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Television Displays and Technology Thread: The ERA of OLED is Now
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Does the black level do anything in HDR? I played ryze son of Rome yesterday on pc with a b7 and played around with the black level. Low looked better at first glance but was way too dark und crushed the blacks really hard. High i needed 2 minutes to adjust for the brighter picture and it looked washed out at first compared to low but it was the correct setting and looked way way better in the end.
For PC and modern video game consoles use high black level and make sure that you set the RGB level in the console itself to full, NOT automatic or limited. (set it to limited and then to full just to make sure the console really switches to full RGB)
You can ignore what's between the brackets, it's just a thing I like to do. Can never be too careful!
For PC I think high is the correct level to set it at.
Note that PC HDR mode is broken in LG TVs, so make sure to avoid it.
PSA: Guys just buy a 7 series while you can! They are just as good as the 8's, coupled with lower lag! Don't waste ya money :)
Ya bastards convinced me to order one. If these price protection shenanigans actually go through I think I'll be able to get my 65B7a for $1400
A demonstration of Dynamic Tone Mapping on the C8 vs the B7 without. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMSQPY3pfq0
Understood , well do what you have to do to get a LG oled. It's worth it
How are you getting a 65 incher for the price of a 55 incher, damn
That being said, I'm kinda set on buying the 55B7V now, which is funny considering I will likely not even see its full capabilities. If that streaming vs bluray thread is anything to go by, only 4k gaming and UHD blurays can really make the fullest of a 4k tv, at least in the legal space which I don't intend to leave, and I'm done with buying single movies.
I'm looking at a new TV.
I could get a 65" 4K Samsung for £1000.
Or a 55" OLED for £1700.
The OLED looks much better in the shop.
Shall I do it?
Shall I?
I should, shouldn't I?
I could get a 65" 4K Samsung for £1000.
Or a 55" OLED for £1700.
The OLED looks much better in the shop.
Shall I do it?
Shall I?
I should, shouldn't I?
I've spent the last couple days looking at TVs and feel at loss. My budget is strictly £650 for a 55" 4K HDR TV. My overall budget is £1,100 and I'll be spending £450 on an Xbox One X. I've narrowed it down to these models:
Sony KD55XE7002BU - £649
Samsung 55MU6120 - £619
LG 55UJ635V - £579
What one do you think is my best option? While I will be using the TV for games I'm not looking for any gaming features from the TV. As long as I can let the XB1X run at 4K HDR and watch movies in 4K HDR on Netflix I'll be happy.
Sony KD55XE7002BU - £649
Samsung 55MU6120 - £619
LG 55UJ635V - £579
What one do you think is my best option? While I will be using the TV for games I'm not looking for any gaming features from the TV. As long as I can let the XB1X run at 4K HDR and watch movies in 4K HDR on Netflix I'll be happy.
I had to make a similar decision, for a the same price I was looking at a 65" C7 or a 75" Sony X900E.
My previous TV was a 55" Vizio P series. I ended up going with the OLED, and for a few days it seemed pretty big compared to the old set. I don't think about the size, but the picture is still incredible. I've had it for about two weeks and I'm still just constantly impressed at how great it looks.
Do whatever makes you happy, but IMO a slightly larger screen is going to feel passé a lot sooner than the OLED picture quality.
Do you have any games systems now? X1X is cool but presumably you'll have the TV far past the point it's still relevant. I'd pass on the Xbox and just get a better TV unless you currently have no way of playing games.
I have a PS4 Slim and a PC. I don't think my PS4 can do any kind of 4K and my PC isn't powerful enough.
My original plan was to wait for the PS5 before getting a 4K TV but I have been wanting to get an XB1X and then I'll buy a next gen console when they come out. Any TV i get i will hope to keep it for the rest of this generation and all of next generation. I just don't know what TV to go for.
Psssstttt.....
(I think this every time I see those posts.)
I know everyone is different, but it reminds me of the old "everyone like LEDs more than plasma because of the brightness" when plasmas were 100 times more accurate with both calibrated.
Your PS4 will still do HDR FYI (which is a wayyy bigger deal than 4K imho)
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If you want the TV to last that long I wouldn't cut corners on it. It would be a different story if you just wanted a budget set to hold you over a year or two but you'll just be regretting it for the next 5 years. Any chance you can wait a little longer and increase your budget slightly? As you move closer to the £1000 mark you should be able to get a much more capable set. Either that or at least wait for the inevitable World Cup sales and you may be able to get a better set with your existing budget?
Me too, it completely bizarres me, and nearly so nearly stopped me from buying one, so the dim thing is close to my heart :0
It was from Best Buy . Had been back in the store for a week, and was open box. It was on display showing material when I came across it. Who knows if it was on all day during that week, but I jumped on it.
lol I can't wait until they start doing Atmos and you're in here talking up every Apple sale :)
I totally will =)
Well, maybe. My guess is it'll still be in the DD+ wrapper so it's like a 6 mbps bitrate and the true hd core is still like 17 or something. And that doesn't matter for like 98% of people, but unfortunately, it very much matters for me.
It'll still be the perfect platform to buy/rent on for stuff where idc that much about AQ tho.
I play games in picture mode and don't notice any input lag . Everyone is different though . I never use game mode for anything
The way I see it, this is not stopping me from buying discs - which I'm sure I will do at some point. Like you said, $5 is pretty sweet when you don't care too much about the PQ or AQ (e.g. I bought Goodfellas in 4K. I don't think I need the disc to see Pesci's mug with even more clarity)
Depends which set - on my B6 non-Game HDR input lag is very high.
Soooooo glad my cables are showing up this week. Friday afternoon/Saturday is install day, and then GoW is prolly gonna be the first thing I pop in.
So excited.
E: continuing to read that statement I quoted, I still kind of can't believe it? Those titles are the bar for 4K/HDR on consoles (imho). "easily surpass." That's just wild.
Also, those games succeed because, unlike something like an AC:O where it's simply a good HDR implementation (again imho), the combination of both technical as well as art direction/design is what i continue to see people impressed with in GoW.
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I don't know if it's still on sale (you can't check prices in itunes of movies you bought) but I picked up Collateral last week for 6.99 on sale in Itunes. It's only HD but I love that movie, watched it again recently and as good as ever. Didn't even buffer once through the stream. Tom Cruise should have been the villain in more movies.
They need to buy another Atomos Ninja Inferno! Cheap bastards ;)
That movie is so damn good.
We just watched it last summer.
Also I'm 100% of guilty of loving pretty much every thing Michael Mann does. He has this really unique way of capturing the "feel" of the cities he shoots. LA is awesome in that, as well as Heat. And similarly for Miami in Miami Vice.
Also agree on Tom Cruise as a villain. That club shootout sequence is still incredible.
Yeah...I didn't even play Horizon in 4k HDR and I STILL stopped to just look at the scenery almost every 5 minutes. I can't imagine a game looking nicer than that on existing console tech...and again, I haven't even been exposed to it in HDR.
Yup. Same set, and I have a pretty high tolerance for input lag (I'm by no means a competitive gamer), but the non-Game modes are pretty rough.
Miami Vice was Mann too? I'll pick that up on an Itunes sale. I didn't watch the movie version of Miami Vice. I agree about the club shootout scene in Collateral and think it might be the one of the best action scenes in any movie. Even John Wick would be impressed. The camera angles, the music, the lighting, it's insane.
I see Heat is $7.99 in Itunes right now too, 4k hdr too. Going to pick that up.
I'm in the market for a TV later this year. I want HDR, and I'd ideally want OLED. My budget is hopefully under $800, but I could be convinced to go up to $1,000. With new sets coming out, is there hope for good HDR OLED TVs to fall into that price range later this year around the holidays, or should I just go for a regular LED/LCD set with HDR
It's weird to me that there's all kinds of stuff in 4K in iTunes that isn't 4K on disc yet.
Miami Vice is a really great, but kinda flawed movie. I really like it a lot. Music and aesthetic of the movie is super well done.
I'll take as much DeNiro and Pacino as you can give me!
Miami Vice is a really great, but kinda flawed movie. I really like it a lot. Music and aesthetic of the movie is super well done.
I'll take as much DeNiro and Pacino as you can give me!
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