The Home Theater Thread

[HazletonEagle]

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.

[Agent23]

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. 

[BFit]

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. 

[VaBeach_Eagle]

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. 

[VaBeach_Eagle]

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). 

[wholesale_Melvin]

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

[VaBeach_Eagle]

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. 

[wholesale_Melvin]

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.

[Mike030270]

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

[VaBeach_Eagle]

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.