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I got the best one! A Panasonic from 2018 OLED in 55 inches. I’m waiting for my TV furniture to buy a Panasonic OLED From 2022 or from 2021 in 65 inches this time.

What I like the most about Panasonic is the true colours. Although they use LG Display panels, you don’t have over saturated or fake colours. And no soap opera effects.

I like it’s not a Google TV and the OS is very old but I don’t mind as I use the menu only once or twice.

Great TVs, I highly recommend this brand. I switched from Sony and never looked back
 
What the difference between a cheaper 4k tv and a oled 4k tv ?
 
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What the difference between a cheaper 4k tv and a oled 4k tv ?
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Cheaper 4K TVs will use panels using LED-backlit LCD or QLED technology. OLED is superior because it is the only flat panel technology produced at a commercial scale today that can produce true blacks, because each individual pixel is its own light source, and can be independently turned off, as opposed to edge-lit LCDs (worst) and full-array backlit LCDs (better). This also gives OLED panels a virtually infinite contrast ratio.

And because there's no need for an LED backlight, OLED panels are also incredibly thin, often no more than a few millimeters even with the housing. The thickness of OLED televisions is only limited by the other electrical components that are inside, like the speakers and ports.
 
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Me, I just have a standard £350 LG 43" UM7050. I got it in 2020, ugpraded from Samsung's first HD TV from 2005 so even though its not OLED it was a huge upgrade haha.

Would love to get an OLED but yeah, that won't be happening anytime soon with the cost involved.
 
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ScrumpyDaniel said:
Me, I just have a standard £350 LG 43" UM7050. I got it in 2020, ugpraded from Samsung's first HD TV from 2005 so even though its not OLED it was a huge upgrade haha.

Would love to get an OLED but yeah, that won't be happening anytime soon with the cost involved.
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Yea you can instantly tell which are oled cause it's in the $2k range or worse instead of hundreds
 
Have had Toshiba for five years still going strong. Had Sharp ROKU for 3.5 then it just wouldn't turn on. The service plan check paid for a new Insignia which is good so far.
 
I upgraded my 55" HD Samsung to the 4K version, great picture after fiddling with the settings. My biggest gripe was the changed the locations of the mounting holes for wall brackets. Had to do surgery on my swing arm bracket so I could attach the 4K TV. Same manufacturer, same size model, mounting holes totally different.

System is all 4K now, TV, AppleTV, Comcast Receiver and Sony 4k BluRay.
 
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Yea you can instantly tell which are oled cause it's in the $2k range or worse instead of hundreds
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Yep definitely. I love mine though and as I say it was a huge upgrade on what I had previously. Although the only way I can get my HomePods to lip sync is if I have the TV in game mode which is a bit frustrating but not a massive deficit.
 
Got my 1st 4K TV last year, after 10 years of owning a 1080 p Samsung OLED TV

That Samsung actually had great picture quality but being OLED it eventually got burn in

Since I don't watch tons of TV got a cheap TCL 4 Series, 4K TV (Roku)

For the price it's really great, but since it's a cheap non oled TV the HDR looks terrible on it, dim and poor contrast.

However, since I ready had qn Apple TV 4K, I use that instead for streaming and the Apple TV allows to switch to SDR (no such setting in TCL/Roku's menu) and it looks much better in SDR

Also sometimes black backgrounds can get those dark gre1y/black squares , especially on YouTube

But overall, no complaint
 
You can’t always tell that newer tech is substantially better, sometimes it is slightly better. When it was LCD vs the newer LED screens. In the store I looked at an LCD that was $1200 and an LED that was $2400, and damned if I could see a difference. So I saved myself $1200. :D
 
I have a couple of 4k Tvs, one in my bedroom (about 50-something inch) and one in my living room (about a 65+ inch). Both LG, both highly rated and truth be told, I don't see a huge difference in in 4k broadcast and non-4k broadcast quality. Perhaps its the quality of the upscaling from the Tvs, but overall I'm pretty happy with the image quality and I'm not paying extra for 4k broadcasts
 
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What size and brand do you recommend? Glad it is possible to buy one right now. Mainly will use it for backup and things I already seen
 
What’s your budget?
What will be good the sources (console, Apple TV…)

Are you familiar with the difference between OLED & LED.

I bought one but I will receive it tomorrow. It’s a Panasonic because I like their picture quality.
 
gigatoaster said:
What’s your budget?
What will be good the sources (console, Apple TV…)

Are you familiar with the difference between OLED & LED.

I bought one but I will reçue it tomorrow. It’s a Panasonic because I like their picture quality.
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$1000

Streaming mostly

A little
 
You go to your local store and you’ll find plenty of choices for that price. Wait end of the month for Black Friday.

For this range you won’t have a lot of difference between brands as it is a bit bottom range.

You can check sites like rtings.com to have a look at their recommendations.
 
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Thanks.

Getting one in about 30 minutes to an hour. At least should be here.
 
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