4.31.10 to the new firmware with the bad black levels.
4.31.15 or 20 seem to have fixed the stuttering issue. I wonder if there is a way to install that on this TV?
4.31.15 or 20 seem to have fixed the stuttering issue. I wonder if there is a way to install that on this TV?
KharmaPolice
Member
I still have 4.31.25 for the B6D sitting around on my harddrive. That's the newest one before they f'ed up the black levels. It's almost a gig though and I'm not sure where to upload it. Any idea?
Surely they could make a smaller box for the internals and ditch the speakers altogether.
they'll never do this, but I can dream right
I found it and am installing 4.31.25 right now. Hoping that this solves the issue! Will let you know.
It's right here (for the German B6D only) yadi.sk/d/luKhgpy63JKEfY
Edit - YES! It worked. 4.31.25 is perfect. Motion is now flawless in Cuphead and using this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyvUIA7KUjc
On the older firmware, both that video and Cuphead showed a lot of judder and skipping. 4.31.25 solves that without causing bad black levels. Whew.
I think it'll happen eventually yeah. I can see them doing a "basic" W model without the speakers like the B series and a premium E/G model with speakers built-in.
They'll probably look to replacing their regular TVs with just a series of Wallpaper models at some point in the future.
KharmaPolice
Member
Good to hear. I feel my B6 is going to stay on 4.31.25 forever. HLG is hardly worth the black level shenanigans, especially in Germany where I don't expect HLG content to arrive anytime soon.
To be honest I doubt HLG will be much of a thing in any region ever. Those articles saying "HLG will be the next big thing in 4K" are laughable.