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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?
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.
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.
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
That’s very distant! Yeah, you’re right about size then:
https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-relationship
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.
Probably because they're quite expensive
Honestly, don't remember the last time I watched TV
Do you think the only thing TVs are used for is watching traditional terrestrial TV? Lol
I only watch extraterrestrial TV.
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
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.
My experience is that they all look terrible up close, for whatever reason. TVs are essentially designed for further-back viewing
is your cell phone battery mostly consumed supporting phone calls
Well, the top killer is Boost, which is a client for Lemmy, sitting at 1/3 battery usage.