Official TV Thread
 

Dont really have one here, or not lately.

As per an older post I recently purchased the XBR55X850B 4K 3D LED TV

4K imo is definitely worth it and the limited available sources of video are good enough for me as it let alone adding consistent stuff. In terms of netflix 4K streaming you need to pay the $12.99 a month to get the ultra HD which right now includes house of cards, Marco Polo, Breaking bad, and 4-5 scenery demo's like planet earth etc.

for free, and really good program you can use the "4k Video Downloader" and rip 4k youtube videos onto USB.

This TV has a very impressive processor for rendering 4k video and it's upconversion is excellent for 1080p and lower signals. However, with very old or just bad quality recordings, some shows look terrible.

This TV is -by far- the best TV i've ever seen. I've had fairly high end models before, and known people who had other XBR's, Pioneer Elite Kuro, etc. And i've always been into and kept up to date with current technologies and i've caught myself too many times to count so far, watching this TV, and thinking "holy shit, it's more like i'm watching this actual scene in person or i'm just watching it through a window into the world etc. Especially GoPro footage, it's astounding.

I purchased my TV on December 19th 2014, a 2014 Build built in November.

A seemingly common problem for anyone looking for a 4K TV between the higher end model XBR's, as well as the 7+ series samsung 4K TV's is very bad "flashlighting"

http://cdn.avsforum.com/2/2f/2f8c606...ach149462.jpeg

the lighting bleed in the corners.

As well, some have experienced banding. Quite a few people have returned TV's 2-3 times. It's best to head over to AVSForum.com and look at the owners thread of any TV you're looking to purchase.

I paid $1799 Boxing day price the friday before, since then it's jumped back up to $2799 and i think now it may be at 2199.

Anyone looking to upgrade, even though it's a fairly extensive up from say a comparable 1080P TV, say $1400-1800 instead of 800-1200 i'd say the difference is very worth it. And in reality, to get virtually the third best TV sony currently sells for $2100 taxes in seems pretty damn good compared to in 2006 52" Panasonic Rear projection for $3800

Obviously pictures dont do it justice but a few samples

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Post your setups, for stereo i have really nothing though an older Philips soundbar that i like. 3D Bluray Player Sony BDPS6200 and apple TV + Shaw HD

still waiting for a tv set that could replace my pioneer elite :/

well our trusty 55' samsung led dlp tv has kind of shit the bed, it needs about $400-500 worth of repairs to get it going again and my parents are thinking of just getting a new tv instead. i actually want to fix the samsung and just keep it going because its such a great tv. i really hate the way the picture looks on newer lcd tv's, everything ends up looking like a damn soap opera..

plasma unfortunately isn't an option in this case because the tv is for our main sitting room which gets a ton of light. so any suggestions on what could be my best bet for this situation? budget is around $1500 taxes in. would like something thats 50+". i'd obviously love to go 4k but i dont think my parents would be too happy about forking out that much cash for a tv.

OLED TV.

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It's very affordable now. I saw the new 1080p models BNIB on CL (a dealer) for about 2000, which is a very good deal considering the best price was a liquidation price down in Fry's in US for around 1400USD.

The color is life-like. Nothing really comes close as far as LCD goes.

Once you're getting into 60"+ though OLED prices are crazy.

It's kind of a tough call as I said in the OP because you can get very nice 4K sets for lower prices than the 1080p OLED, however you are kind of risking early adoption in both scenarios. With the OLED you're limiting yourself with your resolution and with the current 4k models you're potentially limiting yourself with hardware capabilities in terms of HDMI and bandwidth handling.

Will be interesting to see where it goes. Apparently the upcoming 4k sets with full array local dimming give the OLED a run for its money.

I have a hard time going for 4k when most content is barely in 720 still.

And you really need to upgrade from that soundbar that matches that screen imo.