I’ve decided to actually make my living room into a useful place for… living?
After buying a couch last week, I’ve decided I also need to update the TV. It’s been a very long time since this was something I cared about, so I’m hoping somebody has more up-to-date knowledge on the subject.
I’m looking for good quality; who makes the good stuff these days? My current TVs are LG LCDs from a decade and a half ago (picture is still great on both of them, sound is dodgy (speaker rattle) on the “main” TV that is being replaced. Speaking of sound, are good surround sound setups still a thing, and are they supported by movie streaming services (told you, I’m well out of the loop)?
Nah, no particular budget in mind. I’ll pay for good quality. Just measured my viewing distance (10+ feet); Looks like I probably “need” a 75 inch screen (according to the online calculators I’m finding).
I own a newish 83" LG OLED. I think most or all manufacturers have the burn-in problem licked as long as you don’t do anything to deliberately cause burn-in.
OLED is probably the best picture quality but it can “burn-in” (more like pixels burn-out) but it’s usually not much of a thing in modern TVs. Not good ones anyway. Do you do a lot of gaming?
Samsung says QLED are resistant to burn-in. Might be something to consider.
Are you happy with the LG? I’ve been pleased with my old ones, but figured it’s time to update, and tech has changed, and of course, enshittification is rampant in all companies…
No gaming on the TV; I’m a PC gamer. This will be essentially just for streaming movies; my concern regarding the burn-in is Chromecast etc. tend to have a fairly static splash screen with a clock/temperature in one position.
Well, this is definitely putting LG at the top of my list. I’ve been so pleased with their products (starting with my TVs) that I ended up with LG washer/dryer, dishwasher, microwave, and have a new LG refrigerator on the list upcoming…
LG and the other manufacturers have firmware routines/settings that try to prevent static image burn-in, but those are things to be wary of. I don’t tempt fate and I use a screensaver.
The LG G3 has great ratings. It is OLED so excellent picture quality but not immune to burn-in. (I think if you take minor precautions like not letting your TV idle for hours doing nothing it won’t be a problem since you do not game on it).
Thanks for the information. I am definitely sticking with LG, and now I can plan on a theatre sound setup (if I can figure out a good way to make it work with this stupid room layout).
My decade-old LG plasma died about 6 weeks ago and after some research I replaced it with a 65 inch LG C4 OLED. I am very happy with it. The picture is noticeably better than the plasma.
I think the main problem is video games which leave some parts of the screen in a static image (e.g. a score box). If you have kids (or you) who play for hours at a go that adds up and there is the burn-in.
I doubt it will happen with normal TV watching unless you leave on something like CNBC with a perpetual scroll at the bottom framed by something that never changes. Even that would take a long time to have a noticeable effect.