I've got a 50" Pioneer Kuro taking up space in my den..........great set but I just wanted something much bigger.........purchased the top of the line Sony 75" 95J LED and it's fine but not as good as the Pioneer........I think I'm returning it for the Sony 80J OLED set which should be more plasma like.......only concern is burn in from those damn logos on the corner of the screen that all these cable stations use now....
Mine's definitely better than the Samsung it replaced.
Do OLEDs get burn in?
Any other problems with equipment or appliances?
All of my three desktops systems (monitors, external sound systems, active speakers) are on power filters. One on a Panamax the other two on a Furman. My gaming system is on a Furman. My living room TV, receiver, cable system, both 4K players and ROKU are on a different Furman. My bedroom AV system and desktop is on an old Monster Cable. My hifi audio system is on a much more expensive PS Audio Power Regenerator. My living room audio system however is also on two separate dedicated lines from my kitchen electrical panel, completely protected from surges (and RF) from all my other equipment. Everything except my amplifiers which are plugged straight into the wall. I don't take chances.
The older the OLED the more susceptible. The newer ones use certain algorithms to freshen the screen. Some do it when you manually turn off the TV, some automatically at random times. If SONY TV's detect a problem you'll see a notification on the screen and they'll run a pass to free up stuck OLED pixels. Nevertheless, whenever you buy an OLED you must do three things once you get them home. 1) Change the visual mode the TV is in. Most are in a default Vivid or even a "Store" mode, which is like gunning your car engine all day. It'll shorten the lifespan of the OLED drastically. For LCD based TV's newly purchased, the picture will be unrealistically bright and washed out. That needs to be changed either to a Cinema mode or an equivalent, which lowers the temperature of the TV. Go online, search Reviews and Ratings for proper calibration settings of your particular TV. 2) Update your TV via the internet. Go into the settings, set up your internet settings (I always plug in an ethernet chord, then switch to wireless once updated) and update your TV. Sometimes new TV's, OLED or not, won't work properly without the latest updates. Sometimes certain features are introduced after the TV is manufactured. Finally, 3) Baby your OLED for the first 100 hours at least. Avoid TV shows with stationary glyphs in the corners and/or information trails at the top or bottom such as news shows, or network shows that show the network call letters at the bottom right (ABC, NBC, etc.). Anything that shows stationary figures, boxes, or objects (such as video games) for long periods should definitely be avoided during the first 100 hours. After those 100 or 200 hours you'll be fine.
I also have a plasma (Samsung) and want to replace it eventually with an OLED. But the damn thing won't die!
My Samsung is the one that crapped out on me. The TCL's are chugging along fine.
We had to have major work done to our LG, but were lucky it was covered by warranty. Also had a small Vizio that stopped working as a tv, so it got repurposed as a monitor for a while. When we bit the bullet and went to OLED, it was a Sony. No complaints with Sony.
What is OLED noticeably better? Did you go up and resolution at the same time?
Me too. I bought a SONY OLED 8G 55" a few years ago and a 65" A80J recently. No problems. I had one of the first flatscreens, the SONY XBR 3. I purchased it in 2006, and it lasted 10 years until I gave it to my nephew and it fell off a wall. Never a problem.
Also have all service connections checked, including the ground cables and bar.
Which is why it pays to buy from something like Best Buy and get their 3 or 5 year warranty service. I ALWAYS get their warranty. You just don't know.
When it comes to appliances I rather buy from local appliance dealer. Free delivery/installation and take out the old...with a tip of course.
I've had good experiences with S K Lavery
Very unusual. How did they die? If they last for a week, they should last at least a decade. Do you have them on a good surge surpressor?
We had a 49" LG 4k led that was about 4 years old in our living room (replaced a 32" Sony led about 15 years old). When we finished fixing a room in the basement for guests last summer, we tried to put a TCL there, but they no longer had the size we wanted available. We figured we'd upgrade the living room and put the LG downstairs. We now have a Sony Bravia OLED 65" 4k in the living room. The sound from it was good enough to stop using the sound bar we had to use with the LG. The LG downstairs was mounted on an articulating wall mount, and is used by the grandsons for gaming and Roku watching. Win-win.
By chance S K Lavery you mentioned is on Sackett Point RD in North Haven? Although I didn't give name and city of appliance store I was talking about in my original post, it's Art's TV & Appliances on State St also in North Haven.
Try plugging them into a quality surge protector. Is your PC and monitor protected by a surge protector?
I have a 65" LG OLED and have zero burn in problems. And we do a lot of binge watching. I had that same Pioneer and I could have cried when it died. But its death did allow me to move up to larger. I wanted to go bigger than 65, but my wife thinks it would look funny to fill the entire space above the mantle. Not worth the discussion.
