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Didn't realize they actually made 8k TVs now

And they don't even prominently broadcast cable in 4K yet? How much 4K Netflix are you guys watching?
 
Yeah I feel 8k is getting WAY ahead of things. Does not hurt to future proof... but you may as well wait until 8k content is on the horizon and by then the TVs will be cheaper too. The only thing it would be useful for is a computer monitor as you can never have too much resolution, but it's way too physically big for that to be practical. 55" would maybe be doable if you have a deep enough desk and you mount it right at the end. I kinda want to do that with a 4k, but think I will just keep waiting for the 4k monitors to go down in price, they are starting to. 32" would be decent for a 4k monitor. We have 27" ones at work but text is a tad small. Doable for our purposes but at home I would go 32".
 
people can't even tell a 4k TV - so... yeah... who cares at this point? I'm still fine with 1080 tbh.

I mean eventually I want a nice projector for my media room when I grab some extra cash - but until then it's all the same.
 
s0me0nesmind1 said:
people can't even tell a 4k TV - so... yeah... who cares at this point? I'm still fine with 1080 tbh.

I mean eventually I want a nice projector for my media room when I grab some extra cash - but until then it's all the same.
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Given price of 4k I would buy 4k at this point if I was in the market for a TV, but I would not go out of my way to upgrade to it. I have a 1080 and yeah it's fine. I don't even have any 4k content or anything that can play it.

I might get a RPI4 which can do 4k though. I might have to upgrade my gigabit network to 10g to actually be able to stream that though... lol.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Given price of 4k I would buy 4k at this point if I was in the market for a TV, but I would not go out of my way to upgrade to it. I have a 1080 and yeah it's fine. I don't even have any 4k content or anything that can play it.

I might get a RPI4 which can do 4k though. I might have to upgrade my gigabit network to 10g to actually be able to stream that though... lol.
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err, no, 4k streams fine in gigabit.
 
That's pretty awesome but I don't think that's something you can buy. Awesome that it uses actual LEDs though, I'm surprised it took that long. When I first heard of LED TVs I thought that's actually what it was, but it just meant the backlight is LED. They also don't last any longer than CFL as half the time the drivers or controller circuitry is what fails, at least in cheap TVs and monitors. For at home I have not had any issues with my TV or any of my monitors yet. I tend to avoid the cheapy brands though.
 
Meh, if you buy an 8k TV now, odds are it won't last long enough to ever see an 8k content for it. I wouldn't worry about that one bit.

I'm still rocking my 65" Panasonic VT60 Plasma. Looks fantastic. Would probably still be a top 5-7 TV if it was made today. I'm good to go unless it dies.
 
Pacfanweb said:
Meh, if you buy an 8k TV now, odds are it won't last long enough to ever see an 8k content for it. I wouldn't worry about that one bit.

I'm still rocking my 65" Panasonic VT60 Plasma. Looks fantastic. Would probably still be a top 5-7 TV if it was made today. I'm good to go unless it dies.
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mine has developed red/pink " blotches...apparently from heat. I've tried the tricks in the service menu that MIGHT help...they didn't. It sucks to lose such a wonderful TV and room heater. 😛
 
Pacfanweb said:
Meh, if you buy an 8k TV now, odds are it won't last long enough to ever see an 8k content for it. I wouldn't worry about that one bit.

I'm still rocking my 65" Panasonic VT60 Plasma. Looks fantastic. Would probably still be a top 5-7 TV if it was made today. I'm good to go unless it dies.
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This, there is barely 4K content.
 
Pacfanweb said:
Meh, if you buy an 8k TV now, odds are it won't last long enough to ever see an 8k content for it. I wouldn't worry about that one bit.

I'm still rocking my 65" Panasonic VT60 Plasma. Looks fantastic. Would probably still be a top 5-7 TV if it was made today. I'm good to go unless it dies.
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Pretty much this. I don't think a TV has been made yet that puts out better PQ than those Pioneer Kuro plasmas...and most plasmas in general. Hell, my 720p Samsung plasma looked way better than my current 4k Samsung LED.

Now, there are definite advantages to upping the resolution as you up the size of your display, that's just inescapable physics (all other variables being consistent)...but it's not the primary factor in picture quality.
 
s0me0nesmind1 said:
people can't even tell a 4k TV - so... yeah... who cares at this point? I'm still fine with 1080 tbh.

I mean eventually I want a nice projector for my media room when I grab some extra cash - but until then it's all the same.
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Truth. We've reached the "good enough" limit. I've talked about this before- products are improved to a point where they're "good enough" and then any improvements made after that are lost on most people:

Movies: VHS->DVD (good enough)->BluRay(meh)
Cameras: 1MP->3MP->8MP(good enough)->20MP(meh)
iPhones: iPhone 3->4->5->6->7->8(good enough)->X (meh)
TVs: 480i->720p->1080i->1080p(good enough)->4K (meh)

Lots of other examples.
 
zinfamous said:
Pretty much this. I don't think a TV has been made yet that puts out better PQ than those Pioneer Kuro plasmas...and most plasmas in general. Hell, my 720p Samsung plasma looked way better than my current 4k Samsung LED.

Now, there are definite advantages to upping the resolution as you up the size of your display, that's just inescapable physics (all other variables being consistent)...but it's not the primary factor in picture quality.
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Plasma TVs were perfected near the end of their life, unfortunately expensive manufacturing and weight killed the product.
 
Fritzo said:
Plasma TVs were perfected near the end of their life, unfortunately expensive manufacturing and weight killed the product.
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yeah, it's the only reason I didn't take mine with me from side of the country to the next: damn thing was ~100lbs, for a 42"
lol

--you are wrong about Blu Ray though--the improvement over DVD is remarkable, visual quality alone; but then you also have access to the vastly superior audio tracks that were never possible on lower bitrate mediums.
 
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