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Have about a 60 inch Samsung plasma HD that is about 7 years old and still looks pretty good but am seriously considering getting a 4K TV for the start of the new season.

Went out over the weekend and looked at some Sonys and Samsungs but was reluctant to pull the trigger until I can make a more informed decision.
Anybody make the jump?
 
Achilleslastand said:
Have about a 60 inch Samsung plasma HD that is about 7 years old and still looks pretty good but am seriously considering getting a 4K TV for the start of the new season.

Went out over the weekend and looked at some Sonys and Samsungs but was reluctant to pull the trigger until I can make a more informed decision.
Anybody make the jump?
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We did. Been a plasma snob for past 10+ years and sort of stayed on the high brand wise (e.g., Pioneer Elite) and shied away from anything else for a while.

Started seriously researching 4K options about a year and it came down to two sets for me (LG OLED's and Sony). I used to love love love Sony back in the day when it was the leader in the 80s and 90 (trinitron) but frankly was disappointed with the flat stuff for years and stayed away. Their newer 4K sets are incredible and have some of the best out of the box picture quality I've ever seen. We went the Sony route mainly cuz I thought they were a slightly better value play than the LGs. However, if money is no object, going a high-end OLED screen (say 70 plus inches) would be the way to go in my view. But for what u get quality wise, the new sony's are hard to beat. Sony has me back in the fold and was my first non-plasma tv in forever.

Obviously, u should check with your TV provider - sat or cable or whatever - to see if they can acommodate a reasonable amount of 4K content. That's the one bugaboo in all this depending on where u are market wise. That may factor into your timing to take the plunge.

One last hint: price on amazon and then force your local retailer (e.g., Best Buy) to price match. Get the best deal that way.
 
I'd say there's nearly 0 4k content by your average cable or satellite provider. DirecTV has one dedicated channel, and broadcasts a handful of content weekly that isn't in that channel. Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube have the most. Netflix charges more for it.

Most broadcast TV isn't even in 1080p at the moment. It's not worth the premium, IMO.

https://www.lifewire.com/live-4k-programming-via-directv-satellite-3993708
 
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My 55 in HDTV died and I went to replace it. After seeing the HDTV and 4k side by side, the decision was easy. Even without 4k content the picture is far superior..

I ended up buying a 70 in Sony Bravia 4k. It has been about 1 1/2 years now and haven't regretted it one bit, the tv is amazing.
 
Funny thing, I was at a friend's apartment just yesterday for the first time, and he was blabbing something about his TV being being "4k" after I asked if it was 3D. I had no idea what he was talking about. Never heard of "4k" until yesterday, and now this thread.
 
I've got a 55" LG OLED myself - the picture is out of this world, love it
 
CyberB0b said:
I'd say there's nearly 0 4k content by your average cable or satellite provider. DirecTV has one dedicated channel, and broadcasts a handful of content weekly that isn't in that channel. Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube have the most. Netflix charges more for it.

Most broadcast TV isn't even in 1080p at the moment. It's not worth the premium, IMO.

https://www.lifewire.com/live-4k-programming-via-directv-satellite-3993708
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I will say that when I watched a program on Netflix in 4K, it made a HUGE difference.
 
I have a Sony Bravia 55" 4k TV. I like it, though I will be honest with you. The difference visually is only slight and you pretty much must have at least a 55" TV for 4k to be of any value visually.

4k TVs make a lot more since when you get into really large TVs, but then again. You need to back away from really large TVs to view them comfortably and then the super high res doesn't mean as much.

With the prices coming down, they they make sense to consider and at some point. All TVs will be at least 4k.

I pay for Netflix 4k service, but actually not because of the 4k service, but because I can have four streams instead of two. (I have four TVs in my house)
 
Maverick84 said:
I've got a 55" LG OLED myself - the picture is out of this world, love it
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Yeah, no doubt, it looks awesome, but there's less than 150 titles that are 4k on Netflix. 4k TVs do a great job of upscaling 1080p content, but as I said earlier, even OTA broadcasts aren't in 1080p. The cable and sat providers never really caught up to 1080p. Their infrastructure is struggling to support it. 8k will be here within a couple of years, and the TV providers are going to lag enough more.
 
CyberB0b said:
Yeah, no doubt, it looks awesome, but there's less than 150 titles that are 4k on Netflix. 4k TVs do a great job of upscaling 1080p content, but as I said earlier, even OTA broadcasts aren't in 1080p. The cable and sat providers never really caught up to 1080p. Their infrastructure is struggling to support it. 8k will be here within a couple of years, and the TV providers are going to lag enough more.
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yep, that's why I went with the 1080p OLED :)
 
Go big or go home.....:D

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsun...th-high-dynamic-range/5758301.p?skuId=5758301

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I have 2 4ks TVs (Samsung and Sony). The LG OLED is the best but is still really expensive.
 
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