Dennis C

I know that there isn't much programming available in 4K resolution yet, but it won't be long. We needed a new TV for our family room, so I decided to go ahead and get the 4K unit. It's a Samsung, and it also has a curved screen, 3D and it's a smart TV. I don't really care about the 3D functionality. Maybe I will change my mind once I use it a little bit, but I doubt it. I also wasn't sure about the curved screen until I went and saw it in the store. I think I will really like that. It's a 65" diagonal TV, so nothing too huge.

It gets delivered on Saturday, so we'll see how it goes!

Kevin Rohrer

Can you cancel it? 3D is a dying fad, and the curved screen "feature" is pure snake oil. Samsung makes excellent TVs, but they are as guilty as everyone else of padding their sets with garbage to increase their profit margin.

Dennis C

I probably could. I have no interest in the 3D feature - I will be disabling that and it will function as a regular 2D television. I went into the store and checked out the curved TVs, and while I agree that it's probably a fad, it actually works in the room and setting where I'm putting it.

wc11

I bough a 3d Tv way back as well. Not for 3D mind you which has been a fad in and out since the 50's but because at the time, it was the only way to get 120hz refresh rate.
By the time 4k content is readily available, 8k will be out. And so it continues.........

Dennis C

Yup. It never ends...

TexasRider

Yep. It never ends is right. I remember that they were $50,000 then finally got to 10,000 then a bit less and now look where we are.

I too looked at the 4Ks yesterday as we also were considering either a new TV in the game room or maybe a swap from one of the others to the game room and replacement of the swap. I was looking more at the Sonys in 55 and 65. The color and crispness is great.

I guess I would hook the new Xbox 1 to it that I bought for the daughters Xmas present too.

I am curious what the 4K looks like receiving the normal HD off the cable. For things like football or hunting or the rare show I might watch.

Dennis C

The 4K TV is installed. The picture is fantastic! I use DirecTV as my service provider. The TV automatically upscales the HD signal and the result is very noticeable. The curved screen does seem like a little bit of a gimmick, but I do think it adds some depth to the picture. I bought a 4K upscaling BluRay DVD player also. The picture from that unit is even better.

I did end up ditching the 3D option and getting the 2D only version. I'm very happy with it.

Dennis C

NFL Sunday on the new TV... Wow!

TexasRider

Next up . . . . . . here.

Thanks D.

Kevin Rohrer

Actually, these "4K" TVs are not 4k; they are <4K, which is why we no longer see "4K" advertising, instead they are called "UHD" (Ultra High Definition). These TVs are HDx2= 3840x2160.

Expect to see the Next Big Thing be a true 4K set. More snake oil.

Dennis C

May be true, but the picture is still a huge improvement over HD. This is true even with "upscaled 4K".

Kevin Rohrer

Very true. The downside is the much lower refresh rate (typically only 30mhz). More snake oil to get us buying new sets every couple years.

Pete C

Hey guys,

Big price hit the week of the 23rd this month.

Samsung 55" 8550 will be $1500
60" 2K

Randy V

How bout a pic of it?

hacker-pschorr

We no longer see "4k" advertising? Guess LG didn't get the memo.....
http://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-65UB9500-led-tv

It's not snake oil, you need to google aspect ratio's

True 4k is 4096 x 2160, which is 19:10 or 1.9:1 aspect ratio

TV broadcast is 16:9

If they sold you a "true" 4k TV, you would have black bars on every show, which is rather pointless.

4096x2160 is nothing new, projectors have been around for over a decade and the monitor / screens are already available.

This post from 2011 sums it up better than I could:


Am I disagreeing on the theory of gimmicks to tell more televisions? Absolutely not, but 4k is hardly a gimmick.