1080p OLED or 4k LCD?

IvanDobskey · 25 Jan 2016 at 09:23

Looking at replacing my 6 year old 46 inch Sony x4500 and I'm eying up the LG 1080p OLED TV which can now be had for under £1200. Now, I can't see 4k being useful for quite a few years yet, so surely OLED is the way to go? I don't really want to spend big money on another LCD and 4k OLED is out of my price range.

IvanDobskey · 25 Jan 2016 at 11:41

I'm not too bothered about response times to be honest. Play the odd ps4 game now and again. Most of my gaming is done on my pc upstairs. I'm definitely leaning towards the 55EC930V oled at the moment.

IvanDobskey · 25 Jan 2016 at 13:21

Had a moment of madness and just clicked the buy button on the LG55EC930V for £1179 delivered

Hopefully a worthy successor to my old X4500.

IvanDobskey · 25 Jan 2016 at 14:26

It's coming on Saturday so will report back then

Just hope I don't regret not holding on for 4k oled to be reasonably priced.

IvanDobskey · 25 Jan 2016 at 14:55

Probably won't regret not waiting for 4k for a while but over the next few years 4k material may become more prominent.

IvanDobskey · 30 Jan 2016 at 20:03

Got my oled TV today, fantastic I have to say

IvanDobskey · 31 Jan 2016 at 19:19

I think the 1080p ones are all curved.

IvanDobskey · 1 Feb 2016 at 11:02

I haven't noticed any tint on mine at all to be honest, but then I haven't actually gone looking for it. As long as you don't see these things during normal viewing, then no problem. Just need to find a decent guide with some good settings now. How have you got yours set up?

IvanDobskey · 1 Feb 2016 at 14:31

To be honest, I barely notice the curve whilst watching. It's pretty subtle.

IvanDobskey · 1 Feb 2016 at 15:22

I know you can wall mount it. But I know what you mean, not sure it would look quite right on the wall.

IvanDobskey · 3 Feb 2016 at 16:06

Thanks for the settings, still fiddling with mine really.

Currently using:

ISF1

OLED LIGHT 60
CONTRAST 80
BRIGHTNESS 50
H SHARP 10
V SHARP 10
COLOUR 50
TINT NONE
ASPECT JUST SCAN
BLACK LEVEL LOW
GAMMA 2.4

IvanDobskey · 4 Feb 2016 at 10:05

Made a few tweaks:

ISF1

OLED LIGHT 55
CONTRAST 81
BRIGHTNESS 50
H SHARP 10
V SHARP 10
COLOUR 50
TINT NONE
ASPECT JUST SCAN
BLACK LEVEL LOW
GAMMA 2.2
COLOUR TEMP WARM1

Looks better now. Think I'm happy with that.

IvanDobskey · 6 Feb 2016 at 10:58

Watched a couple of films on the new settings now and I think they are final now

Can't believe how good this TV looks, especially in dark scenes!

IvanDobskey · 7 Feb 2016 at 16:28

What settings are best for motion then? I have mine on clear for the moment and do notice the odd bit of judder.

IvanDobskey · 7 Feb 2016 at 21:19

After having this oled for a week, I have no idea why anyone would pick an LCD over oled. Now I have it set up right, it blows any LCD away, even 4k.

IvanDobskey · 8 Feb 2016 at 06:43

I have to admit, a lot of people I know think they have LED TV's and just don't understand it when I try to explain that it's really just an LCD TV with an led backlight. It's all about marketing to Joe blogs.

In fact, I told a friend (who I don't consider stupid) that I had bought an oled TV and he had no clue what oled was despite owning a galaxy s6.