The TV Deals and Recommendations Thread

[beecue]

The 900H is $100 off now but I haven't sold my current TV yet .

Maybe I listed it too high, not sure what it's worth, Vizio P65-C1 with 2 years warranty left.

[killramos]

Costco has reasonable prices on the 900 and 950’s with the legendary warranty available.

Where is everyone’s heads at for mounts? I’m looking for whatever is slimmest possible since the side of whatever I get will be exposed (no framing of any kind). I had looking at cords and hardware.

[The_Rural_Juror]

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Costco has reasonable prices on the 900 and 950’s with the legendary warranty available.

Where is everyone’s heads at for mounts? I’m looking for whatever is slimmest possible since the side of whatever I get will be exposed (no framing of any kind). I had looking at cords and hardware.

I have used Kanto for the last three TVs and they very good. https://www.costco.ca/CatalogSearch?...&keyword=kanto

[beecue]

Saw this on rfd. Sony's come with 5 year warranty now? https://www.sony.com/articleimage/se...F000007dHdmQAE

[rage2]

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So @rage2 , where is our comparo!

My tv showed up lol.

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Saw this on rfd. Sony's come with 5 year warranty now? https://www.sony.com/articleimage/se...F000007dHdmQAE

Mine says 1 year.

[killramos]

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My tv showed up lol.



Mine says 1 year.

How are you liking it?

[The_Rural_Juror]

How was the delivery service? How likely are you to recommend to your friends?

[rage2]

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How are you liking it?

I started with the rtings setting, and eventually deviated a little on the brightness and backlight settings to get a little more HDR pop. It's no PQX but it's definitely close. I was able to get daylight scenes to pop, such as the Zombieland example I mentioned previously playing with the 65. It's a fuck ton brighter than the old TV.

Dolby Vision and Atmos makes movies incredible. The whole helicopter scenes in MI:Fallout is just incredible, the sharpness of 4K, the brightness of sun/reflections, fire, sound, it's better than theater experience. I mean a Vizio 85 would be better maybe, but yea, first time I'm really happy and content with my HT since it was first built.

Moving between this and my PQX, the difference is negligible. It's bright but not eye searing with the 950h. Just happy I'm able to get daylight HDR to pop which I couldn't with the base settings.

[killramos]

Color gamut should be better than your PQX as well.

Hella tempting... I’m feeling less likely to get a new iPhone this year (unless it’s dramatically better than expected) so a tv upgrade is definitely a consideration in the next 3-9 months.

Sad that a new cell phone is actually comparably priced to a new TV these days.

[rage2]

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Color gamut should be better than your PQX as well.

Hella tempting... I’m feeling less likely to get a new iPhone this year (unless it’s dramatically better than expected) so a tv upgrade is definitely a consideration in the next 3-9 months.

Sad that a new cell phone is actually comparably priced to a new TV these days.

rtings says color coverage is worse on the 950h. To my eye, it’s more vibrant than the PQX in identical scene comparison. Only thing I can think of is the processing engine is better on the 950h while the PQX is better on synthetic tests.

If it wasn’t for a pandemic, I’d invite you over to check it out.

[killramos]

All good, I appreciate your input.

I feel like I am the same way with TV’s as I am with cars, I plan and plan but ultimately just say fuck it and pick one up on a whim one day. End of the day the tv I have isn’t terrible.

Just trying to keep myself informed on the options in the market.

[cars5431]

FYI I just bought 75 900h and at visions there selling for less than advertised sale price shown in flyer/online. Listed at 2598 I got for 2498.

[rage2]

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All good, I appreciate your input.

I feel like I am the same way with TV’s as I am with cars, I plan and plan but ultimately just say fuck it and pick one up on a whim one day. End of the day the tv I have isn’t terrible.

Just trying to keep myself informed on the options in the market.

I'm actually relatively slow in upgrading TV's in the house. It's just that I have a lot of TVs lol. The 950h replaced a 6 year old 80" 1080p relic with a whopping 200 nits of brightness. The black levels are so bad that in dark scenes it just flickers back and forth between off and grey on backlight lol.

[zechs]

Might have missed it posted earlier, but what is the "next big thing" in tv tech?

Are we close to getting it readily available for regular consumers?

I have a 65" TV right now, mostly happy with it, but can see the banding, especially in darker scenes. My one limiting factor is burn-in, I'm awful for pausing games for hours at a time.

If one wanted to step up from a Vizio M65, is there anything worthwhile on the market in a 75? I've been trying dolby vision products after reading rage2's thoughts, definitely want to have access to that feature.

[killramos]

Micro led is the next big thing.

Solid HDR and VRR are the current big things. Depending on priorities.

[rage2]

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Micro led is the next big thing.

Solid HDR and VRR are the current big things. Depending on priorities.

To expand on that, HDR enhances color, and brightness. Safe to say that every display tech has got the color side nailed at this point. The battle is between brightness, 0 brightness (OLED perfect black) and max brightness (eye searing Vizio PX peak brightness). We’re nowhere near the end of chasing brightness, Dolby Vision has a max brightness spec of 10000 nits, while current films are graded up to 4000 nits. Top line Vizios hit around 2500 so there’s a ways to go before we even reach what current films are mastered at.

That’s where MicroLED comes in, it fixes the zero black issue by being lit per pixel like OLED, and can easily hit 4000 nits per pixel without creating blooming issues. I believe the current barrier has to do with yield, and power consumption. Probably a few years before we see them in stores.

[Disoblige]

Damn. Any reason why I shouldn't pull the trigger on a Sony X800H if I am looking for a decent 55"? Looks real nice in store at Costco.

[rage2]

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Damn. Any reason why I shouldn't pull the trigger on a Sony X800H if I am looking for a decent 55"? Looks real nice in store at Costco.

Probably be able to find a visions to sell you a 900h for almost the same money.

[Disoblige]

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Probably be able to find a visions to sell you a 900h for almost the same money.

Oh?...
I'd buy a 900h for $1000 but impossible to find...

[rage2]

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Oh?...
I'd buy a 900h for $1000 but impossible to find...

Visions has been discounting pretty hard. Doesn’t hurt to try to get as close to your target price as possible. The big difference between the 2 is local dimming which makes a massive difference for any dark content you might be watching. Unless grey is your favorite color haha.