Best tv for $700 or less?
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How old is your LG OLED? The latest models are better for burn-in, and other issues related to the colors.
TV's usually have at least a year's warranty, so if it's prone to burn-in, you'll probably know about it, early on.
Panasonic and Sony OLEDs are also good.
I would say that an OLED TV is the way to go, if you can afford it. You can often get TVs cheaper online, than going to a store. The type of picture technology that the TV uses is more important than the size of the screen.
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Would this be worth the money?
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tcl-65...d-tv-with-hdr-roku-tv/6367717.p?skuId=6367717
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tcl-65...d-tv-with-hdr-roku-tv/6367717.p?skuId=6367717
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I have an LG B8 OLED and have been using it for the past year. I don't spend hours and hours on end gaming or watching news or anything and I haven't experienced any burn in. But that's just the thing, I don't use it heavily so I'm likely to never experience these issues. I would not however use it as a PC monitor, that is just plain dumb.
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I was going to suggest a TCL 5-Series but it seems like a bunch already have. That's what I use in my game room and it's very nice for the money.
The 6-Series kinda kicks it's butt through with the ~120 local dimming zones or whatever it is. I have a 65" TCL 6-Series in my living room as my main TV... which I just checked the price on and it's only $729 now! (I paid a grand maybe a year ago). I would HIGHLY suggest you stretch your budget by $30 (plus tax of course) and get the 65R617/615. I've been extremely happy with it and I literally still have people say "wow" every time somebody new comes over to my house (and it's usually only running 1080p since thats what my media computer runs... when I put on 4K content peoples minds are blown!).
The 6-Series kinda kicks it's butt through with the ~120 local dimming zones or whatever it is. I have a 65" TCL 6-Series in my living room as my main TV... which I just checked the price on and it's only $729 now! (I paid a grand maybe a year ago). I would HIGHLY suggest you stretch your budget by $30 (plus tax of course) and get the 65R617/615. I've been extremely happy with it and I literally still have people say "wow" every time somebody new comes over to my house (and it's usually only running 1080p since thats what my media computer runs... when I put on 4K content peoples minds are blown!).
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I just saw your link above to the 65" TCL 65R625 - which is the newer version of my 65R617 I think (and these prices just keep dropping...)... but for $30 more I would go for the newer version if the reviews of it are similar to the last model (I haven't been following TBH).
I'm going off info that's a year+ old when I got mine, but if the same differences between the 5 and 6 series still hold true now, yes, I think it's worth the extra money for the 6-series with those dimming zones. I still get slight backlight bleed (think that's the proper term) on my 5 series because it doesn't have those. TCL's still aren't perfect - when I got mine there was a whole mess of people who didn't like the DSE (dirty screen effect) theirs had, and I didn't like it on mine either, but then I ran those same tests on my two like $1500/each color calibrated NEC monitors I have at work for design stuff and those STILL had DSE just a little bit... so I don't think anything is perfect.
Viewing angle is just fine for a regular size room (mine is like 15x18' maybe?). Plus whose living room is big enough where you even have seating all the way across the room to get a bad viewing angle? Like maybe if I'm in the kitchen it's not the greatest, but I'm also 20+ feet away so I think that's normal).
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You and I (possibly the entire board) have a very different idea of what DSE means.
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I don't play games on my OLED C8. It's just for movies and tv shows.
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Games can be a problem because they can have a static image stay on the screen for a long time. You don't get that so much with movies or TV.
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I find the opposite to be true. Most TVs are just taken out of the box, put on display, and possibly fed some shitty signal going to all displays. I can make my old plasma with a good calibration disc look better than any of them, even though many of the newer TVs are easily better.
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I'm stuck in the same situation. My last gen panasonic Plasma still looks amazing. The main negatives are it's heavy and puts out some heat. I wouldn't mind something slimmer, but Im not seeing anything compelling enough.
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I always thought those were stupid.
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If you're coming from a Plasma, especially a Panasonic or Pioneer "upgrading" to most LCDs will probably be a downgrade tbh. OLED seems like the obvious choice but seems out of your budget.
The sentiments of TCL being a good low budget monitor are very real though. They have low input lag, often are OSSC compatible in 4x/5x mode, 4k resolution,higher refresh rate and come in large sizes. Just know the motion clarity, viewing angles, and black levels are probably not going to be up to par with your plasma.
In any case it would probably be best if you listed what your true priorities are. Low input lag, 4k resolution, screen size, motion resolution, 120HZ etc. At the end of the day you will need to make compromises at that price range given the screen size you want it 65-70 inches.
Below is a good site to see reviews.
https://www.rtings.com/
The sentiments of TCL being a good low budget monitor are very real though. They have low input lag, often are OSSC compatible in 4x/5x mode, 4k resolution,higher refresh rate and come in large sizes. Just know the motion clarity, viewing angles, and black levels are probably not going to be up to par with your plasma.
In any case it would probably be best if you listed what your true priorities are. Low input lag, 4k resolution, screen size, motion resolution, 120HZ etc. At the end of the day you will need to make compromises at that price range given the screen size you want it 65-70 inches.
Below is a good site to see reviews.
https://www.rtings.com/
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