TV Technology. Idle musing after wandering in John Lewis

[Megaflow]

I had a day off work to use up some holiday and do some last minute Christmas shopping. While I was in John Lewis, I had a wander through the TV department, and some things stood out about the current technology on offer:

1) Curved screens. The image looks distorted in an odd sort of fashion. I don't think it actually is, but more of an optical illusion create by the top of the frame.
2) 4K UHD. Looks superb when viewed on a massive, 65", screen at less than 3m. Quite how this will translate to a useable size screen, at a less than perfect viewing angle, when a 4k source becomes available, remains to be seen.
3) OLED. A bit of a disappointment. There was two 55" LG's side by side, comparable in price, and the normal LED was much better. This was a surprise, but could be poor adjustment base on a sample size of one.
4) 3D. Didn't see it mentioned... Anywhere... There's a surprise!

[Turn7]

Trouble I find is that anywhere that sells tv's alsways has the colour crazily jacked up, looks shyte.

[VEX]

Btw. 65" isn't massive!

Now the 78" curved 4k machine we fittted today, that was massive. And heavy its been a fair few years since we lifted one so heavy that it needed two people!

V.

[probedb]

You *really* cannot base picture quality judgements based on what you see in John Lewis. They're setup to look ok while in the shop, if you're lucky. They're never playing the best content.

The OLED LG looked so much better than the standard LCD next to it yesterday, having actual blacks makes a difference even in stores. However I don't have £2k to spend on a TV at the moment