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Do your homework first.

Great website here that will tell you if that new TV you're looking at might be good for movies but crap for sports. Check it out...

http://www.rtings.com/?uxtv=6764
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tunedlength 11/21/2015 6:39pm
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Great link.
Thanks
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I'd like to mention that vizio and sony smart tvs don't have a web browser and block any you may try to install. Samsung and LG allow web browsers
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CR250Rider wrote:
I'd like to mention that vizio and sony smart tvs don't have a web browser and block any you may try to install. Samsung and LG...
I'd like to mention that vizio and sony smart tvs don't have a web browser and block any you may try to install. Samsung and LG allow web browsers
LOVED the smart features on my LG, and the mouse remote, but it was only 47" and I sit next to a PC all day, so visio 70" was calling my name, greatest purchase ever made. If u get anything smaller than 65" kick herself in the plums! Woohoo

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I'm still rocking my 54" Samsung plasma I got a few years ago.....still in love with it. I have a pretty sweet little HTPC though too , so all my web surfing , youtube and so forth all goes through that. One big plus for a plasma is....during the winter it heats the room nicely! Smile During the summer.......ok , yeah it can kinda suck haha.

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ocscottie wrote:
LOVED the smart features on my LG, and the mouse remote, but it was only 47" and I sit next to a PC all day, so...
LOVED the smart features on my LG, and the mouse remote, but it was only 47" and I sit next to a PC all day, so visio 70" was calling my name, greatest purchase ever made. If u get anything smaller than 65" kick herself in the plums! Woohoo

Bigger is better.Whistling
Tried telling the lady "bigger is better" ... she said not on a tv ... your 50 is big enough.
May need different woman Wink Laughing
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Xracerdone 11/22/2015 5:44am
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KMC440 wrote:
Tried telling the lady "bigger is better" ... she said not on a tv ... your 50 is big enough.
May need different woman Wink Laughing
Funny, we're having the same argument. I want a 70" & want to move the 50" to my bedroom. Multiple reasons, one being I would like to play with my damn xbox every now & then on a nice TV since these asshat kids take it over all the time (I have my own xbox in the bedroom since the kids don't let me use the first one I bought & I have to suffer on a 720p 32", do you know how hard it is to play a FPS on a 32" TV sitting 10-15' away? No one should have to suffer like this)
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motogrady 11/22/2015 5:52am
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I read the new smart tvs, especially the Samsung, when hooked online, not only track what you watch, but can listen
to what is going on in the room, even when turned off.

Just sayin.
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MudPup545 11/22/2015 7:33am
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Our new Samsung smart TV has a "sports mode" setting. Greatest thing to happen to football on TV. Picture/sound is incredible.
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Xracerdone wrote:
Funny, we're having the same argument. I want a 70" & want to move the 50" to my bedroom. Multiple reasons, one being I would like...
Funny, we're having the same argument. I want a 70" & want to move the 50" to my bedroom. Multiple reasons, one being I would like to play with my damn xbox every now & then on a nice TV since these asshat kids take it over all the time (I have my own xbox in the bedroom since the kids don't let me use the first one I bought & I have to suffer on a 720p 32", do you know how hard it is to play a FPS on a 32" TV sitting 10-15' away? No one should have to suffer like this)
Get the 70, trust me , I forgot who it was on here that told me I would regret getting such a small tv when I bought my LG, they were spot on and in 4 months I had a 70 and gave the LG to my lil bro.
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KMC440 11/22/2015 8:07am
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Xracerdone wrote:
Funny, we're having the same argument. I want a 70" & want to move the 50" to my bedroom. Multiple reasons, one being I would like...
Funny, we're having the same argument. I want a 70" & want to move the 50" to my bedroom. Multiple reasons, one being I would like to play with my damn xbox every now & then on a nice TV since these asshat kids take it over all the time (I have my own xbox in the bedroom since the kids don't let me use the first one I bought & I have to suffer on a 720p 32", do you know how hard it is to play a FPS on a 32" TV sitting 10-15' away? No one should have to suffer like this)
First world problems kick ass ! ! !

And yeah the fiddy in the bedroom is the deal.
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jasonv43 11/22/2015 8:21am
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Thanks for the link. I'm on the hunt next weekend for a 60 inch to put in our living room. I currently have a 56 inch Samsung DLP.Blink

Can you guys tell me what the difference going from a DLP to an LED or 4K tv will be like for sports, games, and movies?

Thanks,
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jasonv43 wrote:
Thanks for the link. I'm on the hunt next weekend for a 60 inch to put in our living room. I currently have a 56 inch...
Thanks for the link. I'm on the hunt next weekend for a 60 inch to put in our living room. I currently have a 56 inch Samsung DLP.Blink

Can you guys tell me what the difference going from a DLP to an LED or 4K tv will be like for sports, games, and movies?

Thanks,
My DLP pitched years ago!

I bought a Sony 4K XBR55X810C, and it is great for sports as well as movies. Really good all-around.

You can't generalize about LED or 4K, because some do some things great, but are shitty for other things. Take a look at the chart from the rtings website.





The Sony 810C does well across the board. I paid $870 for it at HH Gregg when they were having a 'midnight 11% off overnight' sale a couple of weeks ago. All those TV's ahead of it on this list are at least $500 more than the $1000 that seems to be the going rate on the 810C at most stores.

My only criticism of the Sony is that the sound is horrible, but I have a good home theater sound system so that is not a problem for me.

GeorgiePorgie 11/22/2015 5:17pm
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Man I'm still happy with my 40 inch Panasonic plasma I bought in college in 2009. After reading these first world problems I need a new tv dammit.
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I'm satisfied with my Samsung 55 and the four Samsung 40's we have.
We had a Vizio 40 in the dining room and it never looked right. So I gave it away and put one of the Samsungs in there.
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ocscottie wrote:
Get the 70, trust me , I forgot who it was on here that told me I would regret getting such a small tv when I...
Get the 70, trust me , I forgot who it was on here that told me I would regret getting such a small tv when I bought my LG, they were spot on and in 4 months I had a 70 and gave the LG to my lil bro.
I think we may have the same TV. I got the Vizio 70" about a year ago or so. Holy crap, I was due for a new TV. I had a 50" old school rear projection TV sat on a piece of bedroom furniture. I ended up building our entertainment center and I wasn't about to put that old piece of shit on the new furniture.

I originally wanted the Samsung 65" but Best Buy didn't have any in stock but they had the Vizio 70" so I went with that. I do wish I could have a browser on my TV but it's easy enough to hook up a computer HDMI so it's not that big of a deal.
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TailSoHard 11/23/2015 1:38pm
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I always heard that the day after the Superbowl has the best deals on TVs.
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Has anyone watched a curved TV for movies or sports? The look good at the store but wonder about real world use.

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Anybody got an opinion if the 4 K Ultra are worth the extra bucks?
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If you have a smart TV ,can you stream stuff like the supercross preshow or first row sports stuff?
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CR250Rider 11/23/2015 9:58pm
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JPT wrote:
Anybody got an opinion if the 4 K Ultra are worth the extra bucks?
the thing is, who has 4k programming? I'm directv and only a few pay movies are available in 4k.
I was just told by a rep/tech guy that by the "2nd quarter 2016" some programming will become available in 4k.
The 4k content avail today comes through the internet, on demand.
Shit, MAV tv on directv isn't even HD for crying out loud.

I think I'll wait for a 4k tv
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ocscottie 11/23/2015 11:14pm
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IWreckALot wrote:
I think we may have the same TV. I got the Vizio 70" about a year ago or so. Holy crap, I was due for a...
I think we may have the same TV. I got the Vizio 70" about a year ago or so. Holy crap, I was due for a new TV. I had a 50" old school rear projection TV sat on a piece of bedroom furniture. I ended up building our entertainment center and I wasn't about to put that old piece of shit on the new furniture.

I originally wanted the Samsung 65" but Best Buy didn't have any in stock but they had the Vizio 70" so I went with that. I do wish I could have a browser on my TV but it's easy enough to hook up a computer HDMI so it's not that big of a deal.
Or many BluRay players have them, my Samsung does, but i have never used it, LG is so far ahead of the game in smart stuff. (at least with my experience with both a LG and a Vizio)
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MR. X wrote:
If you have a smart TV ,can you stream stuff like the supercross preshow or first row sports stuff?
If your TV has an internet browser installed, then you can stream it without any outside device necessary. CR250 rider (second third post above) said not all TV's allow it.

Alternatively, any TV with an HDMI port, you can use Chromecast to stream from either your computer or mobile device.
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IWreckALot 11/24/2015 5:19am
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motogrady wrote:
I read the new smart tvs, especially the Samsung, when hooked online, not only track what you watch, but can listen to what is going on...

I read the new smart tvs, especially the Samsung, when hooked online, not only track what you watch, but can listen
to what is going on in the room, even when turned off.

Just sayin.
I've heard this too. How that's considered legal and ethical is beyond me.
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ocscottie 11/24/2015 6:51am
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71Fish wrote:
Has anyone watched a curved TV for movies or sports? The look good at the store but wonder about real world use.
Watched a demo online on one of he curved models that can also flatten itself, thats like futuristic shit! I really wonder how this works? (ya ya im a nerd)

...as far as 4k content, (in others posts) I have always wondered how good it looks when the TV does the up scaling, and who (if any) do it right? Be good info to know because the 4k pricing is dropping fast!
Dirty Britches 11/24/2015 10:14am
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you can never have a TV that's too big.
If you can see the entire picture without having to move your head from one side to the other, your TV is too small. Smile
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ocscottie 11/24/2015 11:03am
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Dirty Britches wrote:
you can never have a TV that's too big. If you can see the entire picture without having to move your head from one side to...
you can never have a TV that's too big.
If you can see the entire picture without having to move your head from one side to the other, your TV is too small. Smile
I agree! whatever size you are looking at, get 10" bigger, you will thank me later. I learned the hard way.
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Crash82 11/25/2015 5:44am
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You can have a screen that is too big, when I set up my projector for gaming I made the screen 10 feet wide but the room was only 17 feet long. You had to turn your head back and forth to watch. I found that 82 inches is pretty good.
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Sandberm 11/25/2015 9:04am
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MR. X wrote:
If you have a smart TV ,can you stream stuff like the supercross preshow or first row sports stuff?
IWreckALot wrote:
If your TV has an internet browser installed, then you can stream it without any outside device necessary. CR250 rider (second third post above) said not...
If your TV has an internet browser installed, then you can stream it without any outside device necessary. CR250 rider (second third post above) said not all TV's allow it.

Alternatively, any TV with an HDMI port, you can use Chromecast to stream from either your computer or mobile device.
We bought a Samsung 55" JU6500 the week before MXdN and I had hoped that I would be able to stream the race through the tv. I bought the viewing package from Youthstream so I could watch it through the internet. When I went to stream it through the tv it wouldnt work (stop an go, mostly stop) as the race would only stream in HD through the tv. I COULDN'T choose a lessor quality so the stream would work as it was HD or nothing. My internet, with its 2 mbps download speed is too slow i guess to stream the race through the YS website.Sad

I'm hoping, come sx season that I can stream some of the stolen streams that guys put up in the race thread. Be nice to watch an sx on the 55 inch instead of on my laptop.

On a sidenote, we have no problem streaming stuff through Hulu or watching Youtube vids etc.

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