January 8, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: Brighter may be the option that I go for. My current TV is from 2010, a Panasonic Plasma, which is still ok. But now that I'm caring for my mother, she has a hard time seeing things. So I'm looking to get a bigger TV with better picture quality. It also depends on the type of watching you to. OLEDs can suffer from burn in. So a lot of tickers like news channels or ESPN bottom line can cause problems if you watch for a long time. Also, any LED needs proper viewing angle for best picture. But OLED gives the same picture quality from just about any angle. So depends on seating position. As well as light on the room like BFit said. There are now some micro LED or whatever they call them that are starting to get pretty close to the blacks of OLED without the burn in, and still bright enough for the lighter room. You still need to be in front for the best pic quality though because it's still back-lit LED.
January 8, 20232 yr Samsung has the best QLED but it comes with a price. TCL (if you get the Roku model, NOT the Google OS model) is a very good quality QLED at a nice price point. I am extra and have two tvs in my living room, but I don’t want cross-interference between remotes (changing challenge, inputs, volumes) so I had to mix brands. My primary is a Samsung and my secondary is a TCL.
January 8, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Agent23 said: Samsung has the best QLED but it comes with a price. TCL (if you get the Roku model, NOT the Google OS model) is a very good quality QLED at a nice price point. I am extra and have two tvs in my living room, but I don’t want cross-interference between remotes (changing challenge, inputs, volumes) so I had to mix brands. My primary is a Samsung and my secondary is a TCL. My QLED is a Samsung and I love it.
January 8, 20232 yr These are a few of the TVs I'm looking at: https://www.shopmyexchange.com/samsung-65-in-2160p-qled-4k-smart-tv-qn65q60bafxza/3182092 https://www.shopmyexchange.com/lg-65-in-nanocell-4k-hdr-smart-tv-with-ai-thinq-65nano75uqa/3197020 https://www.shopmyexchange.com/samsung-75-in-class-au8000-crystal-uhd-4k-smart-tv-un75au8000fxza/2718993 https://www.shopmyexchange.com/samsung-70-in-qled-4k-smart-tv-class-q60b-qn70q60bafxza/3182089 The 70" is the one that fits best where I need it, a 75" would work, but it'd be a tight fit. The 70" is out of stock (of course), but Amazon has it for basically the same price. Only difference is that I'd have to pay sales tax on Amazon, but not from the Exchange. I'm also only considering TV's with at least 3 HDMI inputs.
January 19, 20232 yr Is Vizio any good? I've seen the brand for a long time, but know nothing about them in terms of quality (or lack there of).
January 19, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: Is Vizio any good? I've seen the brand for a long time, but know nothing about them in terms of quality (or lack there of). really not bad for the price. moved the old one (https://www.amazon.com/VIZIO-SB3821-C6-38-Inch-Wireless-Subwoofer/dp/B00SMBG8QY) into my bedroom onto the headboard for streaming music when we got a yamaha for the living room. just read an article on the M series... https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvm49w/vizio-m-series-sound-bar-review
January 19, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, wholesale_Melvin said: when we got a yamaha Honestly, I don't think I knew that they made anything other than dirt bikes (and maybe street bikes). Growing up in the 70's, a neighbor family loved their dirt bikes, which is where I learned of them.
January 19, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: Honestly, I don't think I knew that they made anything other than dirt bikes (and maybe street bikes). Growing up in the 70's, a neighbor family loved their dirt bikes, which is where I learned of them. really ? in that time frame they were massive in stereo. we now have the yas207 from yamaha ($250 range) and it does the job.
January 19, 20232 yr I got an OLED and love it. Gets very bright too On 1/8/2023 at 9:41 AM, HazletonEagle said: It also depends on the type of watching you to. OLEDs can suffer from burn in. So a lot of tickers like news channels or ESPN bottom line can cause problems if you watch for a long time. Also, any LED needs proper viewing angle for best picture. But OLED gives the same picture quality from just about any angle. So depends on seating position. As well as light on the room like BFit said. There are now some micro LED or whatever they call them that are starting to get pretty close to the blacks of OLED without the burn in, and still bright enough for the lighter room. You still need to be in front for the best pic quality though because it's still back-lit LED. OLEDs don't suffer burn ins like they used to
January 19, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, wholesale_Melvin said: really ? in that time frame they were massive in stereo. Now that you mention it, I do remember their stereos, in fact I believe my parent's stereo in the 70's was a Yamaha. I just always associate that brand with dirt bikes lol.
September 1, 20241 yr Ended up getting really lucky today... Agent-length story to follow. I am replacing my 75" QN90A (2021) with an 85" QN90C (2023) this coming Wednesday, and decided that I want something other than my modest Q60T Soundbar/Subwoofer for audio. It's listed as a 5.1 channel (8 speakers),and has the early version of software that pairs your QLED televisions built-in speakers with the sound bar to create a fuller and more immersive sound field. Even so, I find myself needing the volume at ~40 to properly hear certain things I watch, with others have audible vocals at 25. Didn't want to spend $400-600 just to get a 3-4 year newer version of the same thing, so found myself looking at various 5.1 (with expandable Rear Satellites for ~$250), 7.1, and even 9.1 systems. Heck, even the $579 option in the bottom right image below is listing itself as a 3.1.2 with 9 speakers... so that might actually perform better than my current 5.1 w/ 8 speakers for all I know. Finally I decided on the first one pictured below -- and I've listed all the Open Box prices for each product, using their "Excellent Condition" pricing, which BB defines as: Works and looks like new. Restored to factory settings. Includes all original parts, packaging and accessories (or suitable replacement). They had a "Good Condition" at an outlet store about 15mi away, which opened 1hr earlier, so I decided to go there first and check things out as opposed to driving 90 mins to the store 100mi away. The Good Condition is defined as: Works like new. Restored to factory settings. May have minor scratches or dents. May be missing non-essential parts, accessories or original packaging. I get to the BB Outlet, and while many TVs, monitors, and smaller sound bars are nicely packaged, this 9.1.4 is all sitting loose together on a shelf along with shelves of other bundled systems. No packaging, definitely ample scuffs and visual wear on the subwoofer and rear speakers... my guess is this was a store-demo/display for lord knows how long, and the price is only a few bucks cheaper at $655. Decide this isn't what I want, so I kill time waiting for the 90min away store to open and call them, transfer to Home Theater, ask the guy if he's in the Rochester store (he says yes), and mention that I am at the Outlet an hour and a half away in Minneapolis where I live, and want to verify that SKU 6535890 in their store is all together in its original packaging as they are listed as having 1 Excellent Condition unit as part of their inventory on the website/App. Puts me on hold maybe 5 mins, comes back apologizing for the delay, and confirms that "yep, everything is here in the box" and confirms with me that it has all the packaging. Jump in the car, make a purchase from my phone for Store Pickup, knowing the 90min drive will be more than enough for their 1hr pick up. Arrive and go to the counter, scans the code on my phone (I already got notification my item is ready), and the guy goes "one of your items is ready for pick up, but the second item isn't yet." Immediately I'm like "what? what second item? I only have one purchase." He doesn't tell me or seem to know what it is, just that its telling him 1 of 2 is available. As he goes to grab the 1, I am checking my BB app and my email order confirmation to see if I had something else randomly in my cart, but my checkout was $750ish which is right around what a $691 + tax purchase should ring up as. While I'm distracted with this, I see he's setting on an adjacent counter all these individual components. The most scuffed up subwoofer I've ever seen, satellites marginally better looking that the ones at the Outlet store, and a sound bar blanketed in a ton of bubble wrap. I'm immediately like "whoa whoa whoa, did y'all grab the wrong one? Mine was the Open Box Excellent Condition." This is what was tagged as that and the only open box they had. I mention calling someone just over an hour ago, and they tell me that it goes to a dispatch, not the store, and that those people are told to say that "yes, they are at the store" that you are calling. So that guy presumably just saw the Excellent Condition listed online as how the local store had filed their inventory and "confirmed" with me that the set was packaged/like brand new. Associate can't help which I understand, so they radio Manager, who we explain things to. Me impressing on my call to the store, confirmation that they were "at the store", and that the item met its Excellent Condition status. Manager apologies, says they might be able to shave off some price (he guessed $30), and I mention that maybe $100 could do it given the visual state of the parts... but that I could stand off to the side to wait (other people arrived behind me) while they check into it. While off about 15 feet, I'm looking at my phone and see that I can get one shipped to my house -- figure if they can knock $100 off maybe I take that one, order one to delivery Thursday (1 day after my new TV arrives and gets installed...) -- and if that one also shows up janky or looking like its been a store display unit for the past year, return both or if the online-shipped one is perfect, keep that and swap the soundbar out on the TV mount that installers will be doing on Wednesday. Before I can commit to adding to cart and buying the shippable Open Box Excellent. Manager calls me back, says they are going to process my transaction and "pick up" status of the open box item, and points over by the front door to a Brand New sealed in the box HW-930C and says they are just going to process my $691 (plus tax) transaction and let me take a new one they have in stock. So my 3 hour round trip ended up landing me a brand new system for what effectively ended up being 50% off! Once again Best Buy comes through for me!
November 15, 2024Nov 15 On 11/13/2024 at 3:04 PM, Mike030270 said: Anyone heard of the Sony Bravia Theater Quad? Or have it? I have not, but always trusted this company on electronics info. I had a $1500 sound bar + subwoofer combo from them back in 2018-2021 that was great (when it worked) -- I bought Open Box for like $700 and may have had a previous store demo model so it got a bit hit or miss at the year 2-3 mark. https://www.rtings.com/soundbar/reviews/sony/bravia-theater-quad-with-bass-module
February 5Feb 5 On 1/8/2023 at 2:26 PM, VaBeach_Eagle said: https://www.shopmyexchange.com/samsung-70-in-qled-4k-smart-tv-class-q60b-qn70q60bafxza/3182089 This TV, that I bought 2 years and 1 month ago, looks like this now: Spoiler That's on the start up screen so that it's easier to see the problem. It's apparently a backlight problem and the diffuser is burned in. I paid $850 for it less than 2 years before this was noticed. The warranty expired a year after purchase, but my credit card had an extra year of warranty, which I got my claim in with just a few days left in that extra year. So they refunded my $850. So the above TV turns out to be a free 65" TV (with screen issues). Now I want to replace it and relegate the above TV to a spare room. Looking at the options at the Exchange within that price range (I could add to it and get a more expensive one, but I don't want to), I've found a TCL, the 65QM751G, that's $699 and it has good reviews/ratings. Anyone here have any experience with TCL?
February 5Feb 5 1 hour ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: This TV, that I bought 2 years and 1 month ago, looks like this now: Hide contents That's on the start up screen so that it's easier to see the problem. It's apparently a backlight problem and the diffuser is burned in. I paid $850 for it less than 2 years before this was noticed. The warranty expired a year after purchase, but my credit card had an extra year of warranty, which I got my claim in with just a few days left in that extra year. So they refunded my $850. So the above TV turns out to be a free 65" TV (with screen issues). Now I want to replace it and relegate the above TV to a spare room. Looking at the options at the Exchange within that price range (I could add to it and get a more expensive one, but I don't want to), I've found a TCL, the 65QM751G, that's $699 and it has good reviews/ratings. Anyone here have any experience with TCL? I own 3 TCLs (all Roku models) and enjoy them. I think 2 of them are QLED, one a mini-QLED. The mini-QLED pairs nicely alongside my Samsung Neo QLED
February 5Feb 5 I like these guys a lot for info https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/tcl/qm7-qm751g-qled
February 5Feb 5 18 minutes ago, Agent23 said: I like these guys a lot for info https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/tcl/qm7-qm751g-qled They're the ones that I read the reviews on it from and have all but convinced me to order that one. I was looking at LG and Sony and that TCL had higher ratings.
February 5Feb 5 49 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: They're the ones that I read the reviews on it from and have all but convinced me to order that one. I was looking at LG and Sony and that TCL had higher ratings. I dislike sony interface and the LG magic remote (if that still comes standard) is dogshitte
February 15Feb 15 On 2/5/2025 at 1:54 PM, VaBeach_Eagle said: This TV, that I bought 2 years and 1 month ago, looks like this now: Hide contents That's on the start up screen so that it's easier to see the problem. It's apparently a backlight problem and the diffuser is burned in. I paid $850 for it less than 2 years before this was noticed. The warranty expired a year after purchase, but my credit card had an extra year of warranty, which I got my claim in with just a few days left in that extra year. So they refunded my $850. So the above TV turns out to be a free 65" TV (with screen issues). Now I want to replace it and relegate the above TV to a spare room. Looking at the options at the Exchange within that price range (I could add to it and get a more expensive one, but I don't want to), I've found a TCL, the 65QM751G, that's $699 and it has good reviews/ratings. Anyone here have any experience with TCL? Back in 2018 I got a TCL series 6 55” (Roku version). I was worried about going with a "cheaper” tv, but the thing has been great. It’s definitely thicker and heavier than comparable tvs, so the build quality seems very robust. I’ve had nothing but a great experience with it. Picture quality is great. It has four ports. Amongst smart TVs, I feel that anything with Roku is honestly the cleanest interface. I do not at all regret that purchase. https://www.tcl.com/us/en/products/home-theater/6-series/55-class-6-series-4k-qled-hdr-smart-roku-tv-55r655
February 15Feb 15 8 minutes ago, Bill said: Back in 2018 I got a TCL series 6 55” (Roku version). I was worried about going with a "cheaper” tv, but the thing has been great. It’s definitely thicker and heavier than comparable tvs, so the build quality seems very robust. I’ve had nothing but a great experience with it. Picture quality is great. It has four ports. Amongst smart TVs, I feel that anything with Roku is honestly the cleanest interface. I do not at all regret that purchase. https://www.tcl.com/us/en/products/home-theater/6-series/55-class-6-series-4k-qled-hdr-smart-roku-tv-55r655 I still haven't ordered it yet. I decided to get a new credit card that has an intro offer where you get $200 or $300 if you spend a specific amount within 90 days. That way, it will reduce the TV cost and leave a few hundred for LIX merch! lol
February 15Feb 15 9 hours ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: I still haven't ordered it yet. I decided to get a new credit card that has an intro offer where you get $200 or $300 if you spend a specific amount within 90 days. That way, it will reduce the TV cost and leave a few hundred for LIX merch! lol Heh that’s a good call. When I got my TCL it was a lot cheaper than comparable models. Not sure if that’s still the case, but when I got it I was considerably happy with the value.
February 15Feb 15 2 hours ago, Bill said: Heh that’s a good call. When I got my TCL it was a lot cheaper than comparable models. Not sure if that’s still the case, but when I got it I was considerably happy with the value. I'm getting it at the AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange), so no taxes and free shipping. The one I'm replacing, which the Credit Card insurance company refunded, was $850.
March 16Mar 16 On 2/15/2025 at 12:33 PM, VaBeach_Eagle said: I'm getting it at the AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange), so no taxes and free shipping. The one I'm replacing, which the Credit Card insurance company refunded, was $850. Here we are a month later and I just ordered it. Delayed ordering for a couple of reasons. One, I can't hang it alone and one of my brothers will be coming down in a few weeks, so I figured I'd wait for him to be here. Plus, I applied for the new credit card and because it was new, they kept blocking the purchase as if it was fraud every time I tried to process it earlier in the month. I finally convinced them that it wasn't fraud lol. So I should have it in a week or so, though I won't use it for a little while until my brother comes for a visit.
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