I can't recommend a TV for you but the 4K TVs seem to be dropping in price. Lots of good reviews on them but if you're a gamer and want to game at 4K, only a couple of TV brands will do 4k @ 6oHz 4.4.4. Namely most of the LGs and some of the Samsungs. Most will do 4K at 30Hz which I hear is fine for movies. Another problem is you need a GTX 980 or GTX 970 video card with the HDMI 2 ports to achieve 4K @ 60 Hz 4.4.4. Lesser cards such as the GTX 700 series will only do 4K@ 60hz 4.2.0 or 4.4.4 30hz. These TVs are being given good grades for upconverting 1080p or 720p to 4K even though there isn't much 4K source material yet. Netflix has some if you subscribe to that.
Anyways sorry for taking this a little of topic, but I've been looking into them lately and just ordered a 40" Samsung HU7000FXC which is going for $800, for my computer room. It's not guaranteed to do 4K @ 60hz 4.4.4 but I most likely won't be gaming with it anyways.
here's a link showing some threads on the GTX 9xx cards situation with 4K TVs.
I don't really care for Visions, but I have to say, it seems like the sales staff have quite a bit of haggle room on big ticket items.
I went in a few years ago on Black Friday, no intention of buying a TV, but ended up walking out with a 52" Samsung for $750 all in. I was pretty apprehensive in the first place, but the sales representative ended up giving me ~50% off the ticket price in exchange for their extended warranty. Obviously that's where they make their best commission.
Normally I don't get the extended warranty, but that seemed like a good deal. That was definitely the best price on that particular model that I saw that year and the year after.
Vulcan how close are you sitting to that? 40"@4K can't really provide a discernible difference from 1080p at a standard viewing distance of say 12-15'?
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Vulcan how close are you sitting to that? 40"@4K can't really provide a discernible difference from 1080p at a standard viewing distance of say 12-15'?
About 40" away or a metre which is just about right. It will replace a 1080p TV of the same size. But yeah you need to consider your viewing distance or it isn't worth it.
In my living room I have a 1080p 55" TV which I sit about 8' away from so it wouldn't be worth replacing it for the same size 4K TV.
Futureshop and Best Buy now carry Vizio TV's. They aren't high end or anything but great bang for the buck TV's as they have very good picture quality and blacks for the price.
Futureshop and Best Buy now carry Vizio TV's. They aren't high end or anything but great bang for the buck TV's as they have very good picture quality and blacks for the price.
They have a 70" Vizio for the same price as the 42" sharp I bought a pile of years ago.
Vulcan how close are you sitting to that? 40"@4K can't really provide a discernible difference from 1080p at a standard viewing distance of say 12-15'?
I thought there was no (zero) 1080p content on cable or satellite TV so the whole 720p vs 1080p comparison is only applicable to blue rays? I could be wrong though.
I thought there was no (zero) 1080p content on cable or satellite TV so the whole 720p vs 1080p comparison is only applicable to blue rays? I could be wrong though.
Bell TV has some PPV movies at 1080p. Netflix also has 1080p and 4K shows. Youtube has lots of videos in 1080p and some in 4K. Smart TVs also have shows in 1080p and 4K if it's a 4K TV. The TVs themselves also up-convert lower signals to 1080p or 4K with varying results. One of the American providers (Direct TV) also has some shows in 4K.
Here's a youtube example. Of course you won't get the effect without a 4K monitor or TV.
Gamers are also interested in gaming on a big screen at 4K.
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It's ridiculous. I"m also in the market for a TV and haven't seen a deal worth jumping on yet
Retailers have gotten wise and do the whole mark-up + sale strategy. You need to look at price trends from multiple retailers to see if it's actually a good price at the moment. Various sites do this for specific areas (PC components, amazon, etc.), but I've yet to see one covering all products - probably a bit too messy to try and track.
New TVs (Black Friday?)
