(Cnet) Should I buy an OLED TV now or wait for 2017 models

Had an LG plasma, gave it to my mom's cause I wanted a bigger tv, I miss that damn LG, LG will be my next purchase when I need another set:lol:
I am not really an LG fan like that and picked a Panasonic over the Samsung and LG when it came to plasmas...but for OLED they stuck to the technology and everybody else is using their panels...no fucking clue why the Sony costs so much more when it's pretty much a wash between them....I don't have that kind of money for TVs but even if I did I wouldn't fuck with the Sony just off principle
 
I am not really an LG fan like that and picked a Panasonic over the Samsung and LG when it came to plasmas...but for OLED they stuck to the technology and everybody else is using their panels...no fucking clue why the Sony costs so much more when it's pretty much a wash between them....I don't have that kind of money for TVs but even if I did I wouldn't fuck with the Sony just off principle

Can't get Panasonic out here anymore, but I loved that LG plasma, when I get a set it will be LG or Samsung.

I don't even look at Sony's, way overpriced for the quality of Samsung and Lg.
 
LG got a cheaper OLED model under $2,000. From what I gather this is the same panel they use in the more expensive models, same processor, features, etc etc.. it just doesn't pass thru Dolby Atmos

Same picture as all other models in the LG 2017 OLED Lineup. B7A (this model), B7, C7, E7, G7, and W7 will all have identical picture quality to this model. So what is different about this model? Unlike the C-W7, this model comes with a cheaper stand, similar to the B7. It also does not come with the picture on glass that E-W7 models have (this feature is primarily to reduce glare and screen reflections and is more aesthetically pleasing.)

The biggest difference between this model and the rest of the lineup, is that it does not have native support to decode Dolby Atmos sound. That means Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc. streamed through the TVs internal apps will not support Dolby Atmos playback, and instead will default to Dolby Digital output, even if whatever show or movie you are watching has a Dolby Atmos track.

Does that mean that I have to forgo Dolby Atmos if I want this cheaper model? No. If you have a dedicated receiver and speaker setup that supports Dolby Atmos, you will still be able to experience Dolby Atmos through external sources, such as Blu Ray players, PCs, etc. Only content that is played through the TVs apps will be without Atmos.

If you don't need Atmos playback through the TVs internal apps, or if you have no idea what Atmos even is, save yourself 300 dollars and buy this model over the B7/C7 models.

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2999 for the 65.. still ain't bad.. 2500 is the sweet spot for the 65.. I'll wait till in drops during the holiday season

I was flipping through my local newspaper. I saw local store had some super off brand 4k led for 495 bucks. I laughed and said that is a bgol special. If it is 2500 to 2999 i hope its legit LG, Sony with high dynamic range 10 and Hybrid Log Gamma
 
I was flipping through my local newspaper. I saw local store had some super off brand 4k led for 495 bucks. I laughed and said that is a bgol special. If it is 2500 to 2999 i hope its legit LG, Sony with high dynamic range 10 and Hybrid Log Gamma

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I would wait to see if the 2017 have more to offer and compare the two as far as added features. .. than make my decision. The older models will continue to drop in price (especially during holidays) just so the retailers can get rid of them.You may get fortunate and save some cheddar
 
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I wish I had gotten an oled instead of led
Those bright blacks are killing me every time during a dark scene


 
Can't wait forget a twitta update. 2 showroom floors filled with tech live in color.


8k :hypnotised:


Got the Ces app and planning


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Damn what's the point of buying a tv they just make some new shit
You get the absolute top of the previous year's model at the end of the year just before the Super Bowl like I am. I'm eyeing the Samsung UN82MU8000. It was $3299 on December 31st, it's back up to $3499 now. Super Bowl at Mike get to $2999 and I'm going to snap it up

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What kind of crazy TVs will we see at CES 2018? It starts with LG’s 8K OLED

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There’s a ton of tantalizing tech to take in atCES, but let’s face it, folks: TV rules. The world’s largest consumer electronics show has seen a number of TV innovations, with several significant advances (and a few fads, too) unveiled in just the last five years: 4K,curved TVs,bendable TVs,TVs that look like wallpaper,OLEDs,quantum dots,HDR, and even4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players. Where could brands like Samsung, Sony, LG, and TCL possibly go from here? It looks like it starts with an 88-inch 8K OLED TV from LG.

We generally end up seeing more of everything we love about TV at CES — higher resolution, bigger screen sizes, better HDR, higher brightness, deeper blacks, and elevated, cutting-edge technologies. This year will be no different. LG has just announced it will be showing an 8K OLED television, and that’s just the beginning of the fanfare we can expect to see over the coming hours and days. Here’s what you can expect to see in TV atCES 2018.

8K TVs are coming … for real this time
The 8K cat is officially out of the bag, and it’s wearing over 33 million gorgeous OLED pixels. To ring in the new year,LG Display announcedlate New Year’s eve that it will be toting a huge 88-inch 8K OLED TV to CES 2018. The new TV will replace LG’s previously huge-est 77-inch OLED as the largest OLED display on the planet. The TV’s resolution will be 7680 x 4320, which is 16 times more pixels than 1080p and four times that of today’s 4K TVs.

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Since it is an OLED TV, each of those 33,177,600 pixels will be capable of perfect black levels, enabling the display to achieve impressive HDR results. LG also points to the fact that, because OLED pixels are self-emissive (meaning they produce their own light), this large 88-inch 8K TV will be more efficient then comparably sized LCD TVs which rely on LED backlights. The company also claimes the massive OLED TV will more easily achieve high brightness levels than large LED-backlit televisions.

While there isn’t any 8K content available to consumers for viewing yet, the TV will upscale both 1080p and 4K Ultra HD content up to 8K, which should look impressive at the large size. Just as 4K resolution doesn’t have any visible benefits in TVs under 55-inches, 8K resolution doesn’t start paying off until you get into extremely large screens sizes, and even then, the extreme resolution’s chief benefit is making it possible to sit a little closer to a very large screen without seeing any individual pixels. It has also been our experience that 8K content played on large 8K displays achieves a sort of 3D effect, providing a natural sense of depth not available on smaller 4K TVs.

If 8K has you freaking out a little bit, don’t worry: Your brand-new 4K TV is not about to be rendered obsolete. At this point, 8K TVs are still very much a look-to-the-future technology, but manufacturers are eager to show they are moving past the prototype phase and into the production phase. We will seemassive 8K TVs(read: bigger than 80 inches) of both the LED and OLED variety in heavily guarded areas of high-end electronics stores toward the end of the year. And if you’ve got a fat enough wallet, you could buy one and put it in your home.

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We’ve seen 8K TVs in the past — all of them concept displays — but this year big brands like LG will be working hard to send home a message that 8K does make sense in larger screen sizes. We’re already convinced, but will you be?

Meanwhile, 4K TV is still the standard and what most of us will be buying. Here’s what we can expect in terms of real-world TV changes for the year.

1080p in the kitchen, 4K HDR everywhere else
Most major TV manufacturers make TVs above the 50-inch screen size exclusively with 4K panels already, but 2018 will see 1080p panels used only in the most bottom-of-the-barrel models. Sure, 4K resolution doesn’t do much for you below the 55-inch mark, but that doesn’t really matter anymore since 4K panels are the new standard and aren’t significantly more expensive to make than 1080p panels.

Premium HDR will define premium LED TVs
Now that 4K isn’t really considered a premium anymore, manufacturers will look to premium HDR performance along with peak brightness and black levels in order to make their LED TVs stand out. That’s pretty much all they’ve got to work with, and it’s even more important in 2018 because OLED TVs are getting cheaper and, as they do, the list of reasons to buy LED instead of OLED are rapidly dwindling.

How manufacturers will pull this off is the real trick. LCD displays that rely on LED backlights suffer from poor viewing angles, halos around bright objects on black backgrounds, and blacks that look a little more like gray than black. The only way to make improvements is to make the LCD panels better and the LED backlights better. Can this be done?

The backlight solution is pretty easy: TV makers just need to suck it up and deploy full-array local dimming (FALD) backlight systems in more of their TVs while keeping the prices in check. We may have to deal with slightly thicker TVs as a trade-off, but the performance would be better for a wider array of models. The LCD panel improvements, though? That’s a much harder nut to crack.


Samsung won’t make an OLED TV, but may have something else up its sleeve
Given the rivalry between the two South Korean titans of tech, there is no way in hell Samsung is going to give in and make an OLED TV. To do so, it would not only have to concede its long-held belief that OLED is an inferior long-term technology, it would also have to either build a big OLED panel production facility for its TVs, or tuck its tail between its legs and buy OLED panels from LG, just like Sony — LG’s only OLED competition — does. None of that is happening, trust me.

I do, however, think it is possible Samsung could use a new technology called microLED, which could end up being the company’s answer to OLED.

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For those who may have missed it, Samsung introduced its take on microLED within the context of amassive, modular cinema displayearlier this year. If history is any indicator, Samsung would want to trickle that commercial tech down to the consumer level. Given that tendency as a clue, it is possible we could see a prototype display of microLED in a consumer-level TV size, and if we do, it would look very strong against OLED — deep blacks, brilliant color, and far superior brightness, all with no burn-in potential.

We’re not the only ones who think this may happen. There’s a breadcrumb trail nearly a mile long being dropped by various reviewers and tech publications. David Katzmaier at CNET is pretty convinced we’ll see microLED in his own “what to expect” piece, andZDNET Korea broke news that several other publications are picking up.

Yet another clue is the fact that other major manufacturers are looking to microLED as an alternative to OLED dispalys. Apple purchasedLuxVue, a microLED company, and rumors are already swirling that the Cupertino, California-based company could skip OLED and go directly to microLED. What’s good enough for mobile displays has usually been good enough for computer displays and TVs — it’s just a matter of scaling them up or, in Samsung’s case, scaling it down.

Voice control replaces the remote control
You can already use proprietary voice control on LG TVs and Samsung TVs, and Sony lets you use Google Assistant to some degree, but voice control hasn’t really hit its stride with TV … yet.

The new year will see all kinds of new voice control tricks. Google Assistant will find its way into more televisions, and it will do more once there. Amazon’s Alexa won’t get left out in the cold, don’t worry. We might even see both in the same TV models.

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Soon we’ll be able to call up exactly what we want to watch just by asking for it. We’ll be able to play our content to multiple TVs in the home with the utterance of a few words, and we’ll be able to set alarms, control our smart homes, and more … with words. The TV was always going to become the real hub of the smart home of the future; now we’re going to see it in action.

TCL will bring the heat and we will be watching
China-based electronics outfit TCL came out of nowhere this year and blew me away with its 55-inch P-Series 4K HDR Roku TV. I was so impressed, it listed it as one of the best TVs you could buy this year.

In 2018, I expect TCL to double or triple down on that success. It got the attention it needed to get mentioned in the same breath as Samsung and LG. Now it’s going to run with that notoriety and do something big with it at the show. When it does, I’ll be there to show it to you.

HDMI 2.1 will hide behind the scenes
HDMI 2.1 just came out and it is kind of a big deal — big enough that I wrote a piece explainingeverything you need to know. Will we see HDMI 2.1 at the show? Not in the way you might think. I doubt that many, if any, TV manufacturers have had enough time to implement the new standard into their production lines yet, so it seems unlikely we’d see any TVs capable of 4K at 120Hz or 8K at 60Hz. Still, crazier things have happened.

What I do expect to learn about HDMI 2.1 is in what order we may start to see its potential benefits. My gut says we’ll start with dynamic HDR, move to 8K, and then get to the higher framerates gamers (and Peter Jackson) crave.

Editor’s note: At the time of publishing this article, we have been briefed by a few major TV manufacturers and are aware of what they’ll be bringing to the big show. However, we can’t disclose any details. With that said, most of this article was written before those briefings and, frankly, these predictions are fairly easy to come to with prior CES experience, a little deep technology knowledge (techknowledgy?), and a sense for stitching clues together.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/what-to-expect-tv-at-ces-2018/
 
Question- I’m thinking bout getting the LG 65” 4K C7 for those that have it gimmie a quick review. Worrying bout the” burn in” they say bout Oled tv’s. I already own a 55” Samsung4K KS9000- it’s cool but the blacks are not true blacks( you can see blooming in some parts of the screen during dark scenes.
 
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