Posted on 04/23/2017 11:53:27 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
This year at CES, HDR support is the buzzword heard from almost every single TV manufacturer, culminating in this frightening-looking slide from LG which proudly promised its set would be compatible with all four major HDR standards.
Things aren't quite as problematic as they seem
As a consumer, that many different video standards is a daunting idea that brings to mind the format wars of yore (think VHS vs. Betamax or Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD). Fortunately, while the fact that there are now four standards — HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG, and Advanced HDR — for companies and consumers to consider when it comes to new televisions, the reality is that things aren't quite as problematic as they seem.
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“no i mean ‘good LED’s’ Been to many stores- checking them out- all major brands- all price ranges- haven’t come across one yet that doesn’t experience fade- Soem are a bit better than others- but none have the viewing ngles that OLEDS and CRT’s have that i have seen”
I just walked around to the side of mine. No problem with brightness or color. No noticeable fade even at extreme angles.
Here's one they didn't tell you about: OLED is subject to burn-in. Like plasma and CRT before it,
“no- i meant OLED’s burn in-”
You said years ago. OLED’s were north of $10k years ago.
Yes- i understand the others have the burn in issue too- but I wasn’t going to shell out a large amount of money for an oled if that problem was going to be an issue when i already have a CRT television which gets great contrast and color t any angle already- OlEDS at least had great viewing angles before- but they were more subject ot burn in a few years ago- perhaps that has changed in recent years- I don’t know-
Not sure what brand you have for LED- but like i say I’ve not found one that looks good at angles over 40 degrees- The last time i looked was around last Christmas as we were wanting something larger (can’t read the menus on smaller CRT well anymore-) But could not find one that looked good at angles- Even the LG 4 k ones that I viewed suffered from it-
Thanks, I’ll check that one out- hopefully they have it somewhere i can view it in person- I’ll check youtue too- maybe they have soem reviews there on it
“Thanks, I’ll check that one out- hopefully they have it somewhere i can view it in person- I’ll check youtue too- maybe they have soem reviews there on it”
It’s a 2013 model.
View this. It has lots of angle views (see 3:00 and later).
And EXTREME angle is shown at 8:00.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvCZi4IL5oE
So, naturally I'm in no rush to go to 4K.... especially since there next to no content available in 4K yet on Direct TV.
Maybe in a few years there will be more.
Don’t mean to give away my age but if they bring back “the rifleman”, “Gunsmoke” “bonanza” and other westerns maybe I’ll rehook the antenna.
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We get HDTV via antenna, out of LA.
Wanted Dead or Alive, Paladin, Maverick, Rawhide currently on some sub channel. They cycle through a series and then concentrate on another one.
The Advanced Standards Television Committee is supposed to “rubber stamp” the final ATSC 3.0 specification
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Will current HDTV receivers still work?
That is a nice tv.
“That is a nice tv.”
It’s a great TV. But the new Samsung QLED is even better.
Those programs are available via antenna TV- the old rabbit ears to those of certain age.
Great news with the QLED for Sonos owners........optical digital audio output (can pass Dolby® Digital/DTS multichannel or 2-channel audio from connected sources).
I have an old TV,,,
Watch DVDs only..
Watching an”old movie”...
Ben Hur
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!
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Good post. Content is more important than anything. That goes for music, too. Given the choice, I’d rather watch great content on old technology than the other way around.
Thanks- Will definately check those out later today-
But not the other two. You make my point for me again.
“But not the other two. “
Yes on the other two:
One: It simply includes additional information regarding the HDR effect that compatible sets can implement. The broadcast is also backwards compatible with older standard dynamic range images should the set not offer HLG compatibility.
While HLG is still years away from any mainstream rollout, there’s nothing about the spec that would prevent any HDR set from offering a firmware update to support it later on.
The Other: it’s also primarily built for broadcast media and upscaling SDR video to HDR. But it’s designed to be cross compatible across different HDR hardware, making it likely that TV manufacturers will be able to support it.
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