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An expensive TV is a poor investment, and people spend FAR too much on them
AndyC_772:
--- Quote from: coppice on February 02, 2022, 10:04:31 pm ---When did you get your OLED screen?
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It's an LG CX, purchased October 2020. It's plenty bright enough, no issues there.
If there's one significant area for improvement, it would be to make it less glossy and reflective. I do see reflections of my wall lights in the screen, which are annoying, but I'm not sure I can really blame the TV for that.
Maybe my next TV will look like I'm staring at a black hole whenever it's turned off - some time around 2028 based on how long I usually keep a screen before upgrading.
Zero999:
--- Quote from: AndyC_772 on February 03, 2022, 10:12:24 am ---
--- Quote from: coppice on February 02, 2022, 10:04:31 pm ---When did you get your OLED screen?
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It's an LG CX, purchased October 2020. It's plenty bright enough, no issues there.
If there's one significant area for improvement, it would be to make it less glossy and reflective. I do see reflections of my wall lights in the screen, which are annoying, but I'm not sure I can really blame the TV for that.
Maybe my next TV will look like I'm staring at a black hole whenever it's turned off - some time around 2028 based on how long I usually keep a screen before upgrading.
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I wonder if there's some sort of material you could stick to the screen, to give it a matte finish.
coppice:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on February 03, 2022, 10:26:38 am ---
--- Quote ---It's an LG CX, purchased October 2020. It's plenty bright enough, no issues there.
If there's one significant area for improvement, it would be to make it less glossy and reflective. I do see reflections of my wall lights in the screen, which are annoying, but I'm not sure I can really blame the TV for that.
Maybe my next TV will look like I'm staring at a black hole whenever it's turned off - some time around 2028 based on how long I usually keep a screen before upgrading.
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I wonder if there's some sort of material you could stick to the screen, to give it a matte finish.
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There are certainly films you can apply. I don't know how hard it is to get them bubble free. The people I've seen apply them have no trouble, but they've done it frequently. These films won't overcome the reflectivity of the actual OLED panel, though. These panels just aren't as dark as an LCD panel when turned off in a lit room. I think LG are reluctant to add further filtering because it would also absorb some of the light from the OLEDs, and they are already doing a lot to maximise the light output from those.
EHT:
We won't be able to agree on how to save the BBC or how crap everything is but maybe we could share info on which manufacturers are making well made TVs / Monitors from taking them apart!!?
I'm currently using a couple of HP 27" QHD monitors. The panel is made by LG, same one was used in the Mac screens. It's an enterprise model, but IMO not really upto the standard I was expecting. Various failures and only 2 modes (VGA, QHD), which ends up causing nasty problems with display drivers at times. One needed some LED chips replacing; very hard to find the right LEDs and hard to swap them. Also had PSU problem and some intermittent faults in the main board.
TV is a Samsung which does 1080p resolution, was good value, not a top end model. No problems after many years
VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: tom66 on February 02, 2022, 03:09:33 pm ---I like good visual quality, so I own a Panasonic 42" plasma TV from 2012...
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And you don't mind high electricity bills, running a power guzzling TV like a plasma.
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