Current state of OLEDS vs Plasma

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So what the current state?
I've been hanging on to my Panasonic GT50 for a number of years now. If you asked this question about a year ago some predicted OLEDS would take 3-4 years before they caught up with the blacks you get from plasmas.

Anyone with first hand experience going from a decent plasma to an OLED? Worth the plunge now?
 
Psycho Sonny said:
OLED has overtaken even the top end plasmas (ZT65) within the past year.

What you need to look at is in comparison to OLED:

How good is your current tv?

How big is your current tv?

If you have for instance a 50" GT50 (which is what I have) then your looking at minimum 60" but most likely 65" and prices for those atm are insane. The fact I paid £799 for my tv means I'm looking to pay around £1K for a 60-65" OLED before I upgrade. So I won't be upgrading for another 3-8 years. Doesn't bother me though my 50" GT50 is a beast of a tv and I don't think spending £2K atm is going to be worth it for the slight improvement.

I went from a 42" PZ85B to a 50" GT50 and albeit it was around 5 generations newer the actual PQ improvement was minimal on blu rays. It was on higher refresh rate content you noticed the larger improvements.

When you buy a premium panel that has been reviewed very highly upgrades are extremely hard to find most will be a sideways move rather than a true upgrade. That's why Kuro owners even today still haven't upgraded.

IMO it's still not worth buying an OLED if you own a premium end plasma. If you don't own a decent plasma then you should look into buying an OLED panel. If your plasma is only 42" then yeah you could probably justify a 55-60" OLED panel due to the stark difference in size.
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Same tv 50"GT50
So essentially your saying that whilst OLED PQ has surpassed plasmas to notice any significant difference it's only worth getting if one is purchasing a larger screen.

Think I'll wait until they drop to the 1 - 1.2k range which will probably be a while.
 
V F said:
You're probably not aware of it but the more they age the more the picture develops a red/green cast on most Panasonic Plasmas. Most people dont experience a lovely neutral picture. Let alone seeing all the shadow/white detail.

Same goes for most "the next new tv".

Personally I'd love to experience an RGB OLED set with a Lumagen.
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Yeap
Mines got a red cast now. I've had to ditch my original settings to using thx as it's less obvious with that.
 

Short video representing both views in this thread.

I would love a 65" 960v but it's beyond my budget at the moment.
 
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