Is the s95b a buy now with price drops?

Robzere31 · 13 May 2023 at 00:37

hornetstinger said:
Don't forget getting a AV system, like this

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Lol
Think I'll stick with my Denon x2400h amp & 5.1 setup for now.

Good final price of £1039 after a couple of applied discounts.
LG is being relegated to the garage for Zwift duties

CaptainRAVE · 13 May 2023 at 12:21

This was such a good buy. I was watching our main tv last night thinking, those blacks look a bit washed out

The gaming I’ve done on it so far has been excellent, it’s just so immersive. Dark sequences at night, in caves etc are incredible.

kona786 · 14 May 2023 at 19:23

@413x

Bought it yet?

413x · 14 May 2023 at 21:54

kona786 said:
@413x

Bought it yet?

I decided against it.
Was going to get a banger car for MTB and kayak. But thinking about a van (which is much more expensive.) Hard to justify getting the TV when have one that's working when could be 1.5k extra towards the van

If done great deals come up in black Friday I might bite.

It would be the TV I got though.

robfosters · 16 May 2023 at 10:33

I waiting for a good deal on the Sony A95, but their prices have remained rock solid, never any cheaper

413x · 16 May 2023 at 17:26

robfosters said:
I waiting for a good deal on the Sony A95, but their prices have remained rock solid, never any cheaper

Its actually the first time I've actually been able to commit to a product in 5 years.

Been waiting for a big shift. And these tvs cut it for me.

And there's nothing near the s95b price.

Unfortunately I'm struggling to justify cost of a holiday on a TV when I have a TV.

no_1_dave · 16 May 2023 at 17:43

robfosters said:
I waiting for a good deal on the Sony A95, but their prices have remained rock solid, never any cheaper

It's good and all but only 2 full bandwidth HDMI isn't good enough imo if you're planning on keeping it for some time, especially considering 1 is taken up by eARC.

Unless of course you're not a gamer, then it makes no real difference

robj20 · 16 May 2023 at 17:50

no_1_dave said:
It's good and all but only 2 full bandwidth HDMI isn't good enough imo if you're planning on keeping it for some time, especially considering 1 is taken up by eARC.

Unless of course you're not a gamer, then it makes no real difference

Are there many people buying TVs like this that don't have a receiver.

no_1_dave · 16 May 2023 at 18:02

robj20 said:
Are there many people buying TVs like this that don't have a receiver.

Hard to say. I would find it odd though if somebody spent over a grand on a TV and then just used the built in speakers which always sound trash compared to even a mid-tier soundbar.

hornetstinger · 16 May 2023 at 20:30

robj20 said:
Are there many people buying TVs like this that don't have a receiver.

Some people watch latest Marvel movies on the phone. hahahahaha

413x · 17 May 2023 at 13:02

robj20 said:
Are there many people buying TVs like this that don't have a receiver.

Yeah.

If someone isn't using a receciver I doubt they care about such things.
And if they do have one, it's no issue

CaptainRAVE · 21 May 2023 at 12:13

Have put about 50 hours on this screen now, not massive I know, but burn in is always in the back of my mind. I’ve got all the built in protection features switched on. So far so good, even in the HUD areas. I think it dims those slightly anyway. Not any image retention either.

no_1_dave · 21 May 2023 at 22:00

CaptainRAVE said:
Have put about 50 hours on this screen now, not massive I know, but burn in is always in the back of my mind. I’ve got all the built in protection features switched on. So far so good, even in the HUD areas. I think it dims those slightly anyway. Not any image retention either.

You don't need to worry about burn-in unless you're using it as a monitor or have the same news program with static logos playing 10+ hours a day

Kelt · 21 May 2023 at 22:16

That's one thing I don't miss from my old Sammy Plasma, never suffered from burn-in but image retention was prevalent.

CaptainRAVE · 3 Jul 2023 at 08:35

Mine has packed in already. Forget this tv. Now I’ve got to go through the engineer faff before they hopefully take it back and I can buy something else. LG it is I guess. And there was me worrying about image retention.

hornetstinger · 3 Jul 2023 at 09:04

Kelt said:
That's one thing I don't miss from my old Sammy Plasma, never suffered from burn-in but image retention was prevalent.

Yeah my Samsung plasma had IR even going into the menus just for a few seconds.

CaptainRAVE · 3 Jul 2023 at 10:49

I now have to wait for Samsung to ‘repair’ it. They can bin it for all I care. Need to try to force a refund, although not sure of the best course of action here.

Kelt · 3 Jul 2023 at 11:24

CaptainRAVE said:
Mine has packed in already. Forget this tv. Now I’ve got to go through the engineer faff before they hopefully take it back and I can buy something else. LG it is I guess. And there was me worrying about image retention.

Oh no, what went wrong?

CaptainRAVE · 3 Jul 2023 at 11:25

Kelt said:
Oh no, what went wrong?

Was fine last night. Woke up this morning to an infinite boot loop with occasional green half of the screen

Gutted. Really struggling to adjust back to my old screen too. Going to have to wait to see what Samsung say I guess, but that could take weeks. All the similar repair posts online report the same happening again.

So I’m a bit stuck. They’ll tell AO.com it can be repaired and as such I won’t get a refund. So I’ll end up massively out of pocket and getting the G3 instead.

Kelt · 3 Jul 2023 at 11:32

CaptainRAVE said:
Was fine last night. Woke up this morning to an infinite boot loop with occasional green half of the screen

Gutted. Really struggling to adjust back to my old screen too. Going to have to wait to see what Samsung say I guess. All the similar repair posts online report the same happening again.

Sorry to hear that, hope you get it sorted.

These things happen, when I bought my last TV, a Samsung plasma, I powered it on for the first time, there was a thick vertical pixellated band down the whole screen!

Got a brand new replacement and it worked flawlessly to the day I p/x it for the S95B.