Price of (good) UHD TVs plummeting...

[JohnW63]

"John, you're a perfect candidate for one of these LGs at Best Buy"

Back then you had to take into account how far you were going to be from the TV. If you were tool close you might see the pixels. We are only about 9 feet away. ( Narrow one way, long the other way room ) I guess I could look at TVs again. Our size probably won't be a Black Friday sale item. People want bigger TVs.

 

[GAD]

Resurrecting this thread because CNN has entered the chat:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/business/why-are-tvs-so-cheap/index.html

 

[chazmo]

Resurrecting this thread because CNN has entered the chat:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/business/why-are-tvs-so-cheap/index.html

There you go. The real explanation! And, this is why I keep my TV off the internet and use an external box to stream.

 

[Rocky]

There you go. The real explanation! And, this is why I keep my TV off the internet and use an external box to stream.

Tracking by TV <> tracking by box?

 

[chazmo]

Tracking by TV <> tracking by box?

Actually, that's a good question, Rocky. Maybe I'm kidding myself, but I think less is going on in terms of return data on the Roku box than on a smart TV.

 

[matsickma]

I thought I got a good deal on a 75" 10 years ago for $1500. Now seeing 86" for $800! I just might get one!

Also the cost increase of things is slowing but other than commodities the prices won't be dropping. It's the new prices. If prices start to fall a lot that's deflation and it is bad news!

Vintage Guild's have become over priced so they will drop a bit but new items being made now have the increased wages built into the cost.

 

[chazmo]

I thought I got a good deal on a 75" 10 years ago for $1500. Now seeing 86" for $800! I just might get one!

Viewing from about 6' away, my 70" LG shows no obvious pixellation when streaming HD shows. Especially HDR. For me, that's about the biggest size I can have in my living room without making major alterations to the furniture. And, I do use my fireplace occasionally, so mounting above it (where a huge mirror now sits) is not advisable.

Oh, and my kids paid about $600 a couple of years ago for it. Prices are insane, matsickma.

 

[JohnW63]

We got a 48" OLED a few weeks ago. ( Best Buy exclusive ). I could have bought 2 of the sales ad 50" or 55" TVs for the price, but the OLED is a better screen, and it's half off the original price. Our TV watching room only gives us 9 feet from eye ball to screen and space between fireplace to door limited the size. I think 48" was a good fit for the space.

 

[GAD]

OLED ruined me when it comes to TVs.

 

[chazmo]

Honestly, my LG is an LCD screen and it's still MILES better than the wonderful plasma TV that I had from the early oughts... The increase in picture quality has been marvelous.

John, do you like your OLED TV? What brand did you get?

 

[twocorgis]

OLED ruined me when it comes to TVs.

Same here.

I always preferred plasma to LCD/LED due to their better black levels, and wider viewing angles, and still have a c.2014 LG plasma, an early "smart" set. I bought a 65" LG OLED back in 2022, a "refurbished" unit from Microcenter for a great price, that had exactly eight hours of runtime on it. OLED combines all the best qualities of LED and plasma, and I'm never going back. worth every penny!

 

[crank]

We bought a 55" LG OLED last year for the man cave for around $1,500. We looked at a bunch of LED sets and went with the Oled which has such a great picture. In the living room we have an older 42" plasma that still looks good.

We feel like we could have gone larger with teh man cave set so next year the 55" is going on the living room wall and a 65" or 70" will take its place in the cave. We also just last week spent about $500 on a good Vizio 5.1 sound system for the OLED and man that was a good purchase!

 

[GGJaguar]

I guess it's just a matter of time before OLED TVs prices get into the current LED price range.

 

[JohnW63]

"John, do you like your OLED TV? What brand did you get?"

An LG.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-48-class-a2-series-oled-4k-uhd-smart-webos-tv/6501902.p?skuId=6501902

It's much sharper than our old 15+ year old 32" Sharp Aquos. They cost about the same.

 

[twocorgis]

"John, do you like your OLED TV? What brand did you get?"

An LG.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-48-class-a2-series-oled-4k-uhd-smart-webos-tv/6501902.p?skuId=6501902

It's much sharper than our old 15+ year old 32" Sharp Aquos. They cost about the same.

LG came out with the first commercially viable OLED. All the others (Sony, Vizio) use panels licensed by them.

 

[HeyMikey]

Let’s see… my wife and I got our first TV together about 36 years ago. It was a 19” box CRT? Replaced that about 18-20 years ago with a 50” Samsung. Not sure what the technology is. Still going strong. Probably about time to upgrade again one of these days. Tell me, will Cheers reruns look that much better on an OLED?

 

[chazmo]

LG came out with the first commercially viable OLED. All the others (Sony, Vizio) use panels licensed by them.

LG is my go-to brand. My very old plasmas lasted 20+ years before some things stopped working right. My current (LCD, I think) UHD 70" is awesome+

 

[chazmo]

Let’s see… my wife and I got our first TV together about 36 years ago. It was a 19” box CRT? Replaced that about 18-20 years ago with a 50” Samsung. Not sure what the technology is. Still going strong. Probably about time to upgrade again one of these days. Tell me, will Cheers reruns look that much better on an OLED?

No.



But, if you're streaming 4K, you'll want to upgrade, Mike.

 

[GAD]

Let’s see… my wife and I got our first TV together about 36 years ago. It was a 19” box CRT? Replaced that about 18-20 years ago with a 50” Samsung. Not sure what the technology is. Still going strong. Probably about time to upgrade again one of these days. Tell me, will Cheers reruns look that much better on an OLED?

No.



But, if you're streaming 4K, you'll want to upgrade, Mike.

Actually, maybe!

If the source you're watching is original 480p (or worse 480i) then it might look terrible, but if the source was shot on film and then transferred to DVD in 1080p then it will look phenomenal.

According to this and other links, Cheers was mostly filmed on actual film, so a high-def transfer would look great.

But Chazmo is 100% right about streaming in 4K. Damn near everything is 4K these days.

Edit: I missed the 50" Samsung in the original question which I assume is 1080p, so most of my answer doesn't matter. LOL

 

[Tom O]

Got a new LG 55 in on sale at best buy. Old Insignia died, Tried a new Insignia but it would not play computer videos with Hdmi cable.
New smart tvs are too smart. It takes too long to learn how to do the simple things on a new remote. since its connected to the internet LG knows what I watch