OT: 4k TV's version 27

[Uncle Ruckus]

I know there's been a few threads on this but I don't care to look. I went to buy a tv yesterday and I knew what I wanted but I got all thrown off when I started looking at 4k. I have a 40' Samsung Smart TV 1080 120hz in my bedroom and was going to get the same thing in 50' for the living room. I can get a Vizio 50' Smart TV 4k 240hz for nearly the same price. I don't see any cons her except it's not a Samsung. The salesman made it seem like the 1080 will break in 5 years (lie) while the 4k will last 10+. 4k's can upgrade programming from 480-1080 to nearly 4k resolution as well, according to the salesman. But, when I got home the specs said that it did not have inputs for HDMI chords. Is this across all models? Everything I have is thru HDMI so I'd have to get direct tv to send new chords and then I'd have to buy new chords for my devices as well? Right now that's my only hangup and it looks to be a big one. Hopefully I'm mistaken.

 

[mcdawg22]

I know there's been a few threads on this but I don't care to look. I went to buy a tv yesterday and I knew what I wanted but I got all thrown off when I started looking at 4k. I have a 40' Samsung Smart TV 1080 120hz in my bedroom and was going to get the same thing in 50' for the living room. I can get a Vizio 50' Smart TV 4k 240hz for nearly the same price. I don't see any cons her except it's not a Samsung. The salesman made it seem like the 1080 will break in 5 years (lie) while the 4k will last 10+. 4k's can upgrade programming from 480-1080 to nearly 4k resolution as well, according to the salesman. But, when I got home the specs said that it did not have inputs for HDMI chords. Is this across all models? Everything I have is thru HDMI so I'd have to get direct tv to send new chords and then I'd have to buy new chords for my devices as well? Right now that's my only hangup and it looks to be a big one. Hopefully I'm mistaken.

That's crazy. The 4k's have a special HDMI cord. At least mine does. It's supposed to hold more bandwidth or some technical **** I don't know. If the people in your screen look almost fake, then you are getting the 4k experience. ETA: never mind on the special HDMI.
http://www.cnet.com/news/4k-hdmi-cables-are-nonsense/

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

My Vizio 4K has 5 or 6 HDMI inputs, no way yours doesn't have any. One or two of the ports will be hdmi 2.0 capable, and one should have super low latency for gaming. Did you get the P or M series? I'm a big fan. Be got a website that has how the picture should be calibrated (for every model really) if you like I can dig it up. Has what settings to turn on or off, etc. you won't even be watching 4K over hdmi for a while, it's pretty much all streamed through the TV via Netflix or Amazon.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

HDMI 2 may be what some people mean, a new TV should have that. But they're backwards compatible

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

I have a Vizio 4k TV

I got the Vizio P series 70 inch TV last christmas. I love it. It uses HDMI cables. Here it is out of the manual about the future compatibility.

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[Bulldog Bruce]

The "fake" look is because you have the smoothing feature turned on. You can turn it off or down. There is www.avsforum.com which has a bunch of information about all modern TVs. It has information about best setup for many models.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Avsforums is good, but damn those threads get long. I'm currently using settings from here http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-brand/vizio/m-series-2015/settings with minor tweaks, and it's pretty solid. They have most every model.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Btw, Longmire looks great in 4K, and Narcos isn't bad. There is enough new content coming out that I've always got something to watch for the most part.

 

[mcdawg22]

Btw, Longmire looks great in 4K, and Narcos isn't bad. There is enough new content coming out that I've always got something to watch for the most part.

Longmire is great, the best I've seen is House of Cards 2. BTW 17 you. Seriously, great win last night.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Daredevil was outstanding 4K. And thanks, I enjoyed it

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

I watched Bosch just because it was 4K. It was pretty good.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I didn't get one because I want to do some research before I pulled the trigger. I'm going back Saturday and I've all but decided on the 4k as long as it has HDMI. The specs on best buys website was where I got the 0 HDMI inputs

 

[AlSwearengen]

I'm trying to decide b/t a Samsung 7000 series and a Vizio P series. Does anyone have advice? I rely on the people at bestbuy but I get a different answer with each one I talk to.

 

[msudawg05]

The higher end Samsungs have either a One Connect Mini or a One Connect box. All of your cables run to the box then one proprietary cable goes from the box to the tv. Supposedly it future proofs the tv because you'll be able to change out the box and upgrade processors and such. I've been going back and forth this past week between the Samsung un65js8500 and un65js9000 so I've done a lot of reading...and still not sure what I want. The LG's look really good, too...especially the curved OLED.