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I currently have a 37" Westinghouse 1080p screen that I bought in 2008 or so. The TV industry would like to tell me what is wrong with this screen, and for some
by tibbon 14y ago
I currently have a 37" Westinghouse 1080p screen that I bought in 2008 or so. The TV industry would like to tell me what is wrong with this screen, and for some things they have it right, and some things have it wrong.
What I actually want changed:
- Significantly deeper darks and better contrast. Playing a dark game or movie is frustrating compared to my Dell u2311 monitor. I really want an OLED display (I think) to fix this once and for all. A black screen should not light the room with backlight leakage. THIS IS NUMBER 1. Everything else is secondary.
- Less TV-included blur. This TV came out before the 120/240hz ones, so perhaps that fixes it. In a fast action movie, I want the blur to come from the 24fps film, not from my TV's poor drawing of the pixels on the screen.
- I'd like slightly bigger. I bought this to pimp out my 180sq/ft studio apartment. Now my living room alone is 2x that size will a properly setup 5.1 surround system and plenty of room. I could dig 60" or so.
- More HDMI inputs. This screen has one. Yet I have about 6 HDMI devices that I'd like to use. Currently, I'm manually swapping this.
- Optical audio output. Kinda a weird one, but I've got a 5.1 receiver that doesn't handle HDMI. Otherwise, its fine. I'd like to run HDMI to the TV and have the TV output optical audio 5.1 for the receiver.
That's it. I don't need 3d. In two years, I still won't want 3d. It isn't a feature to me! I don't need built in Netflix. I don't need an internet connected TV. I don't need 4K. The main thing above that's actually not shipped AFAIK is OLED. That's it. Just finally ship OLED screens at a decent price!
- hospadam 14y agoFWIW, you can pick up HDMI switchers quite cheaply. If you want to spring for it, remote-operated ones run a bit more expensive ($40 maybe) - but it could be worth it...
- tibbon 14y agoYea, I should just grab one of those. I had one, but it was terrible. It would cause my Xbox 360 to reset and need the HDMI plugged in and out again whenever it switched. Very odd, but I found other people who had the same problem with this cheap one.
- prawks 14y agoMight I point you in the direction of a plasma? Takes care of most of your gripes (I'd have to check on the inputs and optical out), and they're cheaper. Burn-in issues are not a problem anymore, and the newer models work pretty well in well-lit rooms. - Contrast ratios are off the charts for deep blacks. - 600Hz refresh rates - Sizes over 60"
- tibbon 14y agoHmm, that just might be what I'm looking for. I haven't really entertained a plasma since they initially launched and at the time weren't all that amazing.
- Retric 14y agoMost TV's don't have 6 HDMI ports so your probably better off buying a 13$ buys a 5 port HDMI switch with remote now and using it on a new TV. EX: http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Switch-Switcher-Remote-Support/dp/B00264NZWS/ref=sr_1_15 http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Switch-Switcher-Remote-Support/dp... PS: Going past 5 ports they start to get pricey.
- Terretta 14y agoIt's a lot cleaner to run a single HDMI to the Tv, and do your multi device wiring and switching at your receiver. Given the comparative costs and your desired features, go for a Tv that's basically a monitor (so your money goes for image quality not buzzwords), and then a receiver with the source switching, sound processing, etc. Get last year's receiver for half off on Amazon for example, it will cost less than the difference in price for trying to get all your feature requests in the TV.