we have a 4.5 year old LG 70 inch HD
I have always been annoyed at the noise reduction and textures, we had plasmas previously
Fortunately it's just stopped working, inside the 5 year warranty, so I get a £2k refund
looking around it seems that OLED is much better, but £4k+ for 70+ inch screens
However, there are 65 inch ones in my range
My favourites are:
LG OLED65C8PLA for £1800 from richer sounds
LG OLED65C9PLA for £2400 from Costco, I think I get £48 cashback
Both 5 or 6 year warranties
C9 is the 2019 version, C8 the 2018
C9 brings in faster processor, other features and HDMI 2.1
Anyone have any expertise in these?
Is it worth getting the newer one?
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OLED is stunning.
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
Agree on RS customer focus, used them since the 1980s!
But I rarely get anything new (guitars excepted) until the old one breaks, and my Panasonic plasma is still OK.
I was so pleased to find November 2014 with a 5 year warranty
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
Hard to explain my 2% cashback at costco though
I'll need a multi-region player, no idea where to get hold of one. My Blu-ray player is a multi-region Oppo, but they've stopped making players - I only realised when they sponsored the Cricket World Cup and I thought let's have a look and see what they're up to.
I might get a plain bluray player for now ~£50 rather than a UHD one at £110-£200+
got a matching UHD Dolbyvision Lg UBK90 player
OLED started selling in 2010 I think, so not really early adopting here - already ignored OLED when I bought the last TV in 2014, so although prices are falling why would I spent £1k - £1.8k on a non-OLED big TV now if I have the cash?
Enjoy your new TV
the backlight has started to not work sometimes, not economical to repair it. Very lucky it happened now and not after November
Oled, I presume, will allow for more effective dynamic range management but that will largely depend on the software that manages. Look forward to hearing what your beast is like