Looking for a new TV

BHopkins said:
That is being very generous to LG and Samsung.

I shouldn't complain. I've got a Samsung plasma downstairs that has been a trooper. It's been in use for probably 15 years. Never a problem. Even though it is old technology, it still has awesome picture quality. But from what I have read, I think I'm a lucky one.

I also have an LG upstairs. While I have had no issues with the picture quality, the smart tv functions have been less than impressive. I don't know how many times I have had to unplug the tv, to hard reset the functions. Most recently, the programming will freeze for short time.

We exclusively watch streaming programming on all our tv's. No antenna, cable or satellite.

My next tv will absolutely be a Sony.
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Plasma is old tech. Panasonic and Pioneer was the stuff back then.
Greatly appreciated my old Panasonic.

I'm refering to OLED panels. LG gives best bang for the buck in pictures quality. Sony is really good, but expensive. Samsung somewhere in between if you get their QD-oleds. (somewhat simplified. Any 4K oled with decent brightness is a huge improvement over older televisions).

If you are buying a TV for the smart functions you are doing it wrong if you ask me, get a Apple TV or other streaming box instead.
 
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Samsung makes great TVs. It's what you had and you're familiar with its user interface. I have an older plasma and a new (8 years old) LED, both Samsung. As long as they don't have a breakdown, you can't go wrong with another Samsung.

I used to own a consumer repair business, working on TVs, VCRs, stereos, etc. The biggest problem with Samsung is their sourcing parts from different vendors and not changing the model numbers except for a number or letter in the suffix. Replacement parts can be a bit of a problem years later, but typically if a product like their TVs makes it through the warranty period, the likelihood of failure is very low for a long time.

$1500 buys a lot of TV compared to years past.
 
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I'd get Sony but not for image reasons - just because it comes with Android (or at least did) and you can install plenty of apps on it natively including adblockers. And maybe, just maybe, will spy on my a hair less.

I could claim I could make the difference image wise between a sony, a samsung or an lg but I'm not that pretentious. A good TV is a good TV.

As for the tv to oil comparison - I wonder how that works. A boutique oil will shine in extreme usage, make a difference in a do or die situation, or last better, for a longer time. I don't see a situation where my TV would save my house from overheating, nor do I need to run extended TV change intervals on my TVs 😊 .
As long as it can handle the blacks decently when it gets some sun on it, and it can be set to not be bright as a Chinese weldin machine AND I can set the sound to sound flat as a tin can so I don't have to bend forward when they whisper and then hide behind the couch when they shoot guns - I'm good.
 
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dippschtick said:
I have an LG C7 and B8 oleds. Both 55". 8 and 7 years old respectively.
Both used daily and have been rock solid from day one.
LG washer and dryer going on 12 years and again, no issues.
I guess I've been lucky.
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You have been lucky, not many people get lucky with Lucky Goldstar.
 
goblin said:
I'd get Sony but not for image reasons - just because it comes with Android (or at least did) and you can install plenty of on it natively including adblockers.
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Totally agree Sony is the best in the business and has a much better OS than the proprietary ones Samsung and LG use. I have a Sony in the living room and two Android based Hisense TVs in the master bedroom and my office. All are great. TCL is another budget brand I'd consider (Android models only).
 
dishdude said:
...not many people get lucky with Lucky Goldstar.
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Writing this on an LG Gram which is the best laptop I have ever, ever had in my hands :)
As for TVs - seen a lot of LGs in rental propertites. Most of them very good. Have two at home, a recent 75 from costco and an old one that came with the house - both doing good so far.
 
goblin said:
Writing this on an LG Gram which is the best laptop I have ever, ever had in my hands :)
As for TVs - seen a lot of LGs in rental propertites. Most of them very good. Have two at home, a recent 75 from costco and an old one that came with the house - both doing good so far.
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Every LG TV I've had in the family died at the 3 year mark. Don't ask me about their refrigerators. I had a new HVAC system installed in my house 2015, LG made the compressor and it locked up the first time I used it. All that Korean stuff is cheap junk, I trust Chinese stuff more. Much like H/K cars they feel and look great, but fall apart quickly.
 
I bought a Samsung 7200 just to get by when I first moved here a year ago, I'm looking to upgrade, to something similar to like I had. I'm very familiar with Samsungs layout.
 
LG fridge (the one with the door that can take like 16 gallons of milk) still ticking after 10 or is it 12 years and one bumpy move, one hyundai and one kia in the household, a samsung phone that I gave up still working perfectly with a slightly degraded battery performance, for a new one, at the eight-year mark, and I forgot the 50" samsung tv from 2015 that I bought used with a small burn in spot, but I'll shut up 😊
 
Yet another +1 for Sony. On the larger end, we have an XR85X90K (85" full array LED) in our living room and it's great... on the smaller end, a XR48A90K (48" OLED) in the master bed, and while it doesn't get used nearly as much as initially expected, it's another spectacular set. We feed them with Dish and Apple TV, so hard to say how the Google TV OS works, but I typically find the "smart" TV functionality less than optimal.

We have some older LGs in the mix too for kid TVs, they are good enough, but I have not been impressed with their quality as of late.
 
goblin said:
As for the tv to oil comparison - I wonder how that works. A boutique oil will shine in extreme usage, make a difference in a do or die situation, or last better, for a longer time. I don't see a situation where my TV would save my house from overheating, nor do I need to run extended TV change intervals on my TVs 😊 .
As long
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Sony uses both LG woled and Samsung QD-oled panels. As Sony don't make their own oled panels.
Same with Philips OLEDs.
Hence the likeness with Shell and Exxon.

I can't comment on leds/Qled/lcd not really interesting enough to research.
 
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DallasTexas said:
Surprised that nobody recommended a NextGen TV.
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The Sonys we have both have ATSC 3.0 (Nextgen) support -- but I have no idea how well it works. We live about 60 miles as the crow flies from the TV and radio towers in Missouri City, TX -- so it is hard to get a usable TV signal without a gigantic antenna. We still (begrudgingly) pay for Dish Network for that reason.
 
I've run a few 50", 55" Samsung TV's that did fine. Little bit after I last moved I decided to do something I've never done before and that was to have all my electronics match brand wise so I sold off the Samsung TV and bought a 65" Sony. So now I have a stereo receiver,
blu ray/cd/sacd player, 2 front speakers, 2 rear speakers, 1 center channel, 2 dolby atmos speakers, 2 subwooofers, 65" TV that are all Sony. Turntable and phono equalizer are audio technica, korg ds-dac-10r and an apple tv so not 100% Sony but pretty close. Sony TV definitely cost more than the Samsung's I use to buy but I have no complaints after 32ish months with the Sony. My 65" Sony was on sale for $998.00 but I'll refrain from suggesting a certain model as 32 months have passed since I bought this one and your budget is $502 above what I paid for this one so don't think you'll have a problem finding something that works in your price range.
 
dishdude said:
You have been lucky, not many people get lucky with Lucky Goldstar.
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Hands down the worst TV I ever bought was that POS 65" lg that only gets used by the kids now. My Hisense U6GR blows it out of the water in every single way possible.... Yet they cost the same. Otherwise I was buying a Sony.

Whatever you get, I highly recommend some bias lights for it.
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