Oled tv,s

sal_III

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

I'm still using a 10 year old 1080p Pioneer Kuro plasma and don't experience any "wow" when I visit the TV section of John Lewis, even from the 4k OLEDs.

You paid for like 1/2 of a new OLED with the electricity bills for the plasma

OLED burnouts are more or less history with the latest models and software improvements. Unlikely to suffer them under normal use. Plasma have similar issues, so if you haven't had burnouts for a decade, I don't believe you have a cause for concern.

Alternatively you can check the QLED (unfortunately for me only Samsung makes them and I hate Samsung), which doesn't use organic compound and is not prone to burnouts, while achieving picture quality on par with OLED.

Or hang on a couple of years for a MicroLED revolution

RumRat

Why the hate??

Inner_Zone

My OLED is just three years old, no screen issues. Fantastic picture, even better than plasma.

Dee_Best

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

I'm still using a 10 year old 1080p Pioneer Kuro plasma and don't experience any "wow" when I visit the TV section of John Lewis, even from the 4k OLEDs.

I wouldn't watch my TV in the bright glare of a JL showroom though & I suspect neither would you, and nor would you set your TV to the often garish settings used in showrooms.

Sadly the days of a home demo for even quality TV's seems long gone because I can assure you that putting an OLED side-by-side with your (good, BTW - I'm not "calling" your TV for being poor) plasma and comparing pictures, there is no way could you not see the difference.
Especially with something like Blue Planet - in 4K it is truly breathtaking.
That's why places like Richer Sounds have dedicated viewing rooms, and I would recommend trying one if you're close enough.

All that said, it's horses for courses.
Depending upon your everyday viewing, you might not benefit much (or even at all) from an increased picture depth and quality.
After all, your standard Freeview quality really isn't up to much - especially as you enter the non-HD world beyond the mainstream offerings.
But if you're a keen film-watcher debating UHD discs or a Netflix/Amazon Video/Youtube subscriber there is a whole world of UHD viewing at your fingertips, and it's increasing all the time.

almillar

I think it's safe to say that if you've managed to last 12 years with a plasma without screen burn you'll be fine with OLED, although there have been a few incidences of it. Would be wise to turn on any 'pixel shift' features that can help against it. And it would be good to have the 'energy saving' feature switched on, where the TV switches off after a certain amount of time without any activity.

I'm still using a 10 year old 1080p Pioneer Kuro plasma and don't experience any "wow" when I visit the TV section of John Lewis, even from the 4k OLEDs.

Some kind of Kuro cult? What size is it? Can't you see 4x the resolution?! Did you see how thin the TV is?