Thread: 4K or not?

Over a month later I finally found the time to put in the new system

Yeah there is a huge difference from the old Mitsubishi we haven't upgraded to a 4k player yet, still looking for one.

This was a complete upgrade, Sound and all so to us after 15 years it was quite a difference..

Now compared to the newer 46" in the spare bedroom is was as huge of a change but still noticeable

We found everything at a good price so we are pretty happy with the system


ps the Electronic Stud finder was a huge success Zircon HD55 I got at Home Depot for less than $25 and worth every penny..

We picked up an LG OLED curved 55" recently after a fair bit of research, and it is, hands down, the best picture I have ever experienced in person...
4K TV's offer more colour over traditional 1080p HD flat screens, but still use "pixel sets" to achieve the mixed colors. They still use individual red, green, and blue pixels, at various intensities to achieve all the colour shades.
Organic Light Emitting Diode displays like the LG use diodes that can actually change colour individually. This means 3 to 4 times the sharpness of an organic LED over any other display, HD or 4k type. The new Quantum LED by Samsung is similar to OLED in its design btw.
Add to that the whole TV weighed only around 40 lbs, hung on the previous Samsung wall mount, has wired, and wireless network tie ins, a remote that acts like a virtual mouse, by gestures, and takes voice commands as well as typed input for searching.
Also has 3D output using passive polarized offset images instead of the flicker, or shutter glasses that nvidea pioneered and Sony utilized in the late 90s. I didn't like those as the strobing affect left you a little headachy.
These passive ones filter the images without dimming the images or causing judder of any kind. Avatar in 3D, a three hr movie, watched the whole thing without ill effect and the depth of field awareness was truly awesome, and immersive.
Anyway, on sale, in CDN funds, it cost $2500, regularly $4000, and to me was worth every penny. We stream movies from android as well as have full cable service up here and even though the size is the same as its flat screen predecessor, our enjoyment has gone up.
I recognize the increased sharpness, and blacker blacks. Am almost distracted on tv shows by how sharp they are now. It up scales normal streams and because of its different use of the actual led array, everything looks better, not just 4k content.
Bigger size would be bigger for sure, but the advantages in OLED are experienced at every size, not just the 80" screens. Don't get me wrong, that size would be awesome in a bigger room, but my den is only 13' deep so 55" was plenty for the space.
Anyhow, there's my long winded, first hand review. 4K unto itself, is a small step foward in display upgrade, but OLED, or Quantum, that's where the wow factor will get you.
Good luck.