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Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 9 points 8 months ago* (14 children)

Sony’s modern OLEDs are sick. There are a few between my family, and they have the best processing I’ve seen, they decode massive bluray rips no problem, and native options for a clean ad-free UI.

Why TF aren’t people buying them?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    For me, for my use case it's primarily because of the size TV I want. Mine is going in the basement on a wall where I want the biggest TV I can afford. That means I could get an 83" screen in OLED or a 98-100" QLED. 15" difference is pretty dramatic.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Oh man, you're missing out on OLED in a basement though. It's so fantastic for dimly lit evironments that I'd take the smaller size any day, and just sit a little closer. LCDs, on the other hand, look pretty terrible in a really dark room.

    The only thing that would make me pause is if you're trying to squeeze a big family around the TV. In that case, it would make sense to get a bigger one, so everyone can sit farther back without compromised viewing angles.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    in our case the primary seating position is about 13 ft from the screen making the larger screen a little more important due to the layout. The couch is aligned with the side speakers where they can be and that's where the seating is

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    That’s very distant! Yeah, you’re right about size then:

    https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-relationship

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Yep, I didn't get my dedicated room, it just didn't work out but I'm maximizing the space I have to work with.

    TV is supposed to be delivered/installed today, hoping that goes smooth. Not something I would normally do, but these things are gigantic.

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  • [+] -12 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    TV

    2026

    Honestly, don't remember the last time I watched TV

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Do you think the only thing TVs are used for is watching traditional terrestrial TV? Lol

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    It's the main purpose of them, yes. Define TV to me. I don't see the point of paying for decoders, smart TV and bunch of other things I'll never use, much smarter decision is to buy a monitor which focuses on image quality and performance, far more suitable for consoles, Roku, etc.

    Commenter above low-key described that OLED as a monitor more than a TV

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    TVs are fantastic monitors.

    It sounds reasonable to not want to pay for basically a small computer inside the TV.

    But in practice, its not that expensive of a component. And TV volumes are so high that they're bigger and cheaper and higher quality than an equivalently priced monitor, anyway.

    Hence, while I'm fine with the monitors I have, I'm never buying a "monitor" again. It just makes no financial sense when I can get a 40" 4K TV with 120hz VRR instead, that happens to work fantastically as a streaming box too.

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