If so, what do ya got?
Is it all that, and more?
Just doing some prelim shopping around.
Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks
Is it all that, and more?
Just doing some prelim shopping around.
Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks
OT...Anyone have a 4K curved TV yet?
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Well, you might as well wait. They're rolling out the 8K TVs already. Sharp started selling an 85 inch 8K TV last month for only $133,000.
Start collecting your beer cans and make weekly trips to the recycling center.
Start collecting your beer cans and make weekly trips to the recycling center.
What the?
133K?
Forget about it.
I'll hang onto my 1984 Zenith Console bad boy.
The one with the Rabbit Ears?
On a serious note... if it were me, I'd currently go with a much cheaper 1080p large TV. 4K content is too scarce with nothing coming in the foreseeable future (channels at least).
Those that have viewed the same 4K and 1080p content have had trouble discerning the difference. When you go into a store and see them side by side, the 4K may look better, but at home you're not going to have two TVs side by side. It's not realistic. The big 1080p will still make you happy.
http://www.cnet.com/news/where-can-i-get-4k-ultra-hd-tv-shows-and-movies-today/
Those that have viewed the same 4K and 1080p content have had trouble discerning the difference. When you go into a store and see them side by side, the 4K may look better, but at home you're not going to have two TVs side by side. It's not realistic. The big 1080p will still make you happy.
http://www.cnet.com/news/where-can-i-get-4k-ultra-hd-tv-shows-and-movies-today/
Here's a good comparison to help sink it in...
On Amazon, you can get a nice Samsung 1080p 65" for $1300.
You can get a nice Samsung 4K 65" for $2900.
Personally, I'd buy the 1080p now. Pocket the $1600 savings, and put it towards a 4K next year when the prices are down and the content is out. Now you have a nice 65" 1080p to move to the bedroom.
On Amazon, you can get a nice Samsung 1080p 65" for $1300.
You can get a nice Samsung 4K 65" for $2900.
Personally, I'd buy the 1080p now. Pocket the $1600 savings, and put it towards a 4K next year when the prices are down and the content is out. Now you have a nice 65" 1080p to move to the bedroom.
Thanks, I'd heard that the 4K programming was woefully behind the new technology, which is the norm.
Like any electronics, you wait 3 to 6 months, you save 50%. You really never know when to jump in as everything becomes obsolete within a year it seems.
Good for the consumer though to have such fierce competition. IMO
4K has been prevalent on the consumer market for almost 2 years now, and still no mainstream content planned. I'd wait until some channels start announcing 4K content at least. That's probably about the point others will also jump in and the economies of scale will take over making 4K TVs cheaper.
My bust. I hereby encourage all Americans to take a 2nd mortgage on their homes and purchase Sharp's 85" 8K TV. The Japanese need the help of the American people. Please do what you can in their time of need.
That's better, JCX!
Better yet, take out a new, high-interest credit card to buy that bad boy!
Better yet, take out a new, high-interest credit card to buy that bad boy!
Went to several stores to check out the 4K and every one of the clerks, salesmen, or associates told me the same thing: Nothing is being broadcast in 4K, so owning it now would be a waste of money for a few years. The guy at one store told me HE wouldn't buy it even if he could afford it because the demonstration closed-loop, slow-pan material is made specifically for those sets ... it's way, way better than broadcast quality.
You sir know of that you speak of.
4k content isn't available to make it worth the purchase. It is probably catching on with sports broadcasts now as far as shooting with cameras that are 4k or 8k capable. But who broadcasts their signal at that level? Television stations ate still trying to pay for the switch from analog to digital, then digital to high def. All this happened in about 10 years, and it's not just the equipment like the routers and panels and switchers that had to be upgraded, but the transmitters on the towers as well. Very very expensive in a time when broadcast is losing money due to Internet competition
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Sometimes it's best to wait for content to catch up with technology. It will make the experience worth the extra expense plus it will give it more time for the inevitable reduction in cost. I was talked into buying a 3D ready TV years ago when 3D was all the latest rage. Still waiting on the content.
I'm not into high tech gear at all. My house is 3 years old. The home automation system was the largest single cost item when I built the house. It is an Elan system that incorporates video security, all TVs, sat radio, touch screens, remote controls, 480 DVD player, 6 receivers, etc. Samsung TVs throughout. In less than 3 years there have been 3 software upgrades. The upgrades are just enough to confuse me but not enough to notice any viable difference in output. Everything I bought was overtaken by newer models within six months. My iPod adapters had to be replaced when Apple changed the connectors. $1,600 later I am upgraded. I got 4 X 65" TVs for my bar that can be four games at once or one big game. I ordered TVs with a 1/4" boundary/border and before they could be delivered they came out with 1/8" inches which I got. Six months later TVs without borders. My 480 DVD player is outdated because I can get anything I want to watch for $8 month. My point is that it does't matter what you buy today because tomorrow it is outdated. I am blown away by the difference in picture quality by what I got 3 years ago compared to what I had living overseas. I am perfectly satisfied with being 3 years behind the latest and greatest.
You can but a 4K curved 65" Samsung at Best Buy for $1499 when I searched before Thanksgiving.
It was $1999 for the same tv (not curved) but 3D equipped. It's the 8500 series Samsung.
From those I've talked to and the reviews I've read the curve is a fad.
It was $1999 for the same tv (not curved) but 3D equipped. It's the 8500 series Samsung.
From those I've talked to and the reviews I've read the curve is a fad.