QLED vs OLED
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NoMust be a display model surely for that price
Guess they have limited stock else why sell it so cheap.?
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that + vat or inc ?
Excess stock more likely.
Just seen a thread about this on avforums and its seem like its actually a miss price and the product has now been pulled.
https://www.avforums.com/threads/lg-55-b8-oled-£719-98inc-vat-costco.2213144/
Thought it sounded too good to be true.
Q9FN.
Tough choice between those two models, this comparison may help.
https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/compare/sony-x900f-vs-samsung-q8fn/585/598
Seem like the Sony has slightly better viewing angles off centre.
Personally i would go with the samsung for i gaming performance and its operating system looks slick and fast.
interesting comments on avforums where folks have given an ultimatum for a fix in 2months
can't you configure that on sky (or modify their pocket money accordingly) if you can get an oled ~£1K
q8fn still has a big (unjustified?) premium over xf90 though ? I would consider panasonic too since still not convince by limited fald array those 2 sets have,
and value for money/reliability, I would sooner bet on Panasonic ... which with the IPS screen has better viewing angles than either ... if you want to watch the
tv from dining room table or the sofa !
Yeah I posted there also.
I wasn't even looking for it... Just the other half was watching the voice also spotted it when I was catching up on some boxsets.
Highly compressed content will definitely bring it out.
The Q9FN is outside of budget, unfortunately.
Thanks. I am currently leaning towards the Samsung.
Do you know if it is actually possible to configure this on Sky? If so then I would be open to reconsidering OLEDs as this is the only issue I have. I current have a large Pause symbol burnt into the bottom left hand corner of my Panasonic Plasma which is why I had originally ruled out OLEDs.
Also, which Panasonic model specifically are you referring to please?
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you can't go wrong with either.
the sony gets 8.3/10 and the samsung 8.4/10
which means it's pretty much neck and neck.
what is the difference in price? the samsung would have to be less than £100 more expensive to be worth it. if sony is substantially cheaper you will never notice the 0.1 difference overall.
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Don't get the Q8FN, it's edge-lit and as a result will inherently be poorer than a TV with decent local dimming. Confusingly, in the USA the Q8FN has local dimming, hence the rtings.com article peahead linked you to saying so, but the one you buy in the UK is definitely edge-lit. Richer Sounds page for the TV confirms this in the specs section:
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/4k-ultra-hd-tvs/samsung-qe55q8fn.html
The Q8DN is the one with local dimming, but it's £1449. If that's in your budget, it's supposed to be very good so is well worth considering. Otherwise, the XF90 will be an excellent option.
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/4k-ultra-hd-tvs/samsung-qe55q8fn.html
The Q8DN is the one with local dimming, but it's £1449. If that's in your budget, it's supposed to be very good so is well worth considering. Otherwise, the XF90 will be an excellent option.
Thanks guys, especially nicktay as I had not noticed that the Q8FN was different to the DN - based on price I think that is now ruled out.
With the XF90 and B8(were I to reconsider OLED), how do the Smart TV apps compare to using a separate Fire TV (not the stick, but the 4K model) connected via HDMI? Is there any benefit to the onboard versions of Netflix and Amazon Video or is it simply convenience? Thanks
With the XF90 and B8(were I to reconsider OLED), how do the Smart TV apps compare to using a separate Fire TV (not the stick, but the 4K model) connected via HDMI? Is there any benefit to the onboard versions of Netflix and Amazon Video or is it simply convenience? Thanks
Does the older Fire TV 4K support Dolby Vision? If not that would be a benefit of using the TV's built in Netflix app.
I would wait a bit, as new models come out over the next couple of months the old ones will see more discounts.