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4K TV's Are A Waste Of Money

I have two 65 inch televisions in my living room. One is a 1080p Plasma Panasonic Viera (TC-P6560) and a Sony Bravia 4K (XBR-X800B).

I must say, that 4K is the fuckin truth! Netflix 4K resolution is the shit! There is a difference. Period.

My Panasonic is a BEAST of a TV. Perhaps the best all around controls and 1080 picture of ANY television I have ever owned. The thing has a full adjustable stereo equalizer and countless calibration settings. (Look up the reviews on Amazon) Sports and live motion on the Panasonic 1080 handle the cable signal impeccably. But I credit that to plasma TV's ability to achieve high refresh rates.

The Sony 4K is so detailed it damn near makes my eyes water. I think one thing everybody should consider is viewing conditions. TV size, height, distance, ambient room lighting and your overall eyesight are important factors. We do not all see the same way if that makes sense. The only downside is the lack of 4K content currently available. I don't know about you, but I'm not paying $35 for a 4K movie and Netflix has a horrible selection of feature films available in that format.
 
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What some people don't realize is.....
It's not JUST about the 4K resolution, it's also about the (HDR) High Dynamic Range & Wide Color Gamout

The colors "POP" more and the tv can get extremely bright and/or extremely dark

It's like looking at a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 cell phone, where the colors pop, & comparing it to a cheap HTC cell phone (with a washed out LCD screen)
The difference is definitely noticeable
 
LSN said:
basically...I felt there was no difference til I was @ bestbuy and seen 2 samsungs...one 1080 the other 4k...anyone claiming they don't see the difference is lying or has fucked up eyesight or both
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Exact same thing I felt seeing them side by side at Best Buy.

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Most people couldn't tell the difference between 720 and 1080. And most people don't watch TVs side by side. Also, many, many people don't know how or just don't adjust their TVs to optimal viewing settings. Having said all that there is a difference between 1080 and 4k but right now it's not worth the moolah. as far as I'm concerned.
 
I don't have one but I don't agree. Walked in Best Buy not too long ago and they had a 4k tv on display in the middle of a bunch of 1080 tv's and the difference in the picture was noticeable before I was within 10 yards of it. There may not be much content for it yet but the difference is definitely noticeable.
 
4k and 1080 depending on the Manufacturer the OS and processing speed it's night and day, but if you don't have any 4k content of course you will not be able to see the difference.
 
I got a 55 inch 4k UHDTV. Bought it two months ago at hhGreg. Got a great deal. Watching Netflix UHD Content on my Nvidia Shield TV vs 1080p is noticeable as fuck.

Worth it for me.
 
cli-terminator said:
Watching Netflix 4K series & movies are a thing of beauty. I remember watching Marco Polo for the first time & fell in love with the image quality immediately. I'm looking to when DirecTV starts broadcasting NFL games in 4K
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Doubt that happens anytime soon. They're still not broadcasting games in 1080p
 
The issue isn't the 4k screen, there is a major diff. The issue is most devices don't even still display 4k content or some when they say they do are still outputting 1080p and convert up the resolution which is BS. You have to be viewing content output as true UHD or 4k to see the diff. Go in a store and look at the two TV's side by side, it's not some upsell, there is a very noticeable diff
 
CurtDawg said:
What some people don't realize is.....
It's not JUST about the 4K resolution, it's also about the (HDR) High Dynamic Range & Wide Color Gamout

The colors "POP" more and the tv can get extremely bright and/or extremely dark

It's like looking at a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 cell phone, where the colors pop, & comparing it to a cheap HTC cell phone (with a washed out LCD screen)
The difference is definitely noticeable
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HDR is the real leap forward
 
as someone else alluded to and everyone here ignored....

most of yall don't understand the difference btwn 4k and "the soap opera effect."

what most of you are describing is what is called the soap opera effect and it has nothing to do with 4k and everything to do with image processing. everytime i hear someone say its like watching a live play i shake my head. that is not 4k. its image processing.

in order to appreciate 4k you literally have to be sitting 4 ft away from the screen.
 
voyuer said:
as someone else alluded to and everyone here ignored....

most of yall don't understand the difference btwn 4k and "the soap opera effect."

what most of you are describing is what is called the soap opera effect and it has nothing to do with 4k and everything to do with image processing. everytime i hear someone say its like watching a live play i shake my head. that is not 4k. its image processing.

in order to appreciate 4k you literally have to be sitting 4 ft away from the screen.
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I have a 65 inch 4k tv, the picture looked like shit until I disabled the "soap opera effect", guess cause I was used to the a plama picture., the few content that is shown in 4k looks fucking amazing.

1080p in a plasma looks great, 1080o on a 4k tv doesn't pop like the plasma does, but 4k content is:itsawrap:
 
Man I purposley go to Best Buy just to stare at them 4K OLEDs
cli-terminator said:
Man when I saw a 4K OLED for the first time I swear I stood in place drooling for a solid 15 minutes staring at the screen. The sales rep at Best Buy couldn't help but laugh before telling me I'm not the first to react like that. The image is beyond beautiful. Then I saw the price and came back to reality quickly.
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Man I thought I was the only one that goes to Best Buy just to stare at the 4K OLEDs lol. To the cats that say they don't see a difference, don't get a standard 4K, get a 4K OLED or if that 5 grand price is too steep get a 4K that does HDR(some brands call it SUHD). You will definitely notice a change.
 
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