The TV Deals and Recommendations Thread

[ThePenIsMightier]

Sony is price controlled. I don't think there is anything Visions or any vendor can do. Same price at all stores, all the time.
The closest thing would be for them to throw in other stuff for nearly free.

[killramos]

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Sony is price controlled. I don't think there is anything Visions or any vendor can do. Same price at all stores, all the time.
The closest thing would be for them to throw in other stuff for nearly free.

Unless you are Rage2. He’s speshul.

[rage2]

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Sony is price controlled. I don't think there is anything Visions or any vendor can do. Same price at all stores, all the time.
The closest thing would be for them to throw in other stuff for nearly free.

They took $800 off my 950h.

Edit - $950 off. Best Buy also price matched it.

[killramos]

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They took $800 off my 950h.

Edit - $950 off. Best Buy also price matched it.

Que Especiale!

[ThePenIsMightier]

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They took $800 off my 950h.

Edit - $950 off. Best Buy also price matched it.

Dunno. It was for certain about a year ago. Either it's no longer the case or vendors are breaking the rules "during these unprecedented times".

Maybe they were giving you the best sale price that was scheduled to be available, but was not technically on at that time.

[The_Rural_Juror]

London Drugs is supposed to have a big sale in 2 days. MinusWhales wait for it.

I could use a TV for a bright room. How's this for $1500? Rtings review for this is confusing.
https://www.costco.ca/lg-65-in.-smar...100655713.html

or this https://www.amazon.ca/LG-UHD-Smart-O.../dp/B0829RYP8V for $1998

[Disoblige]

I got a BNIB 55" NANO85 that I'm planning to return for the Sony 800H or better.

Also saw the 65" NANO85 at Costco in person and was a no for me.

[rage2]

LG nano is a marketing gimmick. LG LEDs are decent if you care about size. It’s a big cheap mediocre tv. Not great at anything, decent at everything. Personally I wouldn’t buy LG other than OLED.

OLEDs are average for bright rooms. They get bright enough as long as the auto dimming doesn’t kick in. OLEDs really shine in light controlled rooms, but there are certain drawbacks to OLEDs that I’m not a fan of. Scroll back a couple pages. Black crush is also an issue but can tweak it a bit to address, although it does kill black levels a bit doing so.

Even the 950h tries to be OLED so much that it suffers from black crush. That’s where I had to tweak my settings a bit to recover dark details to find a balance where I don’t get grey blacks but still able to see dark details.

Honestly, most TVs are good enough these days for day to day viewing. Every TV that’s not bargain basement priced pretty much has wide color nailed. Like in the Netflix thread, you’re just listening to a bunch of videophiles whine about inconsequential details while watching and nitpicking HDR titles over and over. If you don’t care about buying UHD Blu-rays or streaming good HDR content (ie not Netflix) everything I post is completely pointless haha.

[The_Rural_Juror]

Yes. OLED has AIDS.

I think I have a small 950h. The TV says that the model is 4K UR3. Quite happy with it.

Edit: It's just a peasantly X800H. Less happy with it now.

[cherpintow]

I'm really torn between the 85" X900H and the 75" X950H, they are about the same cost and basically at my budget for a tv. I have a big wall in the basement the tv is going on so it can definitely handle the 85" I just don't know if I'll regret getting the lower model in a few years down the road, or if the 900H is close enough in picture that I wouldn't notice. I did go and look at both tv's but they weren't near each other in the store. They both had a good picture but the x900h didn't blow me away or anything, was just solid. Hmmmm

[JfuckinC]

https://www.visions.ca/product-detai...sku=UN82RU9000

is this one any good? I'm so indecisive and confused lol... Netflix and xbox is all i do.. barely any xbox even.

[Asian_defender]

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I'm really torn between the 85" X900H and the 75" X950H, they are about the same cost and basically at my budget for a tv. I have a big wall in the basement the tv is going on so it can definitely handle the 85" I just don't know if I'll regret getting the lower model in a few years down the road, or if the 900H is close enough in picture that I wouldn't notice. I did go and look at both tv's but they weren't near each other in the store. They both had a good picture but the x900h didn't blow me away or anything, was just solid. Hmmmm

Size for sure. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 25% more screen
Its not like the X900H is a bad model, still a very nice TV

[Asian_defender]

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https://www.visions.ca/product-detai...sku=UN82RU9000

is this one any good? I'm so indecisive and confused lol... Netflix and xbox is all i do.. barely any xbox even.

some of the guys here might disagree with me but I'd go with the Costco TU for $200 cheaper
https://www.costco.ca/samsung-85-in....100645836.html
performance is roughly about the same and you can tack on the Costco warranty and still be ahead. If you don't care about HDR I think it's a great tv for the money

[JfuckinC]

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some of the guys here might disagree with me but I'd go with the Costco TU for $200 cheaper
https://www.costco.ca/samsung-85-in....100645836.html
performance is roughly about the same and you can tack on the Costco warranty and still be ahead. If you don't care about HDR I think it's a great tv for the money

So the TU is 120 moition, meaning 60hz native refresh right? someone told me that i should try and get 120hz native to future proof for xbox and so netflix looks better?

[killramos]

There us literally no point in future proofing if you aren’t getting a top end HDR panel.

Netflix is 60Hz content, and Xbox won’t pass 120Hz unless you are HDMI 2.1 anyway.

Get a 120Hz panel if you want but just know you aren’t passing anything with that high of a refresh rate to the tv anyway.

[Asian_defender]

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So the TU is 120 moition, meaning 60hz native refresh right? someone told me that i should try and get 120hz native to future proof for xbox and so netflix looks better?

If 120hz is important for you then go with the RU9000

Edit: see post above. 120hz isn't going to be a big deal for most people. Especially in the budget range

[JfuckinC]

Fair enough! what about when the new xbox i probably wont even buy, but might buy maybe, comes out... haha

appreciate the help. I am going to get my basement all setup this weekend, only thing missing will be a TV!

[killramos]

Im just saying spend as little as possible and you are winning when it comes to budget tvs.

I’m not saying your tv will look bad, it will probably look great. But just that future proofing is essentially stupid (and probably impossible) right now.

What make of this thread is is a few of us chasing Halo picture quality that some (most) people just don’t care about.

Whenever I have friends and family visit I get nothing but compliments on the picture quality of my tv, and it has none of the benefits Rage has been preaching on.

[Disoblige]

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Whenever I have friends and family visit I get nothing but compliments on the picture quality of my tv, and it has none of the benefits Rage has been preaching on.

So what? That's like a group of friends saying "nice Mustang bro".

Besides, who cares what their friends and family has to say about their TV? lol. Weird.

[killramos]

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So what? That's like a group of friends saying "nice Mustang bro".

Besides, who cares what their friends and family has to say about their TV? lol. Weird.

My only point is I take that as my litmus test for normal people not giving a shit about the kind of crap we discuss in this tv thread.

Most tv’s are more than suitable for most people and don’t overthink it if you aren’t a tv nerd. It’s not that I care what they think, it’s that most people don’t care at all.