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4K TV's
Rob:
Anyone have one?
What do you have?
Pros and cons of that model?
I'm thinking about buying one, I'm leaning towards the Sony X930e and while I've been reading a lot, I don't have a lot of recommendations from people who I KNOW don't have an agenda.
So I'm curious.
???
Phrubruh:
If you buy a 4K make sure to pick up a PS4 Pro or XBox One X for some amazing eye candy games.
Nicklab:
I can't offer much in the way of advice on hardware. I don't tend to keep up on what's hot in terms of consumer electronics.
But from my vantage point as a professional in broadcasting? 4K is still in it's infancy. It's fantastic purely from a resolution standpoint. But the majority of broadcasters aren't equipped to handle a lot of 4K content right now. I've been shocked to learn that some of the major networks broadcast in a 720 HD format, and not 1080i. When some broadcasters do offer 4K? It's usually for a special event, and not for their full schedule.
One exception in terms of content seems to be Netflix. They're producing some content for their customers to view in 4K. The made a big point about producing 'House of Cards' in 4K, but then that show has other problems. And there's also a good amount of home entertainment content in 4K. But most of the broadcasters aren't there yet. Part of it is bandwidth and delivery of signal to the customer. And part of it is hardware.
Just like with any other new tech, wait a little while and the prices will come down significantly.
BillCable:
https://www.cnet.com/topics/tvs/best-tvs/best-4k-tvs/
For broadcast, 4K is basically useless. But if you get a 4K Blu-ray player or PS4 Pro you can get a ton of use out of them. A buddy of mine just installed one, and the 4K Blu-ray of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 was just ridiculous. You can't see pixels standing a foot from the screen.
It's basically a future-proof purchase. And given that a 65" 4K TV costs half what I paid for a 42" 1080P TV 10 years ago, it's a heck of a good value.
Rob:
--- Quote from: Master_Phruby on March 9, 2018, 10:55 AM ---If you buy a 4K make sure to pick up a PS4 Pro or XBox One X for some amazing eye candy games.
--- End quote ---
I bought an Xbox One X. That's why I'm shopping 4k TV's. :)
For broadcast, I've got DTV, and I'm not going to buy a 4K Package from them any time soon. My only concern is that the TV upscale decently so HD content doesn't look like crap on it. The guy at Best Buy tells me that won't be a problem, but if any of you have an HD broadcast package piping into a 4K TV, I'd love to know what you found.
For budget, I'm looking to stay under $1000, so I'm not shopping OLED or QLED at the moment. This one's just for the bedroom so I'm only looking at 49' models. When we buy a place in the next year or two, then I'll probably shop for a OLED in a larger size as well.
Here's the Sony I'm eyeing, the reviews seem solid and the one at the store looked great. Also it claims that it'll be Dolby compatible with a firmware update, which is great.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01N284JCN/
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