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The 85" UHD JVC is supposed to be $8kIt is still outside most of my clients budgets, but I recall TVs that large being $25k+ not that long ago. (Or was it a long time ago....I'm getting older by the minute)
The 85" UHD JVC is supposed to be $8kIt is still outside most of my clients budgets, but I recall TVs that large being $25k+ not that long ago. (Or was it a long time ago....I'm getting older by the minute)
I'd call $3k for a 50 - 60" brand-name 4k TV reasonable, and there are a couple options that are in that ballpark.
From Ars, FWIW, Lowest Price Ever: Seiki SE50UY04 50" Ultra High Definition 4K LED HDTV for $449 with free shipping (list price $1,499.99).
Crazy how cheap the monster screens are getting.
Are there any newer 4K monitors for PC usage on the horizon with good specs and manageable prices?
I went ahead and purchased a Samsung PN64F8500 plasma today. It should be delivered on Thursday.
In other news Samsung SDI announced late last night that they will be stopping plasma production no later than November 30th.
Thanks. I got it this morning shortly after 8am. The delivery guys literally brought it in the house and set the box on the floor where I told them, told me to sign and initial a few things on a piece of paper, and ran out the door. In contrast, the salesman at the store told me they would take the top of the box off, unbox & unwrap it enough so I could see the screen, power it on so that I could confirm it worked and didn't have a cracked screen etc, then have me fill out a form and sign it (stating that it worked and all that jazz), and then leave. Needless to say, I didn't give them the tip I had prepped in my pocket. I unboxed the TV, got it mounted on it's stand and have it running a "break-in" / pixel aging video.Nice. Grats. That screen would piss all over my 42" Vizio. LOL.
I'm not particularly thrilled about the delivery experience, but I guess I would be more upset if the delivery charge was more than the $20 I paid. Of course I would be irate if the TV didn't power on or was broken / damaged. Then I'd get to argue about the form I "filled out" and signed which said it worked perfectly when they left. The timestamped security camera footage from my front door cam would probably save my bacon there as they attempted to explain how they how we did all that in the few seconds they were in the house.
That's how it always works. Did you have to do some fast explaining?Of course, when I have the wall of TVs running in the lobby (and have drawn a bit of a crowd) is when the boss arrives.
Thanks. I got it this morning shortly after 8am. The delivery guys literally brought it in the house and set the box on the floor where I told them, told me to sign and initial a few things on a piece of paper, and ran out the door. In contrast, the salesman at the store told me they would take the top of the box off, unbox & unwrap it enough so I could see the screen, power it on so that I could confirm it worked and didn't have a cracked screen etc, then have me fill out a form and sign it (stating that it worked and all that jazz), and then leave. Needless to say, I didn't give them the tip I had prepped in my pocket. I unboxed the TV, got it mounted on it's stand and have it running a "break-in" / pixel aging video.
I'm not particularly thrilled about the delivery experience, but I guess I would be more upset if the delivery charge was more than the $20 I paid. Of course I would be irate if the TV didn't power on or was broken / damaged. Then I'd get to argue about the form I "filled out" and signed which said it worked perfectly when they left. The timestamped security camera footage from my front door cam would probably save my bacon there as they attempted to explain how they how we did all that in the few seconds they were in the house.
Why did you sign the paperwork if they didn't do what they were supposed to do and the paperwork suggested you verified the TV was fine when they left?
Actually, I'm not sure what the paperwork suggested. I didn't really even have the opportunity to skim it. I'm guessing what it said. Mainly I didn't feel like arguing with the 2 burly strangers in my house.Why did you sign the paperwork if they didn't do what they were supposed to do and the paperwork suggested you verified the TV was fine when they left?
They part of the Rocket lineup from a defunct company called AV123.What kind of speakers are those?
That's my foot.What's the sock puppet in the lower right corner?
Probably I haven't tried to organize it yet.And there must be something to do for the cable clutter behind the audio/video setup.
Thanks. It took a lot of time and effort to make and was a pain in the butt, but it came out pretty well.The table looks nice.
No, That's with the 17W linear fluorescent tube turned up all the way. I have it dialed down much, much dimmer than that. Here's a picture of the set with the bias light at it's brightness setting that I use. Please note that this picture is not entirely accurate to how it really looks to the eye either. It looks a bit brighter than this in person. The picture is exposed for the image on the TV. The limited dynamic range of the camera and the display you're looking at the picture on prevents an accurate portrayal.Is the picture a true representation of how bright the backlight is?
Yes, it seems to be an upgrade over my 57" Hitachi RP-CRT in pretty much every metric. It has perfect geometry, it's sharper (being fixed pixel), has much better ANSI contrast, has black levels that are at least no worse, is more watchable during the day, is bigger, etc.Are you enjoying the TV?
I'm going to use my i1Display Pro + HCFR to calibrate the TV using the TV's various and numerous internal settings. After I get it dialed in as close as possible with the TV's settings I will use dispcalGUI to create a 3DLUT for madVR.Do you plan on using an external device to calibrate? Or just use the adjustments on the set itself?
Walmart is going to have the 50" Vizio 4k for $700 on Friday. Even though I've been a few places that have had the 4k Vizios, all of them had the Samsung 4ks on display and none of the Vizios were turned on, making it very difficult to compare them.
I saw the 24" version in my local Micro Center. The color seemed much better than the other monitors. Combined with the sharpness, it was awesome. I finally couldn't see pixels (that's an issue for me even with the large screen 4K monitors). In my opinion for large form factor monitors (27" and larger) we'll need to move to 7680x4320 to resolve the pixel problems completely.I stumbled onto this Dell Ultra HD 27" 4K (P2715Q) monitor being sold for $699. I can't remember if it's been mentioned before. I kinda like the specs but wish it was $200 less.
IPS panel
3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz
Wide color coverage at 99% sRGB (deltaE <3).
LED edgelight system
1.07 billion colors
DisplayPort in
Mini DisplayPort
DisplayPort out
HDMI (MHL)
Speaker-line out
4 x USB 3.0 downstream
1 x USB upstream
VESA (100 mm)
I don't get the curved TVs either. I've seen them in the store and I still prefer the flat versions.
The early TVs were curved for focusing. Why are they bringing back curved displays again?
Those were curved the opposite direction. I'm unsure why these new displays are curved. I'll guess it's for marketing.
The one application I've seen it make sense is with one of the LG monitors that are super wide ratio since we would sit closer.