The TV Deals and Recommendations Thread

[Xtrema]

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950h is 1 year warranty. Visions bumps it up to 2 if you're on their mailing list. I've only bought warranty from Costco cuz it's cheap.

Of all my TV history, I've had 2 TV's fail (both Samsungs funny enough). One was no power under warranty, the other was my parent's Samsung which failed after 1.5 years, no power. That costed $150 to fix. Way cheaper than warranties outside Costco.

I have to say, I have only lost a Samsung panel and a Panasonic rear projection in 30+ years of TV buying. Everything are still going strong (even the Sony CRT I kept for retro gaming).

[killramos]

Yea Costco is 2 year warranty. Plus $100 to extend that to 5 years.

Visions is 1, plus 1 if you join their emails. Plus $600 or whatever to extend to 5 years.

There is also whatever floats out of your CC coverage.

I get where Rage is coming from, I think it’s been beaten to death that extended warranties are net profit drivers across all products.

[rage2]

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Costco website says TV is 2 yr warranty included though?

My bad, didn't realize Costco did an extra year like Visions too.

[killramos]

Got the call and TV is arriving a day earlier than expected, tomorrow afternoon!

[ExtraSlow]

I haven't been following the baller discussions here, but any reccomendations for a ~50" that has okay integrated speakers and will stand on a cabinet without being wobbly? Cheap and cheerful okay. I think TNG broadcasts in 8-bit.
Don't need 5k, "smart" features or any fancy shit.

[killramos]

There is essentially no such thing as good integrated speakers.

rtings says the LG GX has the best integrated speakers

There is no getting away from smart features these days unfortunately.

[ExtraSlow]

Don't need good, just mediocre. Clearly I don't do fancy audio, just need to hear Brent Spiners voice clearly.

[Xtrema]

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I haven't been following the baller discussions here, but any reccomendations for a ~50" that has okay integrated speakers and will stand on a cabinet without being wobbly? Cheap and cheerful okay. I think TNG broadcasts in 8-bit.
Don't need 5k, "smart" features or any fancy shit.

Just wait for one of those TCL4 or 5 series goes on sale. I am surprised the lower end of the segment is staying out of BF this time. Those panels were cheaper during Prime Day. In the US, I think the 50" TCL4 can be had for $148 USD and $378 Canadian pesos at Wally World.

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/tcl-50-.../6000199546233

And they come with Roku built in so you don't really need any other devices for watching TNG on Netflix.

[Mitsu3000gt]

You can still buy TVs without smart features.

If you don't really care and just need 50", wait for Black Friday, pick a cheap 50" TV from a major brand (Samsung, LG, etc.), confirm on rtings it is decent, and purchase. There isn't much separating all the entry level TV's from the major brands.

Should be $300-$500 tops for an entry level 50". Even now there are a bunch on sale in that range, not sure how much better it will be on BF.

Every TV has garbage integrated speakers but it'll be fine for casual watching. Visions sells a $20 sound bar every year on BF you could add.

[ExtraSlow]

Sounds like a plan.

[g-m]

I got a Q90T. I hope this lack of dolby whatsit isn't an issue

[killramos]

I’m 100% a Dolby Vision convert. HDR is alright, but the Dolby vision content is what truly pops.

[ExtraSlow]

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I’m 100% a Dolby Vision convert. HDR is alright, but the Dolby vision content is what truly pops.

TNG upscaled to Dolby vision will blow your mind.

[The_Rural_Juror]

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TNG upscaled to Dolby vision will blow your mind.

Counsellor Troi in 68.7 billion colors?

[killramos]

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Counsellor Troi in 68.7 billion colors?

Need thousands of nits of brightness to burn that into your skull

[g-m]

Ah well hopefully there's more support for the hdr10+ eventually

[g-m]

Or should I cancel the order and switch

[rage2]

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Or should I cancel the order and switch

Q90T is noticeable brighter even in store. It’s also a few hundred bucks cheaper than the 950h in 85”. I also fucking hate Sony.

Despite all that I went with the 950h because of Samsung’s stubbornness in not supporting Dolby Vision. HDR10 masters at 1000 nits of brightness. Dolby Vision masters at 4000 nits. It’s all tone mapped, but there’s way more pop as there’s way more resolution to play with, on a scene by scene level as well for DV. This is why DV pops so much harder for the exact same movie if you have a bright tv.

By the time hdr10+ is heavily supported as much as DV, it’s time for a new TV anyways.

[g-m]

I ended up canceling that one and getting a sony A8H. Sounds like dolby vision is a must have

[killramos]

An A8H?

You brought the Sony branded LG instead of just buying the LG?

Congrats though, OLED is pretty sweet stuff.