Time for a new TV...unfortunately

[JLW71073]

Yesterday, my 55" LG LED crapped out. Screen suddenly went grey with horizontal white lines. I tried rebooting it, and nothing worked. When I would turn it back on it would slowly seem to warm up to a greyish-white screen, but nothing more beyond that. I doubt it's fixable, as these companies seem to stop making replacement parts for TV's quickly after production.

With that said, I'm in the market. I'm debating between a 55" and a 60", and I'm looking at the LG's and Samsung's. It looks like 4K is the new thing, so I'm going back and forth between the less expensive UHD and the more expensive OLED (currently only made by LG). Based on research the only type they make now are LED's, it just depends on level of TV and price point. I could also just go for a basic 1080p LED like my old TV.

Any thoughts or recommendations, would be appreciated.

I found this website that does a good job of explaining all of the differences.

http://www.rtings.com/

 

[WVUCOOPER]

Yesterday, my 55" LG LED crapped out. Screen suddenly went grey with horizontal white lines. I tried rebooting it, and nothing worked. When I would turn it back on it would slowly seem to warm up to a greyish-white screen, but nothing more beyond that. I doubt it's fixable, as these companies seem to stop making replacement parts for TV's quickly after production.

With that said, I'm in the market. I'm debating between a 55" and a 60", and I'm looking at the LG's and Samsung's. It looks like 4K is the new thing, so I'm going back and forth between the less expensive UHD and the more expensive OLED (currently only made by LG). Based on research the only type they make now are LED's, it just depends on level of TV and price point. I could also just go for a basic 1080p LED like my old TV.

Any thoughts or recommendations, would be appreciated.

I found this website that does a good job of explaining all of the differences.

http://www.rtings.com/

Don't spend a lot of money. Certainly don't buy a 4K.

 

[Mntneer]

Yesterday, my 55" LG LED crapped out. Screen suddenly went grey with horizontal white lines. I tried rebooting it, and nothing worked. When I would turn it back on it would slowly seem to warm up to a greyish-white screen, but nothing more beyond that. I doubt it's fixable, as these companies seem to stop making replacement parts for TV's quickly after production.

With that said, I'm in the market. I'm debating between a 55" and a 60", and I'm looking at the LG's and Samsung's. It looks like 4K is the new thing, so I'm going back and forth between the less expensive UHD and the more expensive OLED (currently only made by LG). Based on research the only type they make now are LED's, it just depends on level of TV and price point. I could also just go for a basic 1080p LED like my old TV.

Any thoughts or recommendations, would be appreciated.

I found this website that does a good job of explaining all of the differences.

http://www.rtings.com/

OLED and LED are the display techs. IMHO, OLED's give a great picture, thought LED's have dramatically improved over the years. UHD just stands for Ultra High Definition and is a monkier given to TV's to describe them as 4K, it's not a display tech.

When it comes to LED's the thing to play close attention too are banding/uniformity and off axis viewing. Samsungs have always done a great job with banding/uniformity (where in dark scenes the white LED bands can be visibly seen), and really good with off Axis viewing. I sit off axis (not directly infront of TV) with my own Samsung and while their is a slighty fade/greying of the image, it's not as bad as I've seen in other sets. Vizio for example have been horrible with banding and off axis, to the point it becomes a major distraction.

The rtings site is a great resource to compare these issues on many sets. Because you won't be able to "demonstrate" properly in a showroom.

Don't spend a lot of money. Certainly don't buy a 4K.

No reason not to at this point. Prices of them have become reasonable enough that they're worth looking into.

 

[bornaneer]

By first HD big screen 55 inchTV was a 5 grand LG....junk...will never buy another LG. Samsung without a doubt. I have been thinking about a getting curved screen set.......anyone have any thoughts on curved TV's.

 

[WVUCOOPER]

No reason not to at this point. Prices of them have become reasonable enough that they're worth looking into.

Plenty of reasons not to, such as, it isn't worth the price - reasonable or not.

 

[WhiteTailEER]

Samsung

There usually isn't a lot of difference between the brands that I notice until you get to Samsung and they always stand out as having a better picture than the others.

I got a Samsung a few years ago. Either 46" or 49", can't remember, for the bedroom. I'm very happy with it, it's fantastic. Only issue is that sometimes, and I haven't figured out exactly why yet, it will just randomly turn off when watching Netflix through the app on the TV. It doesn't do it very often (once every couple of months or maybe even less frequently than that) and it only happens when watching Netflix.

 

[Mntneer]

Samsung

There usually isn't a lot of difference between the brands that I notice until you get to Samsung and they always stand out as having a better picture than the others.

I got a Samsung a few years ago. Either 46" or 49", can't remember, for the bedroom. I'm very happy with it, it's fantastic. Only issue is that sometimes, and I haven't figured out exactly why yet, it will just randomly turn off when watching Netflix through the app on the TV. It doesn't do it very often (once every couple of months or maybe even less frequently than that) and it only happens when watching Netflix.

I like Samsung as well, and would recommend them. I also have problems with the Smarthub Netflix app, where half way through something it will crash.

 

[WhiteTailEER]

I like Samsung as well, and would recommend them. I also have problems with the Smarthub Netflix app, where half way through something it will crash.

Does it cycle the power on your TV when it crashes? That's what mine does, or maybe it just reboots, I guess I never paid attention exactly. It goes blank and then the startup screen pops up and the TV comes back up, go to Netflix and resume and everything is fine.

 

[MOUNTIE IN MD]

I own three flats screen TVs and they are all Samsung. My oldest one has developed a blue line down the left side of the screen but I rarely notice it.
Very happy with the Samsung TVs.

 

[Mntneer]

Does it cycle the power on your TV when it crashes? That's what mine does, or maybe it just reboots, I guess I never paid attention exactly. It goes blank and then the startup screen pops up and the TV comes back up, go to Netflix and resume and everything is fine.

No, what mine will do is Netflix will start buffering, then after a minute it will tell me that I have a problem with my connection. I have to power off and power on in order to use Netflix again.

I control my TV's and equipment with a Control 4 system, which integrates nicely with Samsung, but I've switched to a Roku for all online content and ditched the Samsung Smart Hub.

 

[TN EER]

I have a Samsung and Sony flat screens. Samsung is a much better picture.

 

[torontoeers]

By first HD big screen 55 inchTV was a 5 grand LG....junk...will never buy another LG. Samsung without a doubt. I have been thinking about a getting curved screen set.......anyone have any thoughts on curved TV's.

Agree here...I actually bought a 49" LG 4K bout 4 months ago...picture is great especially anything on Netflix in 4K, processing speed (or whatever they call it), is very good for hockey, auto racing etc, however the LG software is pure junk...not user friendly at all...supposed to be a 'smart tv' and not really....frustrating experience. As you say bornaneer.... Samsung.