The TV Deals and Recommendations Thread

[killramos]

There are also non Sonos branded sound bars if you would prefer to avoid their ecosystem and Sonos tax.

Sonos is great, but it isn’t cheap.

I’m sure a Sony or a Samsung atmos soundbar would sound alright.

[msommers]

The Samsung HW-Q990B is also highly regarded, plus comes with a sub and rears.

Currently there's a $1,000 difference between the two with the same components.

[sabad66]

+1 for the HW-Q990B

Rtings says it’s the best atmos soundbar on the market now
https://www.rtings.com/soundbar/revi...pe/dolby-atmos

[rage2]

I don't even bother with review sites for soundbars, aside from making sure they're not a piece of shit. When you've made the decision to go soundbar vs HT setup, you've already chosen aesthetics over sound quality. I've only got 1 room (bedroom) with soundbar setup, with HT setup everywhere else just so my room doesn't look like a mess.

The Ikea Sonos speaker lamp are the best thing ever (maybe those wall painting in 2nd place) for a clean look without looking like you have speakers all over the place. Their new updated lamps looks even nicer than the original.

https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/new/ikea-...rs-pub3d494673

Only reason why I went Sonos. I hate their streaming software platform/interface.

[03ozwhip]

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I don't even bother with review sites for soundbars, aside from making sure they're not a piece of shit. When you've made the decision to go soundbar vs HT setup, you've already chosen aesthetics over sound quality. I've only got 1 room (bedroom) with soundbar setup, with HT setup everywhere else just so my room doesn't look like a mess.

The Ikea Sonos speaker lamp are the best thing ever (maybe those wall painting in 2nd place) for a clean look without looking like you have speakers all over the place. Their new updated lamps looks even nicer than the original.

https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/new/ikea-...rs-pub3d494673

Only reason why I went Sonos. I hate their streaming software platform/interface.

I agree with you on that front absolutely. If you don't have apple for sonos as well, it's shitty because you're missing key elements in getting the vest sound available for your room.

I wish I had all the room in the world so I could just keep HT setup, bit I don't, so the sonos surround is the best thing I could think of to replace it.

[Darell_n]

I bought some cheap ass 55” FireTV during the black Friday / now permanent sale on Amazon for the kids to probably ruin. I am very pleasantly surprised at how good the user interface is and easy to setup. Miles ahead of the other smart TVs I’ve owned.

[heavyD]

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I don't even bother with review sites for soundbars, aside from making sure they're not a piece of shit. When you've made the decision to go soundbar vs HT setup, you've already chosen aesthetics over sound quality. I've only got 1 room (bedroom) with soundbar setup, with HT setup everywhere else just so my room doesn't look like a mess.

The Ikea Sonos speaker lamp are the best thing ever (maybe those wall painting in 2nd place) for a clean look without looking like you have speakers all over the place. Their new updated lamps looks even nicer than the original.

https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/new/ikea-...rs-pub3d494673

Only reason why I went Sonos. I hate their streaming software platform/interface.

Can you incorporate those lamp speakers in a surround setup?

[Kavy]

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Can you incorporate those lamp speakers in a surround setup?

Yes, I have the bookshelf ones and they popped up as available for surrounds or a stereo pair so I’m certain the lamps are the same.

[rage2]

Yea they’re my surrounds. Not the best looking lamp out there (the new ones are nicer) but at least my bed isn’t surrounded by speakers like it used to be.

[pheoxs]

Well I went to visions and took a listen at a few options. Sonos arc sounded great but without the sub it was lackluster. Arc + surrounds was in the budget but the arc + sub and no surrounds was over 2k even on sale so ended up passing.

Ordered the Q990 setup from Costco, though it’ll take 10 days to get here which sucks waiting now

[ZenOps]

Walmart clearing out TCL 65 incher for $448. Its the two years old model, and only worth if it screen size and Roku are your thing.

Personally I'd skip and wait to see what 75 inchers are next year.

[ExtraSlow]

Need cheap dumb 40" tv that's in stock in Cowtown for my mom.
Any suggestions where to go tomorrow to pick it up?

[flipstah]

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Need cheap dumb 40" tv that's in stock in Cowtown for my mom.
Any suggestions where to go tomorrow to pick it up?

Best Buy TCL 3 series is el cheapo

[ExtraSlow]

Got the best buy TCL 3 series 40". Mom doesn't need the smarts, but you can avoid those without issue. Fucking Telus remote is hard to program though. Fucking telus.

[pheoxs]

Anyone have recommendations for a site for TV picture settings? Set up my 65” G2 and it’s beautiful but still all factory settings.

[ganesh]

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Anyone have recommendations for a site for TV picture settings? Set up my 65” G2 and it’s beautiful but still all factory settings.

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/g2-oled/settings

[Gman.45]

I used the rtings settings for our LG C2 65" Oleds, and they improved on the factory settings enough to warrant the time fiddling with them.

[HiSpec]

Anyone bought an Amazon Omni TV recently? Not the QLED but their regular 4K. How’s the Fire TV OS? Is it still laggy? I am used to the Google TV OS. I am looking for a generic 75” for the living room and the <$1k price point is rather attractive.

[HiSpec]

Is Visions still the place to go for TVs? Any issues when claiming their extended warranty?

[pheoxs]

Costco is always the best place to go as their TV warranties are heavily discounted. Plus you get 2% back on the TV via the executive membership which is a nice bonus too.