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Question

1080P OLED or 4K

Oct 15, 2015 7:45AM PDT

I'm looking at a couple of similarly priced TVs, one is 1080p OLED the other 4K LED.

Haven't been able to view them side by side yet, but it never seems like a TV looks as good at home as it does on display anyways.

So generally, if you had the choice would you go with the 4K or OLED 1080P?

Viewing/usage description: Its a living room TV so I sit about 7-8' away. I'm about 70% movies and TV, but the 30% is the gamer in me who keeps seeing all of the Xbox and PlayStation games being released in 4K and I don't want to miss out on anything there either.

Thanks

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Clarification Request
Need to be more specific with makes/models involved
Oct 15, 2015 10:40AM PDT

Otherwise, it's a completely useless endeavor IMNSHO.

Also, one user's usage patterns may be different than another (and technology upgrade priorities), so going to a 4K HDTV now might not amount to a hill of beans Wink

cheers

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More Info
Oct 15, 2015 11:32AM PDT

Thanks Pepe, the models I am looking at are the LG 55EC9300 (OLED), then the Samsung UN55JS8500.

Runner up after going to the store is a Sony XBR55X850C, Android TV being appealing if it was equal in picture quality to the other two.

What I care mostly about is having fast motion images (movies, sports, etc) without the horrible motion blur of my LG 60LB7100. Gaming being a secondary interest but if 4K or OLED have any advantage in that area, it would weigh in.

Content sources are Comcast X1, Vudu, Netflix, PS4, Xbox One.

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OLED Issues
Oct 15, 2015 3:20PM PDT

I just spoke to an LG rep at the local store who took a lot of effort to warn me off of the OLED.

I honestly get the impression none of these people know what they are talking about, but he made a case that OLED has not been picked up by other manufacturers because the burn in issues are so severe that you will lose brightness and pic quality as the TV ages at increasing rates. Went as far as to say by year 3 of an OLED, you'll be asking for the 1080p TV your trying to replace now.

Whats the over/under on the BS factor here? Seemed like a contradiction that the display OLED was last years model and since it stays on all day everyday for presumably a year and looked frickin amazing, but his pushback was that they never pause the image therefore no burn in.

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Or it's this old issue.
Oct 16, 2015 6:41AM PDT

A salesperson steers you to what they want to sell. As such the BS factor is pretty high.

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Rarely are sales staff technologists
Oct 17, 2015 9:07AM PDT

Nor are they typically people who have done real world ('in the wild') comparisons between various models.
Often they don't even understand how room lighting affects perceived PQ.

All that said, IME you should worry less about jumping into OLED yet and more about maximuzing bang for your buck.
The early OLEDs are still not perfected, but the LED cousins are. In this regard, the JS8500 is arguably the better value (and likely performer too). Not only does it offer 4K, but more importantly, 10 bit panels that are capable of providing HDR (i.e. Really amazing colors/images).
More info on that here-

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/hdr-tv-high-dynamic-television-explained

http://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-hdr-for-tvs-and-why-should-you-care/

Hth,
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Answer
CNET might give the nod to OLED.
Oct 15, 2015 9:29AM PDT