A24 4,326 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 4K is a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 What story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,029 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 4K: The Motion Picture Shot in 2K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Streaming in HDX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Why is NETFLIX presenting original content in ratios wider the. 16:9? Like MANDALORIAN . I thought the whole idea is switching tob16:9 was to eliminate the need for letterboxing. Im not talking about films shot in ' scope, but originals. ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Mandalorian is on Disney+, not Netflix. And I think each content creator chooses they aspect ratio they want for their production, and a lot of current directors like 2:1. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 2:1 looks weird. Might as well just do 16:9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 What's with these very tiny 1 cm black bars I see so much on Netflix? You either do fully-fledged black bars or you drop it altogether! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,029 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 They should start doing white bars as well for the sake of diversity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 If the bars I'm talking about were white more people would have noticed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 2 hours ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: 2:1 looks weird. Might as well just do 16:9. Dolby Vision is 2x1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,029 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Soon, everything will be in 1:2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Just now, Jurassic Shark said: Soon, everything will be in 1:2. The first season of that Julia Roberts show was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2020 Gruesome Son of a Bitch, Jurassic Shark and Naïve Old Fart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I recommend he upgrade to a 1998 Sony Trinitron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Wow, that must have been the first STEREO set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Check out that soundbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 https://www.lg.com/au/tvs/lg-OLED88ZXPTA?cmpid=2020SIG_FB_AP_Cycle1_Awareness_Banner_TV_IN-AM_Mobile_Awareness1_I1080x1080 Only $72k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Self-Lit OLED? Isn't that the same as self-emissive, which OLED always was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Mum bought herself one of those Philips "ambilight" tellies at 65" for her loungeroom and I helped her set it up. Look, I wouldn't recommend this for the serious home theatre enthusiast, but it's fine for a regular loungeroom telly to watch the news and regular cable shit. Now this ambilight is a real curiosity and a cute way of addressing the limitations of LCD tech – the panel itself is mediocre and the corner backlights are as obvious as you'd expect when it isn't activated, but once it's on, your eye is somehow fooled into thinking the murky greys are actually black. Funny that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 My son loves it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Plus it has Dolby Vision, which is usually a premium feature. I tried some Netflix docos that have it and it looks nice enough to keep the old gal dazzled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 FOX News looks good on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Looks maganificent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 It's all that matters anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Fortunately, OLED doesn't display Fox News. That's why I prefer it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I wouldn't play any news channel on my OLED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Screen burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Although my OLED is nowhere near as prone to image retention like my old plasma was (in fact, it hasn't demonstrated anything of the sort so far, and that plasma would leave an impressioj just from having a BD menu up for a few seconds!), I'm not willing to put it to the test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Last time I looked into it screen burn was a potential downside to OLED. But maybe they've improved the tech since then, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I wouldn't mind the FOX News logo being burned into the screen. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I bet there's already a logo from some TV evangelist burned into your screen to whom you donate all your money. Americans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Anyone else a bit alarmed that not many brands seem to be offering OLED TVs anymore? Lately I've only been seeing LG, Sony and Hisense available. A few months ago, Panasonic pulled out of the Australian market, so I'm not sure if they even make TVs at all anymore. Samsung seems gungho about its QLED tech. And LEDs continue to prevail. Is superior picture quality no longer desirable to general consumers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,029 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Young people watch stuff on their phones and laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Why don't they like big screens anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,029 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 It kills our planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 They'd rather watch movies on their telephones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,344 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Yeah, I don't get that either. Short clips/trailers are fine on phones, anything of any length I can't imagine watching on them at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 And you have to hold it up yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 3 hours ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: Anyone else a bit alarmed that not many brands seem to be offering OLED TVs anymore? Lately I've only been seeing LG, Sony and Hisense available. A few months ago, Panasonic pulled out of the Australian market, so I'm not sure if they even make TVs at all anymore. Samsung seems gungho about its QLED tech. And LEDs continue to prevail. Is superior picture quality no longer desirable to general consumers? You knew this was coming. Betamax vs VHS Plasma vs LED HD-DVD vs Blu-ray If it stinks, it wins. Maybe the other OLED brands are tired of being dependent on LG, the only one who actually makes OLED panels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 42 minutes ago, AC1 said: You knew this was coming. Betamax vs VHS Plasma vs LED HD-DVD vs Blu-ray If it stinks, it wins. Maybe the other OLED brands are tired of being dependent on LG, the only one who actually makes OLED panels. Rumour has it that Sony might be considering exiting the TV market. So what does that leave us? LG making OLED, Samsung making QLED, and a bunch of Chinese scavenger companies offering the cheapies? Sounds like we're in for a grim future in TV variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 They say microLED is the future. If offers the same self-emitting technology (self-lighting pixels) as OLED but without any downsides such as retention or burn-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Hopefully all the big brands get on board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 As much as I love my OLED telly, I miss the idiosyncrasies of my old VT60 plasma, like the green dithering phosphers due to the fact that they couldn't reproduce greys, and the "almost" black levels it yielded. Sure it wasn't 4K and predates HDR, but friggin hell I loved that set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I still have my Samsung Plasma 51" for my DVD collection (DVD looks bad on a 65" screen). I love the glossy screen. It makes everything look more perfect and timeless, especially with Blu-ray. 2001: ASO and Alien look like they are shot yesterday. In comparison, my OLED looks very matte and almost too revealing. It demands the latest 4K Alexa sh!t for me to be really impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,497 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I've read that Betamax got pushed out of the video market because of the porno industry. Not sure if that's true, or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 2 hours ago, AC1 said: I still have my Samsung Plasma 51" for my DVD collection (DVD looks bad on a 65" screen). I love the glossy screen. It makes everything look more perfect and timeless, especially with Blu-ray. 2001: ASO and Alien look like they are shot yesterday. In comparison, my OLED looks very matte and almost too revealing. It demands the latest 4K Alexa sh!t for me to be really impressed. My OLED, set to 24fps, and THX Cinema mode, blu-ray looks very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 It's not like Alex to bring up Blade Runner and Alien, is it. How odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Sure I suppose the OLED wins, objectively. But I miss the bezel on the plasmas, and their superior ability to upscale SD content, which many of us still use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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