Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Costco has fantastic extended warranties. Best Buy used to have them years ago, but no longer. I remember my cousin broke our release model PS2 and when we took it in we were on the last day of the warranty and got the slim model no charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Glad I'm skipping 4k https://gizmodo.com/a-first-look-at-the-incredible-future-of-8k-tvs-1822113480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I was satisfied with 1080p. Especially while watching older films that were well restored and mastered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Yeah, wanting higher resolution for home video is just excessive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 1080 is all you need! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'm worried now if I upgrade to a 4K TV, all my regular blu-rays will look like crap. I know people think upscaled DVDs on HD screens made them look better, but I think it just revealed their limitations, video-wise. All the compression artifacts became more visible, edge enhancement more pronounced, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 You will have to buy UHD replacements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Most of them will probably never have UHD replacements. Blu-ray is pretty much it for many films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Find any suitable old plasma screens, Drax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'm saving money instead for hi-fi audio components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'm in the market for a Sony Discman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'm looking at preamps and monoblock power amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 17/01/2018 at 5:39 AM, king mark said: Glad I'm skipping 4k https://gizmodo.com/a-first-look-at-the-incredible-future-of-8k-tvs-1822113480 Glad I'm skipping 8k http://tech-data.xyz/2017/01/14/samsung-announces-11k-screen-for-2018-tv-test-in-2017/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Silly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Willy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'll stick with circa 1998 analog standard definition. There was never any room for improvement as far as I could see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Back then we just watched movies. We didn't care how many friggin dots made up the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Some great screens made in that era. More than capable of handling the first Die Hard 3 DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Interesting that the first Die Hard With a Vengeance DVD in Australia wasn't released by Fox, instead it was Village Roadshow. Did that movie have some international distribution issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Could be. Hmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The ID4 Five Star Collection looks great and features more accurate colors than the 4K ramaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I don't trust 4k remasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Drax's house, yesterday: Gruesome Son of a Bitch and Unlucky Bastard 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Is that an RCA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Great screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'm not one to wear flannel but that does look like me from the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Panasonic OLED: The new standard in Hollywood post production: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 If I buy one, it better last 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 You can tell your colleague at work that you own the TV that Hollywood uses to color-correct his favorite movies. That will shut him up for good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 So recently he goes and buys an Oppo 4K blu-ray universal player, and I ask if it has multichannel analog outputs and he tells me to get with the times. Nope, I want to minimise my reliance on that transport as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 World's first 8K monitor. Even on youtube I can see the crazy resolution! Only 12.000 Euro ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Very cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 The businesses requirement to keep having new stuff to flog accepted, I do still wonder how many more bigger resolutions they can sell before diminished returns are the problem factor. And might image resolution even arrive at a state of uncanniness? After all, in those lovely 4K demos of distant mountain scapes, one can get up close to the display and really make out all the little intricate details in the faraway rocks and shrubs - something the human eye has no chance of seeing, without a powerful and stable pair of binoculars. What will be the point of 16K and might it look unnaturally detailed, when we're sitting on the sofa in our undies watching mundane TV programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 The new high end TVs are not built to last. Yet I still have a 32 inch LCD cheapie from 2010 that still works like new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I'm gonna skip 4K and wait until 8K is cheap and its movie catalogue vast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Those massive pixels in 4K are mega distracting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 16 hours ago, Alexcremers said: World's first 8K monitor. Even on youtube I can see the crazy resolution! Only 12.000 Euro ... yeah but you still see it in 1080p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 It's too much resolution. I don't want to see the pores and veins in people's faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,520 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I'm afraid we haven't properly housebroken @Batman's Diet Coke. In the plus column, though (sips drink) he makes a helluva cup of coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 You blokes might find this interesting. LG posted something about its new OLED smart TV range on Facebook. It struck me as another set of overly complex devices with huge probability of failure, as these things do rather quickly these days. I put a response down and LG Australia replied. It's almost self-incriminating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Actually, I want my TV to have sound. I don't want to switch on my amp each time I watch the news or a debate on TV. In fact, because of its integrated soundbar, I thought the OLED E7 was the best looking TV of the lot. Sadly LG Draxionized the design for the E8. So please, stop giving advice to LG, Drax! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I don't know why the LG rep talked about sound. That wasn't what I was addressing. All I said I wanted was a simple panel (sound or no sound), with no complex computer components that die or corrupt after a couple of years. But of course, that's part of the 'planned obsolescence' agenda from these manufacturers, and cashed-up consumers seem to love refreshing their gear every year just for new "features". But enterprise buyers have access to the simpler and more reliable products. It's insidious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 The new line of TCLs come out tomorrow and are getting rave reviews from everyone I ordered the 55" and will have it tomorrow https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079N9HDNQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Unfortunately that brand isn't available in the UK. So I went with a Sony HDR panel instead, which I purchased a few weeks ago during my JWFan hiatus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 See the new Samsung QLED TV with Star Wars footage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 My TCL is "On FedEx vehicle for delivery" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Good luck with the dreaded setup and configuration "phase", it took me a over a week of fiddling till I got it just right. Having to tweak it for each individual input these days is painstakingly tedious. I absolutely hate getting a new TV for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Luckily I only really use one input, since my AV Receiver is where the all my HDMI devices plug into (Switch, Wii U, PS4, SNES Classic, BD Player, Amazon Firebox) and then the only inputs the TV needs is HDMI from the AV Receiver, and my HD antennae! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Does your AV receiver have pre-outs so you can plug a more powerful amplifier into it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,353 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 No. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WM1V9KU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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