Anyone have one of those fancy-schmancy OLED TV's?
I just bit the bullet and bought an LG 55 Inch OLED Smart TV (2017)
I'm so done done with Samsung..I own 2 and they both have issues.
I have a couple 20-inch CRT TVs, A 34-inch Samsung slim CRT HDTV and a 35-inch Vizio LCD HDTV. Currently I'm waiting for a killer deal on something 4k OLED.
shareI’ve sold hundreds of OLEDs, Padeen. Samsung doesn’t have a consumer OLED, because LG holds the consumer patent on the product. Sony and Panasonic have to buy their OLED panels from LG and then apply their own video processing to them. OLED is the superior panel technology in the marketplace. I used to run Scene 2 from the first episode of GOT on my flagship LG OLED, and people were shocked by how much better it looked than what they had at home. There’s another topic in
GD about “watching your TV at 30
frames per second” where I left some tips about how to tune-up your picture. You might find that helpful.
50 Inch Panasonic TV...It was fun at first, but you get use to it after a day or two, not as impressive in size after a while
shareThanks. I remember reading something about the patent, and between that and advice from friends, I knew it was the right choice. It might have put a dent in my wallet, but I'm beyond excited to see what its capable of. Now I just have to find an appropriate movie to christen it with!
Do you have a recommendation on a surge protector by chance? I'm not really a techie guy and I believe this is what wrecked my Samsung LED. Vertical line issues - its a total pain in the ass. Not cost effective to fix, apparently.
First, I forgot to mention that, in my opinion, Samsung cranks our far too many TVs too fast. Their build quality has been dropping for the past five years. Do you own your own home? If so, a better choice than a surge protector is to hire an electrician to create a dedicated and isolated 20-amp electrical outlet for your home theater. This usually costs about $200, far less than many surge protectors. If you can’t do that, Panamax makes a good range of surge protectors that are much better and more affordable than the Monstercable brand. Is your OLED wall-mounted, or on a stand? If on a stand, upgrading from the stock power cable it came with a much better-engineered aftermarket power cable will dramatically improve your picture and sound. If you don’t see a big difference, return the cable and get your money back. For a set the size you have, I suggest the 1-meter Audioquest NRG-Y2 power cable, at about $75. I know that this tweak sounds stupid, but I’ve been designing custom high-end Hi-Fi and home theater systems more than15 years, and it works. You can find both these items on Amazon.
shareThanks for the detailed response, I appreciate it. I decided to go with a Panamax 8 Outlet surge protector for $120. For the time being I'm going to stick with the stock power cable, but will mostly likely upgrade in the future.
I also updated my Xfinity package and got a new modem and cable box. Everything is supposed to be much faster and it came with a sweet remote that has voice control. Gonna be rockin and rollin this weekend.
You’re gonna love that remote. I have the same setup. I also have the same Panamax protector. It’s a great value. Keep in mind that surge protectors wear out. After about 15 surges, they should be replaced. I love helping people to have fun!
shareDo you still have a landline? My phone is now connected to the modem lol. It made me laugh when the caller ID showed up on the TV.
shareNo, I’ve the same Triple Play that you do. The incoming call message on-screen can be a pain. If I see that it’s a PSA from city hall or a sales call, I pick up the handset and hang up again to get it off my screen. The system will transcribe, sort of, voicemails to text.
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My main TV downstairs in the living room is a 49" Sony Bravia Ultra HD 4K, but I'm going to replace it with a 55" in the near future. That's the biggest size which will work where my main TV is.
My second unit upstairs in my office is a 32" Sony Bravia HD.
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My living room is pretty big with high ceilings and a 55" seems to be the perfect size imo. Not sure
I also picked up a sweet little LG kitchen tv last weekend for only $150. Some deals are to be found on the smaller ones.
Cool, but I don't spend that much time in the kitchen, since I believe the first step in cooking is to grab the car keys.
Here's a rough guideline. You're supposed to view your TV from 1 1/2 times the measurement of your TV. In other words, if you have a 55" TV, that would be 55" x 1 1/2 or 82.5".
Hope this helps.
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I have two TVs, a 32" Toshiba FullHD LED LCD and a 42" Panasonic FullHD LED LCD. The Panasonic is better in almost every way, but the Toshiba is better at reading any kind of file formats I throw at it's USB port.
shareI'm still rockin a couple of Panasonic Plasma TV's.
Shame they stopped making these.
Hey, if its still workin', keep it. Mines been having issues for so long now, I said screw it and decided to treat myself. This damn thing better last at least a decade.
shareThat's my thought too.
Mine are coming up on 7-8 years.
Still an amazing picture. Don't understand why they weren't more popular.
I say you deserve a treat.
Enjoy it!
Plasma got a bad rap for 2 reasons. (1) It was the first flat-panel consumer TV technology. As such, it was buggy and very costly. A 32-inch Sony plasma was $4,000–and that’s 15 years ago. (2) I started my current career at Circuit City, God save me. Circuit made A LOT of profit on their extended warranty program, and we were on commission, so sales staff used scare tactics and lies to sell the warranty. “When the gas in your plasma leaks out, we’ll pump it back in.” THERE IS NO GAS IN A PLASMA TV!!! “Plasma” means a very dense gel, NOT a gas. When the LCD TV became popular, lots of customers kept buying plasmas because they had much better black levels and were much lower-priced than LCDs. Panasonic was the last manufacturer to keep making plasma panels, which Samung used in their plasma models. A tsunami destroyed the plasma factory. Panasonic decided it wasn’t cost-effective to rebuild it. Today’s best OLED (organic light-emitting food) sets are the first flat-panel sets to have a picture better than my 34-inch, 200-pound, 2-feet deep Sony KD-34XBR960 tube TV, the 427 Cobra of TVs and the closest thing to a film editor’s monitor that ever reached the consumer market. I had the entire chassis replaced 5 years ago.
shareI bought my TV's at Circuit City and I do remember them pushing the warranty.
I also remember being told they couldn't be tipped beyond a certain angle.
Also the burn in issue. When I first got them I religiously would use the "anti burn in" setting.
Which is basically a black screen with a thick white bar going across the screen for 10 minutes.
Never had any issues.
I remember finding out they had a life expectancy of 10,000 hours or something like that.
If that's true I figured they would last around 10-12 years. With an average viewing of 8 hrs. a day.
Most of my viewing is less than 8 hrs. so in theory they could last another 7-8 years.
I had one of those Sony TV's too. Not sure if it was the same model or not.
Mine was an obscure size. 38 or 39 inches? I got tired of moving that tank around I eventually
gave it away.
Sounds exactly like my old Panasonic I bought from Circuit City.
A tank, indeed, really hard to move even for two adult men.
Thing worked fine for about ten years until one day it simply would not turn on.
I tried finding a breaker, but nothing worked.
I felt gypped because at least in the past, a TV would start shifting colors and gradually die.
Not just stop working because it hit some scheduled milestone.
Nowadays, however, ten years is about the average life expectancy for any piece of equipment. If a TV or whatever lasts more than ten years, the owner of that particular TV is lucky. I had a small black and white TV that I'd gotten for my birthday once a really long time before it broke down and wouldn't turn on, which lasted 15 years.
I presently have a 32" (32" is the biggest TV that'll fit in the entertainment unit of the cabinet that I have.) Mement TV that I purchased at CostCo 13 years ago, which is still working quite nicely.
I had a stereo that I'd purchased at Circuit City 20 years ago, which lasted a really long time, until both speakers blew out!
My gripe is one day it was working fine and the next it refused to even turn on.
It's like having a perfectly good light fixture but for some reason the switch won't work.
Feels like the manufacturers had it set to hit a certain arbitrary time, then stop working, i.e., Planned Obsolescence. I suppose I got my $$ worth, but the circumstances were suspicious.
Ouch! That didn't sound too promising! Your stereo sounded like it was on its last legs, if one gets the drift.
I now have a Bose Stereo, which, while it's more expensive, is really wonderful. It has both the radio and the CD player, and, best of all, in addition to not having speakers to contend with, has wonderful tones, and is easy to use once one reads the instructions.
Bose is highly recommended.
Sorry, we got confused. I was referring to my old Panasonic TV that suddenly wouldn't turn on one day w/o warning.
Speaking of stereos, I have an old Kenwood amp, very modest, that I've had for at least 35 years. It's like an old trusted friend.
I have Bose speakers in my car. They are very good!
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I had my first HDTV, a 40" job for 10 years. Then I decided I wanted a bigger TV, and went up to 49".
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It's true how good the Plasma sets were. I considered Panasonic sets when I was last looking. The pictures were awesome, the best out there, particularly when looking at them off center. However, the weight of them was not too my liking. So I went with affordable LCD rather than Plasma. If I had to do it again, I would've spent more and gone LED. But overall, I can't complain, my two sets have lasted a long while and still have almost a "day one" picture.
shareI thought the pictures were the best there was at the time.
They are a little heavier and do run a little warm. I'm sure by today's standards my Plasma sets are way too heavy.
Still wouldn't trade them.
47" Samsung LCD for the living room, 37" Samsung LCD for the bedroom. Great sets and never had an issue since their purchase in January of 2010.
Sorry you've had trouble with your Samsung sets. I'll be looking to upgrade to better sets soon as mine approach 10 years old. Samsung will get a good look, but they are more expensive than others, so I'll have to check for OLED bargains.
Samsung makes great phones, but I don't think I will ever buy one of their TVs again.
shareI have a Samsung Stove, a Samsung OTR (Over the range) microwave, and a Samsung smartphone. They're all excellent.
shareDidn't know they made ovens. I've heard their washing machines have a lot of problems.
shareOh, yes! I've had good luck with my new Samsung oven, which I purchased last fall. It's been great. Since I live in an apartment building with a laundry room, I won't need to worry about getting my own machine. Thanks for the heads up about Samsung washing machines.
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