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destrekor

Lifer
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Even if beyond ungodly rich, I'd never buy an LCD TV at that size.

It won't be long before OLED can be found at those sizes for similar prices.

I'd much rather buy a top of the line projector, which most of the ones I've ever eyed would be at least $7000 less than that TV.


Plus, 4K is still too immature to buy a ridiculously high-end 4K TV now unless throwing away money is a cherished pastime. When more 4K content is available, we'll have TVs that are much better, and much cheaper, than that one.
 

Eug

Lifer
Mar 11, 2000
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I have a projector with a 90" image in a dedicated room. If I were to replace it, and a 75-85" TV wasn't too much more, I would get the TV. Projectors are good but still have significant limitations, not the least of which is image quality if there is a lot of ambient light. I personally don't like sitting in the dark all the time just to watch TV.

The only reason I will likely still get a projector next time around though is cost.
 

mmntech

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4K is cool and all but you'd have to have rocks in your head to buy it now, even if you were rich. There's no content, and there likely won't be content for at least a couple of years. Look how slow the HD rollout was.
 

bradly1101

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unless u have a huge room, who'd want 84 inches?

That's the thing, with this res you can be up close and pretend you have your own movie theater. It would pay for itself after 1,417 movie tickets were not bought (+ cost of 4K movies and 4K player).

It's still early, prices will come down.
 

Krazy4Real

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I want an 80-90 inch for my living room at some point. My 65 inch is too small. My living room isn't huge. 16x20 maybe. Right now I think the TV is about 10 feet from the couch.
Same for me. The 65" in my family room looks tiny in the room its in. Don't get me wrong, it's nice. But I really do wish I had gotten bigger.
 

Mai72

Lifer
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Only the rich will be able to afford something like this. The 1%. The rest of us 99% will have to get by on our inferior televisions.

Obama was right and this isn't fair. I want this TV!
 

zinfamous

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Jul 12, 2006
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OK. I might need correcting, but then why the switch to Displayport on PC's?



What more do I need to know?

Edit: I've already been answered, but the switch in terminology is still suspicious to me.

I *think* displayport has has better/more efficient power transfer than HDMI and, like certain DVI specs, had greater than 1080p output prior to HDMI 1.4 and now 2.0.

Basically, HDMI was limited in specs longer than display port and DVI. ....or so I have read.
 

Eug

Lifer
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I have a huge living room, but I still use a 42" TV in that. I hate big TVs in living rooms. However, as mentioned, I do have the luxury of a separate media room (which is a converted garage).

BTW, when I first saw a 40" plasma TV at my local AV shop, it was $20000. The plasma I bought a few years ago was about $550, and they're even less now.

I don't expect 80"+ 4K TVs to be $550 any time soon, but I could see them dropping below $5000 within a few years.

Unless my projector dies before then, I may just get a 75-80" TV when it drops below $3000. Depending on the pricing, I'm not sure if I'd get a 1080p TV or a 4K. However, since 4K material is largely unavailable (except for maybe from places like Netflix soon), 4K is not a big draw for me, even at that size.