UHD in general, Samsung UBD-K8500 in particular

[legzr1]

Herbs said:

Update time.


Man maths played a part and i'll be picking up the new tv today - decided for http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertain...

i also looked at the 75" Sony but after seeing the OLED, there was no comparison so thank you for the advice!!!

Those LG950 oled's do look good and (when set up correctly) can look stunning.

A salesman at a certain retail chain tried to show me how close top spec LED/LCD screens comes to oled - quantum dot/nano crystal whatever Samsungs and 902 Pannies and there's really no comparison.
Granted, they all look bright and vivid playing back files from a USB stick in the store but that's not a real test.

Check out AVForums - there's a multi-thousand post owners thread dedicated to the 950 with recommended settings.

[jmorgan]

Or not...... might start to get obsessive.

[Herbs]

legzr1 said:

Herbs said:

Update time.


Man maths played a part and i'll be picking up the new tv today - decided for http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertain...

i also looked at the 75" Sony but after seeing the OLED, there was no comparison so thank you for the advice!!!

Those LG950 oled's do look good and (when set up correctly) can look stunning.

A salesman at a certain retail chain tried to show me how close top spec LED/LCD screens comes to oled - quantum dot/nano crystal whatever Samsungs and 902 Pannies and there's really no comparison.
Granted, they all look bright and vivid playing back files from a USB stick in the store but that's not a real test.

Check out AVForums - there's a multi-thousand post owners thread dedicated to the 950 with recommended settings.

Thanks - will have a look this evening

[varsas]

Herbs said:

Herbs said:

varsas said:

Herbs said:

Interesting topic and something i know a little of but not much.

I'm deciding between upgrading the TV in the lounge to a 65" or get a projector and screen.

What would be the best TV to go for for sensible money that incorporates the required features/tech?

Assuming you can't demo stuff, which is by far the best way to choose stuff...

I'd say go for the projector, if you have about £1k (or less) buy the Epson 6600 or equivelent Optoma (I like the Epson, most prefer the Optoma's DLP tech), for £2k get the Sony '45, for £4k get the JVC X5000, for £6kish you have the Sony '320 4k PJ or JVC X7000. In this list only the Sony VW320ES is both HDR and 'real' 4k.

For TV's, well, you can't go far wrong with Samsung. Pick a price, pick a screen size and get whichever one in their range meets those targets. As has been said a Samsung 'SUHD' (this is a Samsung term) TV will have 4k and HDR, an HDR premium set will deliver a very good HDR experience. Obviously I would/did get an OLED but you said sensible price.

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately demo time is out as far too busy at the moment so the wisdom of PH is the next best thing - i'll do some research this evening on the ones you mentioned

Update time.


Man maths played a part and i'll be picking up the new tv today - decided for http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertain...

i also looked at the 75" Sony but after seeing the OLED, there was no comparison so thank you for the advice!!!

Very nice!

UHD disc player next then? If you don’t have one, then one experience that has stayed with me from watching on my OLED is 'Birdman (Or the Importance...)' on Blu Ray. Now, this was one of the first films I watched on OLED so of course it was special but that film is filmed and masterd on BluRay exquisitely. The detail on display shows how clean and clear the OLED is, and some of the lighting really shows what an OLED can do. People go on about the black levels, which are great (and lead to cleaner colours etc), but I was struck by the bright objects,. How lights actually look like individually luminous objects…there are a few shots with stage lights in frame and I was amazed at how good they looked, how individual motes of dust are lit by sunlight coming in through a window...

Well, if you haven’t seen the film yet and fancy it then, as a bit of a left-field choice, I recommend it.

Edited by varsas on Friday 17th June 14:19

[Herbs]

Thanks - i'll look it up. I haven't got the player yet - thats next on my list once the surround sound is sorted!