What do you do to make them disappear? Magic?
morlac
1587
It’s making me light headed! Can I send some velcro or some nice black innerduct?
The dead guy on the bookshelf raised no comment but the cable management…
Vesper
1589
Not to mention board games still in shrink wrap!
That’s a beautiful Halo Series X.
Kadath
1591
77” g2. Cable channels and recess boxes let you hide the power and hdmi with no gaps.
The dead guy is a Groucho Marx ventriloquist doll from circa 1975. I was obsessed with You Bet Your Life and would get up at 5:30am to watch reruns. Different universe that :)
I pay a bounty to my gaming group for each game we unbox from my collection. I think we are down to 20ish
I think I’m going to have to turn off auto updates to my LG OLED. Sick of it constantly losing proper HDMI ARC sound out functionality with my older Sony soundbar+subwoofer.
morlac
1593
Microcenter up the street has refurbished 65" C1’s for $1199 my 55" is from 2017(Microcenter open box, zero issues) and I need new TV for game/media room. Reports I’ve read show usage hours from 0 - 200 as a high. I could live with that and especially from Microcenter as 30 days to return no questions. Either that or a Sony X95j for 100 less or the Samsung q90a. Both of those were 2021 Flagship models but the Sony is only 100 cheaper and the Samsung is about 200 more albeit not a refurb. I will prolly do the extended warranty thing for the refurb though so most likely even at the end. Hmm, pulling trigger today and leaning toward the Oled.
Any bad experiences with refurbs out there?
I have a x95. Is your current tv an oled?
morlac
1595
Yes got a 2017 oled.
New one will be for family movie, sports and watching and PS3 gaming.
Didn’t pull trigger yesterday, got stuck at new house.
Also interested in the Hisense U8.
Interesting. I don’t think I will ever break my wife of her habit of putting something on Pause and walking away for an hour. did your set survive that kind of stress test?
My C1 dims upon inactivity for, like, 60 seconds. It happens fast.
Quaro
1598
LG 48 inch OLED. No burn in after two years as a PC monitor. Kept at 45 brightness with burn in protection features disabled in the service menu.
I hate the auto dimming I would disable it even if I do get burn in.
morlac
1600
I use it mostly and don’t watch news/etc. It goes to screensaver mode about 10 mins with no activity so your wife would be fine. I was pretty good about turning it off when not in use though. Burnin tech is much better since 2017 as well so barely a concern these days.
It sounds LG is still the strongest option in terms of if you want Dolby Vision at 120Hz on Series X. But it’s such a strong review, I think this might be the new king? I’d be curious to see what LG will do with QD-OLEDs when they eventually get to them.
The Rtings review:
Of course, the price is a lot higher than regular OLED right now. $2000 for a 55 inch, instead of half that price for LG’s 55 inch.
I’m hoping not to be in the market for a new TV for several years yet, but if I were, the bright room performance would be a dealbreaker. Hopefully it’s not inherent to the tech.
morlac
1603
Oleds not great in bright rooms so yes inherent to the tech. LEDs get brighter so better choice if you watch in a room with a lot of daylight.
Sure, I mean QD-OLEDs specifically. Given they’re supposed to be brighter, you’d expect them to be better than OLEDs in bright light, though the RTINGS review talks about elevated blacks.
morlac
1605
They got more in stock and they confirmed they were refurbs by Microcenter not a third party. I pulled the trigger and unboxed it last night. They come in unmarked boxes without handles…my god man just splurge a couple extra bucks on a box with handles. Also, they are not the fancy lift off boxes so you have to lift the tv outta the box which is tricky on OLEDs. Thankfully, that is the worst of my experience so far. TV is in perfect shape, still had original “sticky” cover on screen and 0 hours used. It would appear I got a brand new 65 C1 for $1200. YMMV but I would not hesitate to recommend going for it.
