Watching Football on TV (LED/OLED) (2 Viewers)

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DaveXA said:
Yeah, that's the menu I was tinkering with. I think I have to tweak the settings to match with the receiver. The problem is I'm not sure what the receiver supports. It might not support eArc so that might be the issue.
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He addresses that I believe from 7-8:30 so it's under 2 minutes. I don't even know what eArc is so that's why I know nothing about it.
 
UK SAINTS said:
I've been leaning toward one of Samsung's QLEDs. They are significantly less than the OLEDs that I have seen. I also want one that has the newer ATSC 3.0 tuner built it.
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I LOVE my QLED Q80T.

The local dimming helps give impressive black levels.

It's almost too bright at night. Especially in game mode. I'm sure I could tweak that.

Has a few annoying smart features, but it is impressive.

My only reservation with OLED is burn in. I had a plasma TV, so used to it. But it was a lot of work to stay ahead of burn in, and ghosting could be fixed with a white bar pass by. Not sure OLED has any tools to mitigate burn in.

Just avoid static images for long though. Gaming and some sports or ESPN becomes a problem.
 
Saint_Ward said:
I LOVE my QLED Q80T.

The local dimming helps give impressive black levels.

It's almost too bright at night. Especially in game mode. I'm sure I could tweak that.

Has a few annoying smart features, but it is impressive.

My only reservation with OLED is burn in. I had a plasma TV, so used to it. But it was a lot of work to stay ahead of burn in, and ghosting could be fixed with a white bar pass by. Not sure OLED has any tools to mitigate burn in.

Just avoid static images for long though. Gaming and some sports or ESPN becomes a problem.
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Lucky for me that I NEVER watch the news so I'll never have to worry about burn in on mine.
 
I need to replace mine from the storm. Sheetrock and water fell on it. Any suggestions for a 70" in the $1500 range?
 
The 50" QN90A has finally gone on sale again. Unfortunately none of the Best Buy stores within a 100 mile radius have it available. Going to wait til tomorrow & order it from Amazon if I still can't get it locally.
 
rajncajn said:
The 50" QN90A has finally gone on sale again. Unfortunately none of the Best Buy stores within a 100 mile radius have it available. Going to wait til tomorrow & order it from Amazon if I still can't get it locally.
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I was kind of hoping that my tv was going to crap out before the 4 year warranty expired so that I could get a better tv, albeit one without 3D. In the end, I'm glad it didn't because I really enjoy the 3D. Better than Imax quality. Now I hope the tv lasts another 4-8 years before wanting a new one.
 
DaveXA said:
They have a robust list of built in apps.
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I just want to mention for anyone, that built in pre-installed apps doesn't mean much, because (generally speaking) all tvs with apps have access to some kind of app store. So if there is something missing you can just download it and be up and running in not time.


Saint_Ward said:
My only reservation with OLED is burn in. I had a plasma TV, so used to it. But it was a lot of work to stay ahead of burn in, and ghosting could be fixed with a white bar pass by. Not sure OLED has any tools to mitigate burn in.

Just avoid static images for long though. Gaming and some sports or ESPN becomes a problem.
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hmm my 10yr old panasonic plasma never had burn-in... but I never kept it on a station with static image for hours at a time.
But yes, these days there are built-in measures for OLED to help mitigate this. So it is less likely to happen, unless you are on.. say a channel for static solid color banners for multi-hours a day, every day, for weeks at a time.

For peace of mind, LG has a free panel replacement while under manufacturer warranty, if in the event it happens. The LG C1 has a standard 1 year warranty, but the LG G1 has a 5 year factory warranty. Or you can buy 3rd party extended warranty - the only one I know of that specifically mentions burn-in is the geek squad extended warranty at BestBuy, but that will run $400-ish for 3 years.


jrdbrn said:
I need to replace mine from the storm. Sheetrock and water fell on it. Any suggestions for a 70" in the $1500 range?
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I'd suggest reading the topic, because theres a lot of useful info/suggestions posted here already. But with that being said, I need more info what it will be used for, or what you put more value or importance on: (movies? sports? gaming?). It is also important to know what kind of lighting the room has (does the room have a lot of windows with natural light?). Earlier in the topic I mentioned a few models already, but before some of these other questions are answered it is hard to recommend anything, because there are variables to consider.

I'll say though that a 70 inch tv is kind of a not-so-popular size. More often you find 55, 65, 75/77 inch models.

Currently the 65 inch TCL is on sale for $999 at Best Buy (great price) but the 75 inch is now at $2300 (bad price). the only other LED tv I'd suggest is the Qn90a

TCL is very close to the QN90a in many categories but I want to highlight a couple areas where it falls behind. Yet for several hundred less it is a fair tradeoff I believe.

This is a side-by-side comparison, of one of the major weakness vs the QN90a
www.rtings.com

Samsung QN90A QLED vs TCL 6 Series/R646 2021 QLED Side-by-Side TV Comparison

The Samsung QN90A QLED is better overall than the TCL 6 Series/R646 2021 QLED. They each have Mini LED backlighting, but the full-array local dimming feature on the Samsung has more dimming zones, so it produces deeper blacks in real content and has less blooming. It also has wider viewing...
www.rtings.com www.rtings.com

viewing angles are not as good. Samsung has a special filter that combats the off-angle viewing better than the TCL. This could be a non-issue for you, if you watch the tv while the center and not off-axis - which is probably what most people do but could be not-so-great viewing experience if you have a large group of people trying to watch something.

Another tradeoff is the build quality of the TCL is behind compared to Samsung - but these are all things that may or may not matter to you. There is no one size fits all.


Ps for anyone interested, the LG C1 is about go on sale at costco - which will probably be matched by other stores

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Zztop said:
I just want to mention for anyone, that built in pre-installed apps doesn't mean much, because (generally speaking) all tvs with apps have access to some kind of app store. So if there is something missing you can just download it and be up and running in not time.




hmm my 10yr old panasonic plasma never had burn-in... but I never kept it on a station with static image for hours at a time.
But yes, these days there are built-in measures for OLED to help mitigate this. So it is less likely to happen, unless you are on.. say a channel for static solid color banners for multi-hours a day, every day, for weeks at a time.

For peace of mind, LG has a free panel replacement while under manufacturer warranty, if in the event it happens. The LG C1 has a standard 1 year warranty, but the LG G1 has a 5 year factory warranty. Or you can buy 3rd party extended warranty - the only one I know of that specifically mentions burn-in is the geek squad extended warranty at BestBuy, but that will run $400-ish for 3 years.




I'd suggest reading the topic, because theres a lot of useful info/suggestions posted here already. But with that being said, I need more info what it will be used for, or what you put more value or importance on: (movies? sports? gaming?). It is also important to know what kind of lighting the room has (does the room have a lot of windows with natural light?). Earlier in the topic I mentioned a few models already, but before some of these other questions are answered it is hard to recommend anything, because there are variables to consider.

I'll say though that a 70 inch tv is kind of a not-so-popular size. More often you find 55, 65, 75/77 inch models.

Currently the 65 inch TCL is on sale for $999 at Best Buy (great price) but the 75 inch is now at $2300 (bad price). the only other LED tv I'd suggest is the Qn90a

TCL is very close to the QN90a in many categories but I want to highlight a couple areas where it falls behind. Yet for several hundred less it is a fair tradeoff I believe.

This is a side-by-side comparison, of one of the major weakness vs the QN90a
www.rtings.com

Samsung QN90A QLED vs TCL 6 Series/R646 2021 QLED Side-by-Side TV Comparison

The Samsung QN90A QLED is better overall than the TCL 6 Series/R646 2021 QLED. They each have Mini LED backlighting, but the full-array local dimming feature on the Samsung has more dimming zones, so it produces deeper blacks in real content and has less blooming. It also has wider viewing...
www.rtings.com www.rtings.com

viewing angles are not as good. Samsung has a special filter that combats the off-angle viewing better than the TCL. This could be a non-issue for you, if you watch the tv while the center and not off-axis - which is probably what most people do but could be not-so-great viewing experience if you have a large group of people trying to watch something.

Another tradeoff is the build quality of the TCL is behind compared to Samsung - but these are all things that may or may not matter to you. There is no one size fits all.


Ps for anyone interested, the LG C1 is about go on sale at costco - which will probably be matched by other stores

iOHfagS.jpg
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While agree that as with the Sony you can download all kinds of apps, the Sony came with most of the ones I already use pre-installed, so it was simply login and go.

I still haven't figured out how to set it up to where the TV routs sound to the surround sound system I have. That one has been a head scratcher for me and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong to get it to work. I might just post some pics of the available ports I have on both the TV and sound system and see what would be the best way to connect.
 
Well, since Bestbuy doesn't have any in stock and since they won't guarantee the current price, I went ahead and ordered from Amazon. The price already went up $50 from yesterday, so the waiting is finally (almost) over. TV arrives Friday, hoping I don't get a bad panel.
 
If anyone is looking to get the QN90A, now is the time. Best Buy & Amazon have the 55" at around $300 off. It's basically at the same price as the 50" right now.
 
DaveXA said:
I still haven't figured out how to set it up to where the TV routs sound to the surround sound system I have. That one has been a head scratcher for me and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong to get it to work. I might just post some pics of the available ports I have on both the TV and sound system and see what would be the best way to connect.
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not sure if you have you tried:

pressing the cog button on the remote - a bunch of tabs will pop up at the bottom - then going to the right until you get to "audio system" tab and seeing what is selected

or pressing the cog button on the remote - selecting settings - display & audio - then audio output: Theres a bunch of options in there
 

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