So my last TV I bought I pretty much woke up, drank a coffee, walked to the tech store that isn’t around anymore and got pretty much what I needed and went home happy and had a TV.
Either it is me in general but I hate having to upgrade tech nowadays. Even if it is just a friggin’ smart phone I tend to go to deep into the subject and go through points I shouldnt care about because I’m not the target audience.
Like I don’t care how great the cameras are now on phones. Yet when I have to upgrade duo to missing upgrades after 5 years I upgrade and then I read through all that non sense just to get the best out of the money I’ll be dumping for features I won’t ever use.
Ill compare Samsung S23, S23+ and Ultra and what ever and then read comments about how bad X is and company Y does better for the money and then it’s to late.
Then I dump 12 hours into researching on youtube, trying to filter the company fanboys and the real talk people just to find out they are all “bought” and only 5% of the reviews aren’t bought.
Now I am sitting here wanting to upgrade my 2011 TV and have to choose between LG G4, Samsung S90D, S94D, S95D and every single one of these tvs has negatives and pros and I am lost.
Might not just buy a tv and go drink coffee and play computer.
I personally would have went with the S95D from Samsung because I personally like matte screens more but funny enough most reviews critics are because it is a matte display and not glossy lol. I have huge windows behind my sofa and thought it might be cool but now I am not sure anymore duo to almost everyone saying how bad matte screens are for OLED TVs.
The dude in the shop said I should go with the S95D because it is cool if I have a lot of light sources and yes it has it’s downsides because of the matte screen really bright scenes can create a “white cone” around the edge duo to matte screening but he also said it’s something you won’t notice or pay attention too when using it. I am not comparing G4, S90D and that TV when watching a movie.
I also don’t watch a lot of TV at daylight but when I do I know reflections are annoying. And I also saw that the S95D performs great in the dark as well against other glossy OLED TVs even if it has a matte screen.
This again is probably a subject I shouldn’t care about. It’s like my TV right now is just displaying grey instead of black and I lived with it 12 years (happy). Either TV will be a huge upgrade for me. I could just save my time and buy the tv and be happy but no, I am here researching way to long for a friggin’ TV. I am so deep in the TV subject now that I even know the S90D Series has a Panel Lottery because some TVs have OLEDs and some have QD OLEDS panels… like… honestly, if no one told me I would have been happy without QD panel and wouldn’t have known but now that I know… dunno not gonna buy.
From what I’ve experienced the newer TVs aren’t built for longevity. That’s been a real disgusting revelation. I mean… FFS… you’re expected to shell out a ton of cash but you can’t have the peace of mind that it’ll be there in working order 7 years from now. And even expecting that… There’s almost an air about it that “what do you expect… it’s been 7 years, upgrade!”
So I feel you. Sorry for the rant.
Yeah probably keeping my currently well running 2011 TV in the basement lol.
I managed to find a 65" 1080p Non-smart TV with a VERY feint line on the right quarter-inch of the edge of the screen. (the blue pixels only) Lady said she’d take $75. I never got money out of my wallet so damn quick. Been happy with it for years. I wouldn’t upgrade unless I had the money to plop down on a very large commercial display that didn’t have any of the smart features.
This is the main thing I’m afraid of when our TV gives up. Nowadays you can’t buy non smart TVs anymore :(.
And the smart shit is always in the way. I just want it to turn on when the HDMI signal tells it to and show what my Chromecast or computer is showing. I don’t want to first need to find the remote to click away all the advertisement.
Just don’t put it on your home network. I have an LG C3(?) from 2018 that is a perfectly good dumb TV without the WiFi password.
I will follow your advise once I have to buy a new one.
On the Chromecast I was able to replace the launcher so it doesn’t show any advertisement and replaced the YouTube app with SmartTube with sponsor block so it doesn’t even show ads and jumps over the sponsors and ‘subscribe to this channel’ reminders, it’s awesome!
Quick little hack, if you have to connect the TV to the internet once for setup purposes, create a hotspot on your phone and connect it that way and then turn off your hotspot once you are done.
Usually that will be enough to shut it up so that you don’t have to keep fighting with it.
My rtings suggested tcl TV has the option to go straight to a specified input. Since I only have one device going to the TV, that’s great. Plus I’ve never connected WiFi, so it doesn’t try to break itself over time through software updates.
Sceptre still makes them.
When I bought my Chiq, the local tech who services them said that they’ll last a long time if you don’t crank the brightness all the way.
That may hold true for other sets as well.