OLED TVs

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Anyone with an OLED TV have an opinion on whether they think it’s worth the money for mostly “everyday” use, i.e. daytime watching of normal TV/streaming shows? I have a north-facing living room that I wouldn’t say is very brightly lit, but I know OLEDs get some complaints for glare.

Obviously I plan on watching films at night, but as it’s the main TV and the kids mostly watch Netflix/youtube, I wondered if it was overkill outside of the “theatre room” setting.

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I wasn't aware glare was more associated with OLED TVs? Anyway, I've got a couple of LG OLED TVs and wouldn't go back to LCD. The rubbish blacks annoy me the most. I've still got a Panasonic 4k LCD TV in my spare room, and the colours/viewing angle is appalling in comparison. You tend to just get used to watching whatever you have, though. A mate of mine has comented a few times on how good the picture on my TV is compared to his. Says it almost looks 3D. lol
 
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kuato_lives said:
Was considering an LG, maybe a slightly older model though, the prices make me weep!
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At the time I got mine, LG was the only one making an OLED small enough for my needs. I don't want a massive TV dominating the whole room. Only got a 42" in the sitting room and a slightly bigger one in my bedroom. But yeah, still not cheap at those sizes.
 
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bear in mind with OLED, you really do get what you pay for

i bought an LG OLED for around £600 and you basically couldn't see a show that was dark, it was abysmal, took it back and splashed out around £1k on a Sony Bravia and it is much much better, although still not perfect for the blacks, ok when the curtains are drawn

these were for 55" 4k versions, if you dont need one that big then you should be able to pick one up a lot cheaper
 
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kingtreelo said:
bear in mind with OLED, you really do get what you pay for

i bought an LG OLED for around £600 and you basically couldn't see a show that was dark, it was abysmal, took it back and splashed out around £1k on a Sony Bravia and it is much much better, although still not perfect for the blacks, ok when the curtains are drawn

these were for 55" 4k versions, if you dont need one that big then you should be able to pick one up a lot cheaper
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do you mean its virtually impossible to watch dark scenes in tv shows and movies? on an OLED tv?
 
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I have a couple of LG OLED TV's a C9 from 5+ years ago and G4 that I've had a year now. I use my TV for everything, Movies Games, PC etc
the G4 will do as a nice gaming Monitor with 144Hz support. And 120Hz for the games consoles

for me, OLED's are the closest thing we have to CRT's the response time is very very good, and the blacks are perfect.
The only gripe I have with LG is the Remotes are really cheap feeling, especially on the flagship TV. they work great, but very plastic, I've never had any issues with Burn it, and I play 300 hours of Final Fantasy 7 etc on mine. If you can stretch to the G5 version, they have the brightest OLED panels yet. So should be more than enough for your room. Also, when set up correctly, you shouldn't have any issues with dark TV shows and contrast in the shadows.
I would never want to go back to LED LCD TV's the halos, gray blacks and light bars etc just really annoy me.
 
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We've had an LG 55BX6 for a few years and it's superb. The image is pretty-much perfect, contrast and brightness-wise - I can't fault it.

You'd often think 'ugh' when plugging a laptop into a TV, but not in this case.

The only thing that's made me nervous is how thin the upper 2/3 of the screen is - it feels about 5mm . I'd be terrified of having to transport it anywhere without the original packing. Even lifting it out the polystyrene had me scared of cracking it. I'm not really sure whey they did this as the lower section of the screen is thicker, so you can't get it any closer to the wall as a result.
 
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Take a look at the LG ones.. the higher end model especially. The android flavor is a bit ad-crowded, but it's fast and responsive. The contrast ratios and max brightness are important- just viewing in John Lewis etc doesn't tell the whole story honestly..

Things that get better with a nice oled:
- sci-fi films with space scenes (2001 looks amazing)
- the old "Bright shock" trick from films.. like in empire strikes back when they suddenly are flying over hoth after a dark scene
- Vector games in emulation.. you get realy nice bright beams and high res that *almost* pulls it off
- game consoles.. 120hz+ in 4k with nice input lag reduction modes

I think the best way to use these is as a monitor on a small form factor PC/HTPC. I got a minisforum AMD-based one that uses the high refresh rate on HDMI + auto-hdr to maximize it. Honestly it will remind you of projection cinema with the difference between bright and dark. If you have never seen 2001 or the original star wars projected in film/cinema, the brightness/dynamic range of these screens will make you realize what we have all lost :)

I've been keeping my eyes peeled for a 4:3 ratio high quality OLED monitor- I think they might finally make emulated systems match CRT/Vector screens very soon now.
 
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