Samsung KN55S9C review (55" OLED)

Very fancy. No idea why they even bother commenting on the speakers with these things though, if you're spending any remotely decent amount of money on a TV (and this certainly qualifies!) then you're surely going to have a proper audio system.
 
more IR and burn-in that current plasmas..

id rather not pay that much then forget id paused something only to come back to a burned in image or long lasting IR..
 
Amp34 said:
http://consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/08/samsung-oled-tv-review/index.htm

Looks like the reign of plasma is finally over... They just need to halve the price and is be very tempted!

Obviously still lots of questions, not least lifetime of pixel issues and the curvature of the screen but it's looking very promising, especially for $9000.
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even at quarter of the price it still wouldn't be enough to tempt me away from my GT50.

$9000 usually means £9000 here so £2250 = a quarter.

the average person probably spends less than £1000 on a tv, i wouldn't call myself an average tv buyer, yet my last 2 sets 50" GT50 and 51" D8000 were both cheaper than £800 brand new.

it's going to take a long time before people switch over to these tbh.
 
It took years before people switched over to plasma and then HD. It's not going to happen over night but with the prices dropping swiftly I can see this being attainable (£2-3k - which is what we paid for our first panny plasma) within the next year or two. That's when they will start becoming a real alternative go higher end buyers.
 
james_2k said:
more IR and burn-in that current plasmas..

id rather not pay that much then forget id paused something only to come back to a burned in image or long lasting IR..
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The review said that plasmas in the room showed minor IR within 10 minutes while the OLED took an hour to show any burn in and they seemed to be saying after an hour it was barely noticeable.

So its got LESS IR than current plasmas, significantly less so.

What I don't get is, with smart tv's, how on earth have they not sorted out pause to go into "anti" IR mode, likewise have the consoles send a particular pause signal down HDMI at particular times( game paused for 3 mins with no menu changes... tell the tv to go into anti IR mode). I guess LCD screens don't need it so much yet and also know OLED is coming, and Plasma improvements were stopped a while ago.

Likewise, can't they figure out a way to get rid of network logo's in tv, shouldn't networks have got into this years ago, have two separate spots for the logo and switch them every advert break or something?

Either way, the review basically said the only places Plasma is similar is viewing angle, with power, black levels, brightness and 3d all being superior on OLED.

The only real issue is how long these screens will last. If the blue leds are going after 2-3 years the guys who drive early production by buying the 10k screens are going to be put off(but not too much, after all they have 10k spare for a tv ;) ), which can slow the volume ramp and subsequent cost dropping.

Aside from the price, OLED's are set to quite easily take over. Plasmas/lcd's have up and down sides compared to each other, OLED's simply beat both hands down, with such a clear winner the only obstacle is price. Once they can make something like a 26" £200 Oled, no one will be producing LCD's or Plasmas anymore.
 
I still remember being WOWed by the Sony XEL-1 @ Sony HQ a good few years ago, it was stunning. Really looking forward to OLED becoming mainstream, the picture benefits are obvious. The only issue for me is lifespan, especially of the blue!

Until then my Kuro will happily keep pride of place!
 
Sorry to bump an old thread. I was in John Lewis yesterday watching a massive 4K tv playing some pop concert. Very impressive. Then I watched a smaller screen, a 55" samsung OLED, probably same model as this thread title. Far more impressive! Jesus, I've never seen anything as vivid/sharp as this. Utterly outstanding image :eek: Sure, they ran the best demo designed to show it off at it's best. But the clarity blew me away. Mind you, so did the price at £7000. Behind it was a 55" LG OLED, equally astounding at about £5000.
 
OLED looks that good usually because the colours are so deep and usually oversaturated.

OLED also has lots of niggles, screen burn, etc plus the fact it costs so much.

I would like to see an OLED tested to see how it performed against say a ZT65B or a VT65B in terms of reproducing a reference quality picture.
 
Saw on in Selfridges in the Bullring (Brum) yesterday 85' Sammy OLED. 35k

Also saw a curved OLED Sammy. I'm not convinced
 
surprisingly they did have one in glasgow john lewis, looked pretty good. just need prices to come down to like normal LED/Plasma really.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
OLED looks that good usually because the colours are so deep and usually oversaturated.

OLED also has lots of niggles, screen burn, etc plus the fact it costs so much.

I would like to see an OLED tested to see how it performed against say a ZT65B or a VT65B in terms of reproducing a reference quality picture.
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That's not why OLED looks so good, it's because of massive contrast ratio due to the fact that pixels are self/individually illuminated.
 
Been to see a lot of displays for work recently, an 85" 4k Samsung still has my best display award. It was simply breathtaking. OLED, I dont have much use for so do not look at them that much.
 
Not sure why they are pushing this curved thing though.. In time oled will be the norm.
 
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