It's a gaping flaw in Samsung's TV's not having DV, but it is what it is, Netflix do HDR10 and DV, I think they will backtrack and add DV at some point tbh, HDR10+ has a big ole hill to climb.
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Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now
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It's a gaping flaw in Samsung's TV's not having DV, but it is what it is, Netflix do HDR10 and DV, I think they will backtrack and add DV at some point tbh, HDR10+ has a big ole hill to climb.
Watching Vaiana for the first time on my (still uncalibrated) LG B7 I bought for my own christmas gift...drool. It's not even 4k, but compared to my 10 y/o Sharp LCD and the cheapo LED I had in my dorm room, phew.
Now I just need calibration thingies and a 4k player. That might have to wait till PS5, though.
Now I just need calibration thingies and a 4k player. That might have to wait till PS5, though.
I got my C8 set up at last. was waiting for a new shiny stand to turn up but the delivery was delayed to Monday. So first. I only have my PC to plug in right now (I recently moved and things are messy) and yes, it is a little dimmer. However it's not horrendous and I haven't knocked the OLED light up to 100 to compensate. in fact it's at 65 right now. Better to get used to a slightly less glaring display. Played some Destiny 2 in HDR. The difference between this C8 and my KS7500 was immediate. Better blacks, better colour, better definition, better motion. Yes I know about burn in and yes it is a pain. This means that yes, I need to pay attention to what I'm doing which is kinda' not what you want to do when you're having fun. But it just means I have to be a bit more circumspect. In the end it's a fabulous display and very, very impressive.
Now as for Apple tv, do films I've redeemed from UHD discs like Logan which I can download on my iPhone show up on Apple TV?
Now as for Apple tv, do films I've redeemed from UHD discs like Logan which I can download on my iPhone show up on Apple TV?
For any LG owners concerned that this will eventually lead to too much brightness, I'll be happy to sell you the Arduino device I built to fix my old Panny plasma's picture.This is pretty interesting, thought I'd have a look at the Rtings burn in test results, didn't realise that OLED's peak brightness is going up and up over time, in 1000 hours, it's gone up over 100nits in some cases, I wonder when it'll level off? We could be at 4000nits this time next year! ;)
I mean, it was to revert the rising black levels to their factory state, but I'm sure all you'll need to do is reverse the polarity! ;)
Can't wait to try it out!
Nice, thanks!
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Don't really see a point in buying a 7 series OLED now unless you absolutely need a TV. It's already April, wait 3 months and the C8 will have dropped in price by about 30%. Furthermore, the B8 be available by then and have a (likely) better panel and higher peak brightness than last year's B7/C7. If you can wait to buy, I think you should at this point.
No, I don't think you understand
If I have to watch my old tv another week I might die, Chamber
I mean, sometimes doesn't it seem like that's like ~15% of the people in this thread?
Yes, probably more.
On AVS it's far worse, too. "Ugh I want to upgrade my A1E so bad. Should I get the 77C8 or wait for the Z9F (honestly not sure I can wait)"
How dare you. So should i buy the c7/b7? God of war is out next week.
That was me last year when I had the KS8000. I was justified though, those blacks were gray as fuck.
I know I know, it's just funny how impatient people can be. Not saying I haven't been there myself too.
Just important to zoom out sometimes. Gotta remember the important things in life.
Just important to zoom out sometimes. Gotta remember the important things in life.
Exactly. People places on the planet tryin to figure out where there next meal is come from and I'm over here like "yeah I'm starvin too. For more nits"
...sadly, I honestly don't know where it is anymore. I'm also pretty sure that I bent one of the pins while using it.
But this site has how to make one! It was was super-easy, even for someone who had never used that platform before. Totally worked on my G10.
I had purchased the arduino board a while back but lost it when I evacuated my apartment from a bed bug incident (luckily I'm 2 years free). I just want it to be easy and not have to assemble lol
The new tv's aren't going to be ANYWHERE near the price of the 2017 models as they are being phased out for the new ones except for maybe a Black Friday deal, and even then that's hoping for a lot.
Oh, that person started making them again! The reason why I made my own was because (at the time) they had said they weren't making any more. Very cool.
I know how the price cycle works. Question being asked is whether to buy last year's model or wait, I think the best idea is to wait at this point unless you don't have a choice. The 8 series offers a pretty good performance increase from the 7, more so than the 7 was vs. the 6. The C8 is $3,800 now, if it drops in price at the same rate as the C7, it'll be $2,700 in 3 months and $2,200 for Black Friday and the B8 should be even cheaper.
Just bought a 930E from Sony.
Any tips or tricks from current owners, or stuff I need to know?
Any tips or tricks from current owners, or stuff I need to know?
I have friends who upgrade cars every few years, so buying a new TV every couple doesn't seem as outlandish. Not sure I will even bother again this year - still blown away by my B6!
.... I just realized the new TCL sets won't be out until May and I NEED a 4k TV right now for God of War! What should I do???
Would it be wrong of me to buy a set from Best Buy, use it until the TCL's come out and than return it? Would I even have enough time with their return policy? Do they even have one for TV's Am I evil? :/
Would it be wrong of me to buy a set from Best Buy, use it until the TCL's come out and than return it? Would I even have enough time with their return policy? Do they even have one for TV's Am I evil? :/
Remember that this year B8 is LG's economic option. It's going to have a different processor than the rest of the pack: α7 instead of α9.
Best Buy moved to a 15 day return policy a few years back unless you hit their minimum yearly purchase amounts for 30 day and IIRC 45 day return limits. It's utter shit. So you're limited to 15 days. Too risky IMO.
I just ordered one of these, the impatient wait for it to arrive is gonna kill me!
I've just been reading xb1x doesn't support dolby vision however... What crap!
So I'd have 2 weeks to finish GoW..... Man, I think I could swing that.... Just gotta decide if it's worth the hassle.
Disable Samba, upgrade to the Dolby Vision firmware, use cinema pro on everything, enable Motionflow: Clear for SDR video sources (and compensate by setting brightness at max), use a wired connection if possible, change the colour setting from neutral to expert1 for Dolby Vision, use smooth gradation at low for basically everything except Dolby Vision. That's mostly it, I think :)
Thanks, I'll screenshot and refer to it later. Very excited!
Any other tips/tricks are welcome
Turbo, I would honestly just wait a few weeks. Do what you need to do, but that seems like a hassle when you could just wait for like 15 days.
RedlineRonin :) :) :)
Sure but if you're willing to buy a 7 series that doesn't matter much, the B8 is still going to be an improvement over those.
lmao
You're welcome. Check out hdtvtest's written review and rtings review/settings page for more insight on the set. It's relatively hasslefree though. You can't really go wrong.
I'll advise you not to use other people's/website's colour calibration though. Every panel is different, and youre better off just setting it to cinema pro and leaving it at that.
Elite Plus (45 day returns) isn't hard to get because purchases outside of Best Buy on their credit card count towards the minimum yearly purchase ($3500). I just pay some monthly bills on it and all restaurant purchases.
Looking to upgrade over the next couple of months - any recommendations on the best 55" 4K HDR set one can buy for under £1,000 ($1,500)?
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Was walking around looking at TVs (and their prices) earlier due to reading the 4k thread on the font page.
I only own a 3 year old cheap but decent enough sony 1080p tv and I have a Pro and a fairly decent PC that is not really 4k ready.
I was looking at the 4k tvs but due to how these tvs are on the showfloor, I know the settings are messed up and the content being shown is not going to be on par of actually playing a real time game (I did not see any tv running a game). I can't also judge if what I am viewing is HDR content (Some of the 4k tvs were obviously showing non 4k content which is a bit obvious to me) Would really like to see if the difference is worth a purchase.
Reading about the TVs that I browsed through. I noticed that there is upscaling for non native 4k content (1080p). Let's say that the size is irrelevant or equal. My question is if a 4k display would output the 1080p content better than my 1080p tv?
Is my 1080p tv showing a comparable or equal image than 4k for downscaled visuals (higher resolution modes on the Pro)?
Also saw the 8k tv from Sharp. The content they were showing was blurry as hell when looking at a close distance which was disappointing. The size of the tv felt like I'll get easily sucked into it and have a amnesiac bear bite me on the other side. And I am not a small man.
I only own a 3 year old cheap but decent enough sony 1080p tv and I have a Pro and a fairly decent PC that is not really 4k ready.
I was looking at the 4k tvs but due to how these tvs are on the showfloor, I know the settings are messed up and the content being shown is not going to be on par of actually playing a real time game (I did not see any tv running a game). I can't also judge if what I am viewing is HDR content (Some of the 4k tvs were obviously showing non 4k content which is a bit obvious to me) Would really like to see if the difference is worth a purchase.
Reading about the TVs that I browsed through. I noticed that there is upscaling for non native 4k content (1080p). Let's say that the size is irrelevant or equal. My question is if a 4k display would output the 1080p content better than my 1080p tv?
Is my 1080p tv showing a comparable or equal image than 4k for downscaled visuals (higher resolution modes on the Pro)?
Also saw the 8k tv from Sharp. The content they were showing was blurry as hell when looking at a close distance which was disappointing. The size of the tv felt like I'll get easily sucked into it and have a amnesiac bear bite me on the other side. And I am not a small man.
It depends on how good the TVs upscaler is. The mid-high range of TVs should all have decent upscalers. On my KS8000 and OLED 1080p looks great, and just the general panel enhancements of a modern display alone will make your games look better.
0 burn in on my B6 and Im not having any special precaution (I even disabled the auto dimming with a service remote), 0 problems.
Only TV I've seen running game footage was the Sony 930e. Was just a separate part of the overall demo reel of course, remember seeing U4, Horizon and Days Gone.
But yeah idk what settings they use.
When I was on the prowl for an oled the store allowed me to come back later on a tuesday morning and bring my ps4 pro to test sets. I just explained my predicament, explained my intentions thoroughly and asked for permission kindly.
Late on this but you don't necessarily have to wait for 4K. The initial reports are the game performs better in the 1080p60fps mode.
This is my first post on the site (yay). Are there any fellow sony a1e users? There seems to be a problem where the last update has caused a dimming issue where the tv gradually dims after a minute or two. This isnt eco mode or ABL, it seems to be a bug, hopefully not a feature they implemented but it is awful and has ruined the tv for me and a bunch of people on AVS as well. Any recomendations on what I should do? I even tried to reset to an older firmware by resetting the tv and it didn't work :( im sad buds
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