Misconception? 4k TVs cost too much?

[Peh]

bonzobanana said:

Peh said:

You have to be careful. For instance, the Samsung KS7000 brand is being advertised with HDR1000. But the panel can only do 8 bit + FRC and not 10 bit. Also, if you want to use Smart TV, then the TV's at a lower price point will have a slower performance regarding these features. Overall image quality is also lower on those TV's because of a cheap panel.

I recommend to check out a lot of reviews and comparisions with other TV's.

Are you talking about the US 7000 or european?

http://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/c82db05

It seems like its true 10bit according to this site however its always confusing with Samsung because of the infamous Samsung panel lottery where they use different panels across the same model range and sometimes even the same model. 

I don't think you can just say paying more gets you a decent panel. Sony have used some pretty awful panels on high end sets. You have to go with reviews nowadays. Hisense have used some awful panels on their entry level sets but on their one step up models they have used panels that you see on much higher priced models with Japanese or Korean brands. Very happy with my budget set but its not a LG OLED I'll admit but seems to outperform many more expensive LCD models comfortably. I don't know what the sweet spot is with televisions where diminshing returns kicks in on price but I personally don't think you have to spend 1500EUR to get a good LCD set. If I'm spending 1500EUR I'm going for OLED anyway and wouldn't even consider LCD at that price.

I was talking about the KS7090 (Europe version). That one has definitely 8bit + FRC. But the TV in your link is the MU Version, so probably even newer than the one I was talking about. But seriously, you never know. Even my Monitor is written on the official site of Asus as an 10 bit panel. But in reality, it only has 8 bit + FRC.

Buying a proper TV is really difficult to do nowadays :/

Edit : Hm? That's strange. That site of yours also lists the KS7000 as 10 bit.

I found this here:

https://www.avforums.com/threads/samsung-ks7000-ue55ks7000-uhd-4k-tv-review.2032989/page-5

Ok, it seems, that the KS7000 really has a real 10 bit panel. The confusing comes from displayspecifications.com. They listed it at 8 bit + FRC, but it was changed later on. A lot of reviews took this one as it's source like this site here in german:

http://www.zambullo.de/fernseher/samsung-ks7090-vs-ks8090-vergleich-der-samsung-suhd-tv-modelle-ks7090-und-ks8090-aus-2016.html