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Oled tvs?
Matt35
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A few years ago my uncle told me these will be tvs to have. Apparently they've been out since 2012 but were very expensive but LG's offering is £2.500 in currys. No doubt next year the big boys will be bringing out theirs. In an article i read it said these are perfect for gaming but I've also heard they do suffer from image retention similar to plasmas so surely that's not ideal when playing games. Does anyone have one of these. Maybe even this one.http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/lg-55ef950v-smart-3d-ultra-hd-4k-55-oled-tv-10137727-pdt.html
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OLED is pretty well 'failed' technology - tiny ones came out years ago (mobile phones and such), and it was presumed that it was just a matter of 'scaling up'.
However, this didn't work, and billions have been spent trying to achieve it, with most manufacturers giving up on the idea - it's also been suggested that so much has been spent on development, that projected sales will never cover the development costs.
As far as I'm aware LG are the main developer now, and are supposedly responsible for the new silly curved screens, as they originally couldn't make OLED ones that were straight.
It's a LOT of money, but if it's something you fancy, they go for it
Have you been to Currys and compared the pictures on display with other sets?.
No not been in to currys for a few weeks. Didn't realise it's already failed. Not looking to get a TV. At the moment I'm more than happy with my Sony w905. I've no interest in the curved TV which i have seen in currys but couldn't even tell the difference between that and straight ones. May invest in a 4k TV in a couple of years, was gonna be a oled but that doesn't look likely now.
And you can have a flat one now!
The ones in the shops now have definitely not failed!
There will be more out next year in smaller sizes too.
High manufacturing cost always meant OLED was niche high end until very recent.
I'm waiting for a sensible priced OLED 4K TV to replace my 6 year old plasma.
Got my pioneer plasma upstairs for sky multiroom. I remembered how fantastic picture was but when i switched it I was quite surprised how different it was to my Sony led TV downstairs. It is 7 years old so probably shouldn't of been surprised.
What spec was the Plasma?, it was probably not Full HD and they look pretty poor on HD because of it (unlike HD Ready LCD which look great on HD). The early Plasma's weren't even SD resolution, and were only 480 pixels.
No it wasn't full HD. It was 7 series tv. Got it in 07.http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/televisions/plasma-and-lcd-tvs/pioneer-pdp-427xd-113273/review
I still prefer my plasma to LED, which is why I'm waiting for something genuinely better to replace it. At the moment, OLED is the logical replacement.
With costlier to run and make Plasma now dead tech, I am mildly sure OLED is the future.
Unfortunately though if i want to play games on my TV then its not gonna be suitable. Don't know why reviews say its good for gaming if it isn't.
Input lag.
And image retention.
What puts me off is the fact that so few companies are producing them.
If Sony get onboard I might be interested but Inwill definitely not be buying a curved scree.
At the moment LG are the only player in the OLED game, Panasonics OLED TVs have screens made by LG as is Sony's upcoming OLED TV, even Samung is rumoured to be having another crack at OLED again with an LG sourced screen.
Is it a 4k oled tv?
I wonder how good the LG 4k oled TV is? It's LG so people usually say mid range tvs so best wait for the big names.
As skinj said, Panasonic (and Sony) use better processing than the middling brands, so tend to give better results from identical panels - but go and look at them, and see what YOU think.
Promised so much, for so many years, and still haven't delivered - that's failure in my book.
In your book I expect the Ferrari Dino was a failure too, and all hybrid cars too.