Anyone here know much about TV?

[wayoung]

Hey,

I'm replacing a TV via an insurance claim, gonna go the costco route. Gonna go higher end, the $3-$5k (with one Sony incl.uded a bit higher than that price range) Get something reeeeaaalllllyyy nice that I won't look at in five years and say "I wish I got something better."

Costco has 7 tvs in that range (exuding the "frame" models which I've heard bad things about), but I don't know anything about TVs at this point. The last TV I bought was nearly a decade ago and was $1k 4k TV.

Wondering if anyone here can provide some insight. I use it primarily TV & movies with a Sonos surround system via optical cable out. Also video games from a PC & PS4.

Note:. I am not in US, prices are not in US dollars, before people start commenting on them being high

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

I have an Xgimi Horizon Pro 4K TV projector and a Duronic 100" screen, which I use for watching movies from UHD Blu-ray or streaming, but I do have the advantage that I can darken the room. General TV stuff I watch on a 32" 1080p LG TV, which doubles as monitor for my PC.

The projector and screen cost about £1,600 together, bought in the UK. I could have gone for an ambient light-rejecting screen, but I decided it wasn't worth it. Choosing the right screen to use is important though if one does go down the projector route.

As for conventional TVs, I favour LG.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Money might be no option... "relatively"

But check in on some near by pawn shops.

Morons and drug addicts buy 4 thousand dollar TVs on finance and then have to sell the tv a couple weeks later because they are morons or drug addicts.

You can still spend as much money as you originally wanted to, but you walk away with two or three tvs that are almost factory new, instead of just the one unit, so you can now comfortably put a 70 inch TV in the bathroom like god intended, to watch the cricket.

1/2 the time I've bought something new, it's been defective, so I actually prefer second hand products, because some other asshole has weathered out the imperfections.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

If one is spending substantial cash, it's also important to think about a separate sound system, because TV speakers are usually rubbish. I have no experience with Sonos, although I believe an S/PDIF optical feed limits what you can achieve nowadays as it does not support lossless surround sound formats - only lossless stereo and up to 5.1 compressed surround sound (I might be wrong).

 

[Guy Gardener]

It's not hard to plug in an existing stereo that you may have in the attic.

I hear good things about sound bars.

My wife is a sound nazi, who has no interest in my programming, so I'm walking around with blue tooth earbuds listening to old episodes of Doctor Who or reruns of Taxi silently, so that she can read a book in peace, and forget that I exist.

I had a two meter long av extension cord that plugged into my normal head phones, which was a very 1970s solution to a modern problem. Elegant in it's simplicity.

The missus tripped over, and broke seven extension cords in two years, two cords died in a week, before I finally knuckled down and sorted out my blue tooth headphones, which I wasn't even sure was compatible tech with my ancient laptop.

The irony is that she has tiny child sized feet.

 

[wayoung]

Hey Guys,

I appreciate the replies but need to stress - this is an insurance replacement. The insurance company is replacing the TV, not the sound system. So the sound system will not be upgraded. Eventually I might get a Sonos Arc to replace the Playbar but for now it is what it is.

Also, since it is insurance replacing the TV I'm getting new, not used, even if you can get great deals used.

Re: Projector. I actually plan on getting a projector for outdoors when I finally buy my new house but for indoor, primary I want to stick with a TV.

On another forum people are evenly split on the LG C2 and the Sony A80. So I'm probably going to go with one of them, look up reviews and comparison videos.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Have you looked into Wall Projectors?

Traditional projectors need a lot of space to cast a large image. Generally speaking, to cast a 100-inch image, you need at least 100 inches between the projector and screen. For a small room, you may need a projector with a short-throw lens, which allows it to cast a larger image from a shorter distance.2/09/2021

They use LEDs now instead of $3000 dollar bulbs you have replace every couple years.

So that's a hundred inch image, for a couple hundred bucks, as long as you can run everything wirelessly through your laptop.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

There are also short-throw projectors, which cost more, but which you can place quite close to the projection surface. I had an LG 1080p short-throw projector before I purchased the Xgimi 4K long-throw. I don't think you can buy a decent UHD 4K projector, either short or long-throw, for a couple of hundred dollars. I use a 4K Roku stick plugged into one of the HDMI ports of my projector.

 

[wayoung]

Ordered the LG c2