BLOWN AWAY BY NEW SAMSUNG 4K SUHD-TV

[chief38]

Just finished hooking up my new 60" 4K LED/LCD SUHD TV by Samsung. I always thought Samsung was the leader in HD TV's and while in Costco today, I just couldn't resist it any longer and so I bought one. This model is the flat screen, NOT the curved one. The way it is set up in my Den (caddy-corner) the curved version would not work as well as the flat model. VERY IMPRESSED so far!

It replaced a 55" Vizio model that was about 6 years old and was a good TV, but the new Samsung blows the Vizio away. The Vizio is now in another room in the house and will still be used. After seeing how good this Samsung is, I am contemplating replacing the Kitchen Vizio unit as well - see what I started?

 

[cougar14]

width

what's the total gross width of the old one and the new one. not diagonal.

 

[Wise_A]

I prefer Samsung for all my panels--TV, computer, everything--unless the only consideration is price.

 

[Cardboard_killer]

I recently got a 55" samsung 1080p and it is very nice. However, I really bought it as a interim between my old plasma and an oLED when they finally come down in price to make them affordable. I bought it as it was a returned item at walmart and got it really cheap, $375 otd.

I keep thinking of buying the oLED, but the $1900 price tag is just too much. I might do $1000, but even that is really stretching it.

 

[federali]

Great TV

I think we have the very same TV. It is indeed a great picture provided the broadcast itself is in high definition. You won't get crystal-clear clarity with old I Love Lucy reruns.

 

[Arik]

I have the same exact Vizio you're talking about and it's also about 6 years old. I just can't justify buying a new TV when this one works. Of they were $50 then sure but it's hard to do when you spent good money on one just a few years ago

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[chief38]

what's the total gross width of the old one and the new one. not diagonal.

The old one is a 55" diagonal but measures 50.5" horizontally. The new Samsung is a 60" diagonal TV but measures 53" horizontally. Most if the small difference in the horizontal measurement is because the new TV has a very very small frame whereas the older Visio's frame is much larger. So while the diagonal dimensions are much larger, the horizontal measurements are not as extreme.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Nice.

4k is a huge improvement especially in the larger 60in screens.

If you haven't already, take the time to understand picture color settings, brightness and Samsung's Auto Motion Plus. It can make a huge difference.

A buddy of mine dropped over $4k on Samsung 4k curved. He was thrilled with it, or at least thought he was. When he turned it on to show me and brag on his new TV it was pretty bad. Brightness and color saturation was cranked way up and auto motion had the picture looking like a cheesy soap opera... horrible. I guess that's how it was set at the factory when he got it but didn't ask. Anyway... we went through the menus and adjusted according to what he thought looked best to him and the final result was a tremendously better picture. This applies to a manufactures, not just Samsung.

Enjoy your new TV.

 

[ace22]

i'm considering buying a new tv even though my current 8yr old 46" is still working fine and the picture is decent. , (I hope I didn't just jinx myself)
a question for long time Samsung owners. how has the long term reliability been over the years? any problems?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I have a 55 inch, love it.
Regret I didn't get a 65!
Go big or stay home!
Hold on, I am at Home.
Just go big as you can.

 

[chaparrito]

The bigger Samsungs, which I don't have room for look fantastic. 43 inches is tops for my space and really all I need. I bought my very first flat screen on Black Friday. After a lot of research but no actual in person tests, I'd reserved a 4k Samsung at Fry's Electronics. When I went to Phoenix to pick it up, they had one on display running a 4k version of Star Wars. Right next to it was a same-sized Sony for a little more and there was no comparison. I bought the Sony. Good thing too. We recently dumped satellite TV and were contemplating switching to Sony's streaming service. It turns out using that service on Samsung TVs takes a few extra steps and purchase of dongles. On Sony TVs it's built right in. Even without 4K media or broadcasts, the difference between 1080p and 2160 is pretty amazing.

My sad old 36in. Sony Wega CRT, which weighs about the same as a ready for slaughter steer and helped warm the house in winter is now sitting outside on the porch waiting for me to figure out what to do with it. It still works, but you can't give CRTs away. I'm going to have to pay 10 bucks to a recycler to take it. Even the thrift stores say no. I bought that television 20 years ago and in all that time never missed the fancy flat panels. I seriously doubt the one I just bought will last a fraction of that time.

 

[Tinhack]

Wow! And I thought I got out of the stone age when I replaced my 13" CRT boob-tube in the bedroom with a 24" LED Haier TV. I'd have to sit in the hallway to see the whole screen of 60" TV in the living/family room. Big TVs need big rooms or you're moving your head back and forth like you're watching a tennis game.

 

[aphelion]

Still waiting for a TV with as good a picture as our 7 yr old Samsung plasma. After watching the plasma all these years, the motion blur on LCDs is irritating. Maybe the 240 screen rate will be the answer. Those still cost too much though.

 

[rick1085]

Still waiting for a TV with as good a picture as our 7 yr old Samsung plasma. After watching the plasma all these years, the motion blur on LCDs is irritating. Maybe the 240 screen rate will be the answer. Those still cost too much though.

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I think the answer is OLED

 

[pittpa]

I've been looking at sets and specs, and reviewing expert articles and manufacturer websites to educate myself. I can't justify replacing my 2010 Mitsubishi DLP right now, it still looks so good. But if the bulb goes, who knows? I just wish I'd spent a little more on the 73" size back then. It is a challenge to compare sets these days, since the stores are so brightly lit and the tv settings are so cranked all over the place. Adding to the challenge are multiple HDR standards, Dolby Vision and HDR 10, with the makers adding their own names like HDR PRO and HDR 1000 (which I understand uses the HDR 10 protocol). It is difficult to find this on the box or the store display in many cases. Then there is HDR ready, or HDR compatible, which I take to mean that the set will play an HDR encoded source, but you will not benefit from any display enhancements. The sources of the video signal vary, and I was advised that Samsung has a special display source the other sets don't display. So you get it home and you have minimal 4k sources. The upscaling quality of non-4k video sources is important, but this is hard to ascertain in the store if the type of source is unknown. Additionally, everything I've read indicates that for a given TV size, if you are to be able to ascertain the better quality of the 4k picture, you either have to sit closer or get a bigger set. I sit about 9' from my 60" set. When I replace it, I'm looking at 70-75" sets for that distance. From what I've seen, the OLED and the Sony XBR look the best in the stores at about $3000 for a 70".

 

[LVSteve]

Nice.

4k is a huge improvement especially in the larger 60in screens.

If you haven't already, take the time to understand picture color settings, brightness and Samsung's Auto Motion Plus. It can make a huge difference.

A buddy of mine dropped over $4k on Samsung 4k curved. He was thrilled with it, or at least thought he was. When he turned it on to show me and brag on his new TV it was pretty bad. Brightness and color saturation was cranked way up and auto motion had the picture looking like a cheesy soap opera... horrible. I guess that's how it was set at the factory when he got it but didn't ask. Anyway... we went through the menus and adjusted according to what he thought looked best to him and the final result was a tremendously better picture. This applies to a manufactures, not just Samsung.

Enjoy your new TV.

Thisx1000. I have a Sony 46" HDTV I bought a few years back and I had to turn down nearly every setting in the thing so that the whites weren't burned out like a nuke test. Then I had to turn down the colour saturation so that golf greens did not look like they had been painted with a child's idea of grass.

Motionflow (or whatever your manufacturer calls it) is an abused setting, too. If Star Trek reruns look oddly "plastic", then you have the setting too high. If the spaceships move in jerks then it is too low.

People still look at the TV in my house and compliment the picture. Sometimes watching sports in other peoples homes can be painful. They have the saturation and sharpness so high it's like having razor blades shoved in your eyes.

 

[zzzippper]

My 40" Samsung HD died so I have been shopping for a 4K. The 40" Samsung I wanted was a limited run for $299 but was sold out. The next option was a 40" Samsung for $449, too much of a jump for me. I settled on a 43" Hisense for $368. I can't wait to watch some programming that is in the 4K format.

 

[stairstars]

I bought the SONY 4K 55 inch over the Sammy, my first choice, because of the SD issue, since we watch a lot of classic film and TV. The SONY allows you to turn off the upscaler, so it does not over enhance our older programs. Works great. On DVD restored prints, like MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE and BURKE'S LAW they come in looking like HD. However, the pee in your pants look is watching football in the SPORTS mode.

 

[Cardboard_killer]

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I think the answer is OLED

I know the answer is oLED, just wish prices would drop.

The jitter problems are not so bad on the samsungs, but the blacks are just not close to plasmas, and the oLEDs beat the plasmas. My old plasma was 7 years old and the picture had deteriorated. When I heard they were being discontinued, I almost bought a new one, but thought at the time that the oLEDs would fall in price once the plasmas were off the shelfs. That turned out to be wrong.

 

[mauser9]

My 42 inch Vizio just gave up last month after 8 years and I replaced it with an LG 49 inch which is the newer LED which does make a difference in picture. Cost was $500 which was less than I paid for that Vizio. Only thing is these sets sure don't last as long as our older analogs as my old Panasonic is still going strong after 13 years.