I’ve gotten used to it, but I’m in no hurry to upsize my 32" TV. It has a scratch on the the screen that annoys me a little, but I’m afraid it might be hard to buy a TV that doesn’t overwhelm the room these days.
I don’t watch sports. Sports is legit better to watch on a giant screen. But if I’m watching something like a drama with close ups of faces, I find enormous faces in my room disconcerting.
I wonder if new shows are shot expecting a larger screen. Hmmm.
I love my Roku, though.
Everything is definitely shot expecting people to have giant screens now. When I still had my CRT ten years ago, I constantly had to pause and walk up to the screen if a character picked a note up off of the counter so that I could read it. Now that’s starting to happen again.
I got a great deal on the tv that I have now because it was a dumb tv and the newer smart TVs had just come out. I used my Blu-ray player for the smarts. Eventually the Blu-ray player wasn’t supported anymore so I got a Firestick. The new tv will be smart and when it becomes obsolete in several years I’ll get a external device of some kind.
Hmm, i sometimes had to pause the show, but i had no trouble reading on-screen text on my 32" screen when i watched GoT.
I know when HD sets first became common, the production companies had to pay more attention to the makeup on the actors, because pores and blemishes on their skin was more visible. And when most of us were still watching stuff on 4:3 ratio SD screens, one show (My Name Is Earl) supposedly had some content visible only on a 16:9 widescreen set. I don’t know if they’ve made adjustments for the much larger sets now becoming common.
In my case it was a 28", I think, CRT. Another factor is how far away your couch is from the tv and I how bad your vision is.
After a fair amount of research, I am getting this exact tv. (It’s $2250 at Costco so I’ll get Best Buy to price match.) I want an OLED and I agree with all of your analysis. If I want to go larger and still want an OLED, the next size up is a 77" for $3950. I can almost talk myself into the larger size but it’s probably too large. @Dewey_Finn
The 65" LG CX, right? It was $2500 when I bought it two weeks before Labor Day weekend and then went down $200 so I went back and got a credit for the difference. And the salesperson threw in the delivery and installation service, which I wanted because it’s big and I live alone. Plus the delivery people configured the Comcast remote to work with it.
Yes, the CX. My guy said that the delivery would be free but not the install. I haven’t pulled the trigger yet because I wanted to go back home first and check out how it would fit in my space and read some reviews. I will later today or tomorrow. I am going to see if I can get a free install as well.
Congrats on your purchase! I also have the 65" CX and it is a gorgeous picture (with the right content, of course). I am notoriously prone to buyer’s remorse but I do not regret this TV at all, even with its relatively premium price tag.
I sort of covet a new TV, especially as my old plasma is not that great for my new much more brightly lit living room in the day time. But besides the fact I can’t quite pull the trigger because my plasma is technically still humming along fine, I find myself in a dilemma as I covet the deep blacks and off-angle viewing of OLED. But the purportedly shit input lag of OLED is really annoying to me as a consumer. I hate that ‘soap opera’ effect interpolation can cause to deal with it.
I’m not difficult. I just want a flawless consumer item that meets every one of my criteria with no compromises at an incredibly cheap price. Is that too much to ask? 
After playing a lot with options that i no longer recall, we got rid of the weird soap opera feel.
Can’t help you on the cheap part! But there is a specific Game Mode on the OLEDs that has reasonable input lag (note however I am not a competitive online gamer, so YMMV) and doesn’t have noticeable motion smoothing.
To update. My TV came on Saturday, long before promised, and the stand came yesterday, also before promised. Someone on NextDoor took our old stand, so it got recycled.
TV is great. I had a scare in that there was no volume - doh, turn off mute on the remote. I’m comparing it to a 12 year old unit, so anything 4K should look great. I’ll play my 2001 Blue Ray on it and that will be the real test.
Only hassle was that I intended to mount it on a swivel mount, but that doesn’t seem possible. Fortunately the feet can be assembled in the middle of the unit, not on the end, so all is fine.
Some time in the next six hours (god willing) I will take delivery of my new LG CX 65” OLED TV. I rarely treat myself with fancy things and I can’t wait for this.
Does it have VESA mounting holes on the back? If so, you won’t need to use the included stand and can use any VESA compatible mount.
Seconding the VESA mounting comment. Looking at a picture of the TCL it looks like it has the square of screw holes you need for a standard VESA mount. Our slightly different TCL model does too. I’d be shocked if any TV these days would be missing this feature.
The mount that came with the stand seemed to want 2 screws for each bracket. The TV has but one. The stand also assumes a flat back for the TV, but the TV had a bulge at the bottom.
The TV does have hardware for wall mounting which I don’t want.
Tabletop works fine, and I had enough assembly for the day. I still have the hardware in case I want to try some day. Especially when sons-in-law can visit again to help lift the thing.
I think you said you got a TCL set. If it’s anything like the LG 65" CX set I got recently, most of the screen is very thin with a thicker box at the bottom that contains all of the connections, the power supply and most of the electronics. I assume the mounting holes are there. Most of the VESA mounts I’m familiar with assume the four mounting holes in a square pretty much in the middle back of the set. I’m not sure what you have to do when the mounting holes are offset.
Oh, did you mean a swivel stand that sits on the table, not a wall mount? Something like this: PERLESMITH Universal Swivel Table Top 37-65 inch LCD/OLED/Flat Screen/4K Height Adjustable TV Stand Mount with Heavy-Duty Tempered Glass Base, VESA 600x400mm, Black?
That example uses the standard VESA mounting, which your TCL should support. Not sure if you’ve already got a mount that isn’t quite as standard.