Building a man cave - Gaming TV advice needed!

[Azuren]

Vertigo-X said:

Azuren said:

OLED phones are great, as is the OLED Vita. 

 

But I would wait on the TV. Sony makes their own OLEDs, and could actually release them cheaper than LG could. But they don't, because the technology isn't ready yet (and might never be). LG is jumping the gun and sacrificing a lot to do OLED, not to mention virtue of being LG ruins things, too (bad processor, bad upscaling, bad noise algorithms).

 

If you call Sony and ask them why they don't make an OLED, they'll tell you they do. It's a 32" monitor with the most perfect color and input lag. It also costs $30000 and the half-life on its blue is 6 months. OLED isn't ready, and the fact that Sony and Samsung aren't doing it should really drive the issue home. 

This definitely makes sense. I heard recently that Sony is preparing some 4K LED TVs that use more advanced LED technologies to reduce the number of backlight zones. It should get LED TVs closer to OLED without giving up the benefits of LCD, but the downside is it's still really expensive.

A higher number of lighting zones is what they're going for. The single best LED TV out right now is the Sony XBR75X940D because of its intense lightning system that allows it to be nearly as accurate in blacks as an OLED while retaining the advantages of an LED (White levels, grayscale, resistance to burn-in, etc). Plus, the Sony is using the Tegra X1 processor (the strongest used in any TV) across the board on all of their 4K TVs. This means a superior upscaler, superior noise algorithms, and a faster OS (which is also Android TV, a much more open ended OS that even supports Kodi).

 

MikeRox said:

Azuren said:

OLED phones are great, as is the OLED Vita. 

 

But I would wait on the TV. Sony makes their own OLEDs, and could actually release them cheaper than LG could. But they don't, because the technology isn't ready yet (and might never be). LG is jumping the gun and sacrificing a lot to do OLED, not to mention virtue of being LG ruins things, too (bad processor, bad upscaling, bad noise algorithms).

 

If you call Sony and ask them why they don't make an OLED, they'll tell you they do. It's a 32" monitor with the most perfect color and input lag. It also costs $30000 and the half-life on its blue is 6 months. OLED isn't ready, and the fact that Sony and Samsung aren't doing it should really drive the issue home. 

I'm hoping my Panasonic Plasmas will last me long enough for OLED to mature aa fair bit more yet.

I understand from the manufacturers not doing OLED though, is more down to they can't make the sets at a price they want to sell them at and are not bothering at all. I'd heard that the Panasonic configuration of the LG OLEDs was actually a pretty good leap forwards. Like you say though the technology needs a bit more time to be at it's best. But OP isn't looking for right this second, and I'd expect the next batch of OLEDs to resolve most of their current issues.

1. Your plasma is likely already showing the effects of its half-lifes being breached. If you were to set up a new version of it right next to it, you'd likely see a substantial difference in the saturation of the blue.

 

2. Haven't personally been able to see the Panasonics, but if the quality is anything close to the x400u models... Then it's likely just a hot pile of garbage.

 

3. If OP isn't looking for a TV between now and April of next year, then he likely shouldn't be looking at all. TVs can change so drastically from year to year that it really isn't worth even looking into until you're less than a month out from purchase.