LG OLED Television

[RocketDawg]

My LG OLED will be 2 years old in April. And it has screen burn-in.

Anybody else had this issue with an OLED? I understand it's not uncommon.

I have a Geek Squad tech coming Monday to check it out. I bought the extended warranty from Best Buy, and if they replace it it'll be the first time I've ever actually come out ahead with a supplemental warranty. Manual pixel refresh does nothing.

 

[blacklistedbully]

My LG OLED will be 2 years old in April. And it has screen burn-in.

Anybody else had this issue with an OLED? I understand it's not uncommon.

I have a Geek Squad tech coming Monday to check it out. I bought the extended warranty from Best Buy, and if they replace it it'll be the first time I've ever actually come out ahead with a supplemental warranty. Manual pixel refresh does nothing.

Yep. OLED's are known to have great initial picture quality, but fade more over time than the Quantum Dot TV's. Barring some newer tech that doesn't cost an obscene amount of money my next is probably going to be a Quantum Dot. Initial picture quality is really close, and because they are not organic, they don't suffer the aforementioned problems as much as OLED does.

 

[Dawg1976]

Micro-led appears to be the next innovation on the horizon for tv's. They are already available on hugh screens. May be a couple more years before available on normal size screens. But for now I'm enjoying my quantum dot tv.

 

[Dawgzilla]

I wish they still made plasma TVs.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Ask DS. He's been able to purchase every TV on the market.

I'm getting a quantum dot TV next. Great color quality at reasonable prices.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

I wish they still made plasma TVs.

And when you get tired of watching it, you can stand next to it and use it as a heater

 

[Dawgzilla]

That was never my experience, but my Plasma does sit 15 feet across the room. You just cannot beat the picture quality, and I never had any burn in or fading issues. And you didn't have to worry about viewing angles. I have a plasma in my bedroom that I bought in 2005, and it's still going strong.

 

[6sigma]

For 66th birthday a new 65" TV is the family's gift to me. Finished deciding between LG/Sony (OLED) and Samsung (QLED) in favor of the QLED. Now trying to sort out the differences between a 65" Samsung QLED, 120Hz at $597 vs. $1797. It seems the RU & NU series are significantly worse at off-angle viewing & brightness when compared to the Q80/90 series. Anybody sort this out?

 

[Dawg1976]

What model are you looking at for $597?

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

I think Plasma is one of those technologies that was better than the one that won out. I still have a Panasonic Plasma and for action and motion it is still tops.

 

[6sigma]

What model are you looking at for $597?

Amazon's got this one at $597: Samsung UN65RU7100FXZA. Compared to the higher end models, it seems to lack some brightness control, off-axis quality, etc. I'm coming from a 47" that is ten years old, so anything will likely seem an improvement.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Plasma just couldn't compete economically with the rapidly dropping prices of LED. Still, I paid extra to get a Plasma in 2014, and would still pay extra today.

 

[RocketDawg]

For 66th birthday a new 65" TV is the family's gift to me. Finished deciding between LG/Sony (OLED) and Samsung (QLED) in favor of the QLED. Now trying to sort out the differences between a 65" Samsung QLED, 120Hz at $597 vs. $1797. It seems the RU & NU series are significantly worse at off-angle viewing & brightness when compared to the Q80/90 series. Anybody sort this out?

I had a Samsung before I got my LG less than 2 years ago. The Samsung failed (bright white lights from each side) not long after the warranty expired, and even though it was an issue known by Samsung, there was no "good will" repair on their part, so I'm done with Samsung. We'll see on Monday what Best Buy will do about my LG OLED with their extended warranty. The television was pretty expensive.

What's funny is that when you go into Costco or Best Buy, the pictures are fantastic on the display models. Of course, they're running a nice bright 4K recording, but nothing you do at home results in anywhere near as good a picture.

 

[blacklistedbully]

Amazon's got this one at $597: Samsung UN65RU7100FXZA. Compared to the higher end models, it seems to lack some brightness control, off-axis quality, etc. I'm coming from a 47" that is ten years old, so anything will likely seem an improvement.

That is not a QLED version. Go with QLED if it's in your budget.

 

[blacklistedbully]

Samsung is not the only QLED manufacturer. Vizio, Hisense & TCL offer versions now as well.

Do you homework. There are other factors within QLED models that can make a huge difference. Pay attention to "full array" and number of "local dimming zones". The more zones the better. Brightness capability can be a huge factor unless you are putting one in a very dark room, in which case you don't need one as bright. Consider black performance as well. More dimming zones helps the deep blacks stay black while the bright colors stay bright.