Anybody got an OLED tv?

I went to Best Buy today to look at the TVs. Finally got to see an OLED. It looked like crap because of lousy Transformers DVD in there. Half the other TVs weren't on or were stuck on something so you couldn't even see the picture very well. The couple 4ks that were on that had 4k content did look nice. Standing in a retail store is about the only time you'd be that close to a TV though.
 
monkeydust said:
I went to Best Buy today to look at the TVs. Finally got to see an OLED. It looked like crap because of lousy Transformers DVD in there. Half the other TVs weren't on or were stuck on something so you couldn't even see the picture very well. The couple 4ks that were on that had 4k content did look nice. Standing in a retail store is about the only time you'd be that close to a TV though.
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You can't really accurately compare TVs on a showroom floor anyways, due to not knowing if they've all been correctly set up and calibrated. Plus, the lighting will always be different than your living room (I partly blame this fact for why the plasma industry died out, as LED always looks much brighter in the stores).

I suggest you read reputable trusted reviews and get into discussions with owners at the AVS Forum instead.
 
AMOLED has screen burn ins issues as well, although tiny my FiiO E17 screen has "USB" etched onto itself when powered at 30% alpha. Nasty.
 
Not sure what to make of the curved display. I'd guess passing feature and you won't see any in a couple of years.
 
Meteor_of_War said:
Input lag, and also image retention and burn in is more likely with gaming due to static huds in some games.

That said, they are OK for occasional gaming if you're also going to mix up its use with full screen motion video content as well. But I wouldn't use them primarily for gaming, personally.
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Thanks man - mostly monitor and gaming duties, so I'll pass on the plasma then.
Meteor_of_War said:
Ha. Our family's first video player was a Betamax player. I still remember my dad being so pissed when the VHS format beat it out.:lol:

Yeah I'm getting old.:bleh:
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My first video player was a betamax. :lol:







sigh.....
 
It's kind of hard for me to not buy top of the line when I'm buying a new TV. Yes, the one I want hauled away today cost my $7000 which now looks like a huge waste of money. But, after seeing the picture quality of 4k, seems hard not to go to that tech since you know all will be moving to that at some point. OLED is still a bit too new and I'm up in the air about curved.

This TV is to go in the living room to replace a 70" which is about 15' from the couch. My replacement would have a smaller footprint since the 70" is a projection which would push the TV a couple more feet back to the corner which would make the TV even farther from the viewer.
 
Meteor_of_War said:
Are you looking to just get a really big screen as a monitor? Will it be at a desk, or living room setup?
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Man cave :)

It will be on/ or mounted over my desk. When gaming/watching TV kicked back in my lounge my face would be about 7-8' away. My 23" would handle browsing and the like...
 
monkeydust said:
It's kind of hard for me to not buy top of the line when I'm buying a new TV. Yes, the one I want hauled away today cost my $7000 which now looks like a huge waste of money. But, after seeing the picture quality of 4k, seems hard not to go to that tech since you know all will be moving to that at some point. OLED is still a bit too new and I'm up in the air about curved.

This TV is to go in the living room to replace a 70" which is about 15' from the couch. My replacement would have a smaller footprint since the 70" is a projection which would push the TV a couple more feet back to the corner which would make the TV even farther from the viewer.
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You're going higher end than I am apparently - good luck with whatever you purchase. :)
 
Meteor_of_War said:
So what size are you thinking? Plasmas start at 42".
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I knew I was forgetting something :lol:

I was thinking something around 48". I think I'll avoid plasmas. I didn't know input lag was still an issue with them. A friend here is recommending I look at Sony Bravias. I just haven't had the time to really look lately...

What I have seen does look pretty good though, slightly better/richer color than my 32" Sammy.
 
pcwood said:
You're going higher end than I am apparently - good luck with whatever you purchase. :)
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Well, I know I spent way too much at 7k for a TV and stand back in 2006. That was dumb. I bought a 60" Samsung 240mhz SmartTV LED/LCD last year for about $1200 last year which I think was a good purchase and that's what I have moved up to the living room for the time being. I usually watch TV in the bedroom, office, or basement. So, the one in the living room would be the one I would watch the least (it is the one that the wife, step daughter and daughter would watch the most).
 
monkeydust said:
Well, I know I spent way too much at 7k for a TV and stand back in 2006. That was dumb. I bought a 60" Samsung 240mhz SmartTV LED/LCD last year for about $1200 last year which I think was a good purchase and that's what I have moved up to the living room for the time being. I usually watch TV in the bedroom, office, or basement. So, the one in the living room would be the one I would watch the least (it is the one that the wife, step daughter and daughter would watch the most).
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I think I may have looked at that same TV when I bought my 32" last year, but the wife didn't want one that size.

She does now though lol - but I'm not a TV watcher. I just want something with dark darks and rich colors for gaming. If I grab one soon I'll post it and what my thoughts are. I might have time to shop a bit at lunch tomorrow...which usually means I'll walk out with something. :p
 
pcwood said:
I knew I was forgetting something :lol:

I was thinking something around 48". I think I'll avoid plasmas. I didn't know input lag was still an issue with them. A friend here is recommending I look at Sony Bravias. I just haven't had the time to really look lately...

What I have seen does look pretty good though, slightly better/richer color than my 32" Sammy.
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My S60 gets a very solid timing of 29.2ms for input lag. If we got the S64 in Canada, I would have tried to get one of those, because it inherits the anti-glare filter from the ST60 but not the input lag. :lol:

Common plasma screen sizes: 42", 50", 55", 60", 65"

If I had the $$$ to drop, I know where there is a 65" ZT60 sitting in it's box, but that's $4000 CAD of plasma awesomeness.

My 50S60 cost me $450 CAD tax in, new in box, and it will rape many more expensive LED backlit LCD TVs. The ONLY reason to have an LCD is because you have to mount the TV at an obtuse angle, or that you have uncontrolled lighting.

Oh and Panasonic Plasma > Samsung Plasma > LG Plasma

8-)
 
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gamefoo21 said:
The ONLY reason to have an LCD...
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I would not buy a plasma to use exclusively as a gaming monitor, especially for PC.

Image retention/burn in problems while not anywhere near as bad as they were years ago, still exist and would become more of a problem with static images in gaming and with Windows desktop.
 
Meteor_of_War said:
I would not buy a plasma to use exclusively as a gaming monitor, especially for PC.

Image retention/burn in problems while not anywhere near as bad as they were years ago, still exist and would become more of a problem with static images in gaming and with Windows desktop.
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Parents have a 55ST50, and it's tied to a desktop, no image retention on it. It's used for Netflix and general desktop display duties.

Actually that's not true, it did get the Netflix pause screen toasted into it once. So I popped it into Vivid mode, and ran the scrolling bars. Image retention went poof.

Of course this requires that you do actually do a break in of the plasma when it's new, watching anime, movies, etc. for the first week while restricting it's idle screen time. Of course calibrating before and after is a must.

I know JZL has been rocking a Panny plasma as his gaming screen for a few years, and loves it. He plays a flight sims, UT, etc.

Of course it can also depend if you have a proper noise filtering power bar/UPS sitting between the wall and the screen, and other factors. I do know though, running a Plasma at full burn, leaving a static menu on it for 16 hours a day, weeks straight will create a difficult to remove ghost. Though even then, running full screen looping material, with the scrolling bars a few times, removed it. :sherlock:

As for the windows desktop, setting your taskbar to autohide, restricting the number of icons on screen, not using a solid colour backround, using a full screen backround image, and using a screen saver/screen off feature.
 
Yeah having a plasma display panel for gaming is certainly doable, but takes a certain kind of care not everyone is willing to want to bother with.

I simply don't recommend it when I see people asking about plasma as a gaming display.

For TV and movies however, there's nothing better.
 
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