That's an even better TV,  but he said he didn't want to spend to much money on a TV. I myself have a UH7500 even though it isn't HDR, native 4K content looks very impressive. In about six years I will probably buy a higher class TV with HDR and a TV that is able to output rec2020.

Be sure to calibrate that TV the right way, makes a lot of difference. For refference search for the cave 4k on google it's truely amazing how sharp it is. To me 4k has reached a point in which the picture of a TV can look actual real.

Don't ever get Hisense TV.... really bad motion blur and just dreadful overall experience.

Better off going with Samsung or Vizio, I heard that Sony have really up their quality with 2015-16 TV's.

I disagree for the most part. You are right that every TV needs to be properly calibrated. But native 4k does provide a better picture than native 1080p. Besides if you look at greenery in 1080p, it's a bit fuzy due to the complexity of plants.

A bigger screen gives more immersion and with 4k you can make sure a 50 inch TV looks great even if you are 2m away from it. Pixelcount is less obvious in moving pictures but the difference between 4k and 1080p is big enough. I would say it is bigger than 720p vs 1080p in pixelcount and for the eye itself. 8k on the other hand will be bullshit, since your eye is biological not advanced enough to distinguish 4k and 8k in motion. But 4k if the content is native, is defenitly visible.

This. THIS. And MOTHERFUCKING THIS. 

6 months ago I had the same desire to upgrade my 42'' TV. It was great at the time, but I was being suckered in with all the 4K on the cheap hype. Its all BS.

Get a projector, and watch movies / games on whatever 100'+ screen size you think is comfortable. 

Also good to see someone else who knows about blurays and how they are formatted. Hundreds of some of my favorite movies I have yet to own because they still have a ghastly 2k tranfer. Its pathetic. Notice how a lot of movies are now being ''rereleased'' with 4K tranfer being the selling tag, despite plenty of movies being released from 4K or sometimes even 8K tranfers. 

Playing Vanishing of Ethan Carter and SOMA on a 129'' screen was incredible on 1080p or even 720p at MAX. Super immersive. 

Get yourself a projector. Paint the walls dark is you have to and sit back an enjoy. You shouldn't worry about 4K because, well simply put, the industry doesn't care about 4K either. The manufacuters know 4K is a dud and want to shift stock to make room for the next gimmick. 

there are better now and cheaper

yeah flat is better, my walls aren't curved!

They did also say that it is the best display they've ever tested, yet when I drop 3 grand on a tv I would like it to last. I have had the burn in problem before with the Panasonic TH-50PX75U. There was still lots of 4:3 content on HD cable back then and I didn't like zoom cutting of the top and bottom or that ugly stretch mode. Result, two visible side panels in 16:9 mode, darker than the middle of the screen. Fading at a different rate I guess. The sides have faded too by now since all content changed to 16:9. It's certainly not as nice anymore as it was 7 years ago. Which is also a problem with OLED, how do they look after 10,000 hours or 20,000 hours.

OLED is the best for a dark room though, I wish I had those black levels on my projector. Yet for day time living room environment you might be better of with an LED HDR screen as they can get much brighter. Black levels won't get you anything with a lot of ambient light.

OLED for home theater, LED for day time always on TV. CRT for gaming :p

I bought a 48" 4k Samsung JU6500 and both Wii U and Xbox One games look awesome in game mode, which gives me a very good input lag. It is actually even better than my old 1080p display for gaming. I think you should look for a good 4k TV because this way you will be ready for the future. Also, 720p and 1080p will look pretty much like if you were playing on actual 720p or 1080p displays, which is an advantage compared to 1080p displays with 720p sources and vice-versa, since in game mode each pixel from a 720p image will a 3x3 pixels square on a 4k TV and from a 1080p image will be a 2x2.

Just make sure that the TV has low input lag in game mode, because without enabling it, most games are almost unplayable due to the delay.

Here is the review for the TV I bought: http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/ju6500

You can also search other models in this same website.

Heck no, color is something that's just natural and adds more to the picture in representation and information than any difference in resolution ever did. When early color TVs were out though, most of the TV programming was still in B&W, so your cliched rhetoric doesn't make sense. 

Besides, black and white cinematography is an art in itself, and looks beautiful when shot with knowledge and intent, there's nothing wrong with people who prefer the look of movies shot in black and white.

Well... I watch TV 2-4 meters away from a 32 inch TV and feel the 1080P is certainly worth it. If I wanted something like a 40 inch I would see the difference, but since there is no point in big TVs there's no point in 4K. At least that's the way I see it. My beef is ridiculously big TVs and ridiculously big phones and ridiculously big anything (yes, even boobs). It seems wasteful and decadent to me, the TV should not command your place of residence.

Gaming is wasteful and decadent anyway, might as well go all the way :) This is how I play games and watch movies

Great immersion, no distractions, and I would very much like to upgrade my projector to 4K. (still way too expensive)
It doesn't command the living room, sacrificed a spare bedroom instead.

But indeed, I have my doubts about the usefullness of replacing the living room tv with a 4K set. A HDR 1080p set would be fine too, unfortunately all HDR sets are 4K. 4K resolution only starts to make sense at 55" and up for the living room, and that's quite big in the room, while still kinda smallish for the movie theater experience.

http://ca.rtings.com/tv/learn/size-to-distance-relationship
Select 4K and look in horror how big a tv they recommend for 2m viewing distance, they basically recommend a 140" tv for 4 meters!