Originally Posted by RedLabel (Post 2850429)

Stay away from curved displays. They're a gimmick at best and do nothing but distort the picture unless your lucky enough to be the guy on the couch that is dead center. As for 4k, It's not worth the extra money to buy the set now. Equivalent of buying an HD TV and using bunny ears no point at the moment as there's not enough content to justify.

I have a 75" Samsung 7 series in my theatre. If you want a hook up pm me. I researched for a year and found it to be the best display on the market for the dollar

Originally Posted by Kurt505 (Post 2850540)

True story, a couple weeks ago I was in the market for a new tv so I went to best buy. Salesman walks up to me and I tell him I saw a Sony 3D TV on sale and was interested in buying it. I asked if that was the best deal he had at the time and he directed me over to an LG 4K TV, said it was the latest and greatest. So I asked if the screen was any stronger than the one on the Sony, because my 2yr old had just smashed my other TV screen. That's when he perked up and said I need the OLED TV with the curved screen. We walked over to the OLED and the salesman proceeded to say "try this with your LED TV, and grabbed the remote and smacked the OLED screen with it twice. Smash smash! The guy cracked the TV screen with both hits!!! His face dropped and at first I thought he was gonna make a run for it. He said he had done that a hundred times and it never broke. $5k TV, smashed. I told him my 2yr old just did the same thing to my 52" sharp, I'd rather just lose $1500 than $5000 on a smashed TV.

The funniest part is right after it happened he tried to tell the other salesmen he broke the OLED TV, after the second failed attempt at convincing them that he did in fact really just smash the screen of their $5000 TV, I spoke up and said, this guy ain't lying, I just watched him smash that TV! Next thing I new my salesman disappeared and we had a new salesman working with us. He said by the time the cable providers start using 4K technology, the 4K tv's will be a lot cheaper. We bought the Sony.

Originally Posted by jtiwana (Post 2850442)

Agree with you mostly except the bunny ears part. With bunny ears you will get full HD and not a compressed signal like in cable or sat. Try it sometime and then post.

Originally Posted by elkhunter11 (Post 2850713)

When I was comparing televisions, there were significant differences in uniformity across the screen, the LEDs bleeding onto the screen, and halos around bright images. Some televisions also produced much more realistic colors than others, especially when the scenes changes from bright to darker. Some televisions produced colors that were so enhanced, that they didn't look real. I was actually disappointed in the picture quality of many new LED televisions compared to older high end plasma televisions. 4K sources may not be readily available right now, but you can easily see the differences that I mentioned at much lower resolutions.

Originally Posted by elkhunter11 (Post 2850713)

When I was comparing televisions, there were significant differences in uniformity across the screen, the LEDs bleeding onto the screen, and halos around bright images. Some televisions also produced much more realistic colors than others, especially when the scenes changes from bright to darker. Some televisions produced colors that were so enhanced, that they didn't look real. I was actually disappointed in the picture quality of many new LED televisions compared to older high end plasma televisions. 4K sources may not be readily available right now, but you can easily see the differences that I mentioned at much lower resolutions.

Originally Posted by Zip-in-Z (Post 2850869)

I just sent Bell my question and got this response.

Jennifer S: I am sorry but for resolution, we support up to 1080i.

You: I understand that, but what about upgrades in the future ?

Jennifer S: We do not have an update yet about an upcoming upgrade however as soon as this will becomes available, you will surely get notified.

My guess 4K channels will be available within the next year or the TV mfg's wouldn't be building them now.


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Originally Posted by Kurt505 (Post 2850880)

I was told within the next 2yrs. What the salesmen told me was 4K tv's are good for really big screen in a small room, from a distance you won't find as much difference. Tv's only last so long nowadays so I figure once 4k is streaming the 4k tv's will be about 35% cheaper, that's why I bought 1080.

Originally Posted by amosfella (Post 2850827)

I agree, but a lot of times, that's just a matter of adjusting the contrast and brightness settings...

Originally Posted by Dona (Post 2850854)

I have the Samsung 9000 4K curved. Yes it is worth the Price. Yes I can tell the difference and this was a Purchase that did surprise me with the value it gives me.

Originally Posted by elkhunter11 (Post 2850998)

Adjusting the contrast and brightness can't make up for a screen that isn't uniform, or colors that aren't true, and it won't eliminate halos or LEDs bleeding onto the screen. Those are problems inherent to LED televisions, and very few LED televisions don't have noticeable deficiencies in these areas. A few manufactures have done a good job on minimizing these issues on their top end models, but they are still apparent on most LED televisions, especially the lower end models.



Mine is in the box, where it is going to stay until I move, so I haven't watched it at home. In the store I had them switch from a few sources including bluray, and cable, and I had then change the picture settings to see what effect they had, and even with standard cable, you can easily see the differences between most of the various televisions. Most had screens that were brighter towards the edges, or that had LEDs bleeding onto the screen, and almost all had at least some noticeable halo around bright objects in the picture. Really deep blacks were rare , and many had colors that were enhanced, so that they really stood out, but they weren't at all realistic. In the end, I chose the television with the best colors, and the most uniform screen, and no LEDs that could be seen bleeding onto the screen. I looked at the Samsung and LG curved screens, and I really didn't like them at all. The Panasonic AX900, and AX800 were my favorites, with the AX900 being noticeably better in some areas. The one thing that I didn't do, was put the glasses on and watch them in 3D, as I doubt that I will be watching much in 3D at home.

Originally Posted by Dona (Post 2850854)

I have the Samsung 9000 4K curved. Yes it is worth the Price. Yes I can tell the difference and this was a Purchase that did surprise me with the value it gives me.

Originally Posted by mayuan (Post 2851057)

I picked up the Samsung 8550, same as the 9000 without the curve and camera. Yes the 4K is worth it, for me. The higher end TV's will upscale the 1080P to the 4k resolution and produce a very clean picture.

As for the content on the 4K TV's don't look to the cable/satellite providers. They are unlikely to upgrade the infrastructure when losing customers weekly. Netflix and YouTube have some 4K content and will be expanding on a regular basis.

Originally Posted by Zip-in-Z (Post 2850869)

My guess 4K channels will be available within the next year or the TV mfg's wouldn't be building them now.