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HzTweaker wrote: »

daddyjt wrote: »

Calibration is key. A properly calibrated $400 Hisense will destroy an un-calibrated TOTL Sony OLED in watchabilty and picture quality.

How do you calibrate your TV?

Training, lots of training.

Samsungs. They usually crap out on us every 7 or so years. I'll look at Sony's next.

Tom

pitdogg2 wrote: »

Bill 4K plasma was made.
https://newatlas.com/panasonic-hd-3d/13842/

Note: I said "in an affordable manner." You linked a $70,000 TV that wouldn't fit in most rooms. I was referring to the sweet spot in consumer sizes between 55"-75". Plasma pixels didn't scale down small enough to get 4K in those sizes.
Plasma was great for the time, but I really don't miss it. OLED today is better in almost every respect. It gets brighter, gets blacker, does colors every bit as well, and can be made in just about any size from a smart phone to a monster 100"+ size. It has also become more affordable than plasma was.
Also, I don't believe that designing TVs that used less power has made them any less reliable. It has more to do with the overall 'cheapening' of the TVs through the last 10 years due to intense competition from Chinese brands like Hisense and TCL. The push for ultra-slim designs has also made TVs less reliable. When you pack circuits into smaller spaces, we know what happens. They get hotter, and there is less tolerance for faults. The compact designs have pushed the boards to almost complete surface mounted designs which also tend to fail more easily. Luckily, we are paying significantly less for TVs now and if it needs to be replaced every 5-7 years, then so be it. I paid $1500 for a 42" Panasonic Plasma in early 2007. In 2022, I bought a 50" Hisense for the bedroom that cost me less than $350. For the most part, the Hisense looks better than the Panasonic did and it doesn't heat the room up either.