| ▲ | smcleod 3 hours ago |
| Unfortunately they make arguably the best OLEDs and webOS is pretty decent to use (especially compared to the terrible OS that Samsung and Sony run). I think the best thing people can do is update their firmware then disconnect it from the internet. Using an AppleTV or similar provides a better experience than any TVs built in apps anyway. |
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| ▲ | cosmic_cheese 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I don’t ever use their “smart” functionality (that’s what my Apple TV is for) but I’ve never had any issues with the Google TV (Android) build that Sony ships. It doesn’t nag me about being kept offline, is reasonably fast, and doesn’t even show its home screen unless I specifically summon it, so it checks my boxes. |
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| ▲ | mey 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| How important is "the best" OLED vs the second best or 100th best OLED? I am personally ok not buying the bleeding edge to not get malware onto my OS. |
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| ▲ | smcleod 4 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | If you care about home cinema it's important. There's a pretty big jump down. You can look up the specs and reviews of the C and G series from LG. Anecdotally quite a few times when people see my 7 year old LG C9 I've had them ask if it was some new expensive TV as they are so impressed with the picture. | |
| ▲ | notatoad 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | reasonably important, if you're never connecting your lg tv to any network, and just connecting it to an AppleTV or something and letting HDMI-CEC control it so you never even see their OS. | | |
| ▲ | StumpChunkman 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Exactly this. And with an Apple TV 4K Ethernet, you've got a bonus Thread border router for smart home devices. I actually didn't even realize that initially, but was very pleased when I found IKEAs latest round of Matter over Thread devices paired nicely with it and my existing Home Assistant + Hue setup. | |
| ▲ | drnick1 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | I would suggest a mini-PC running Linux and Plasma Bigscreen instead of an AppleTV if you want something 100% private and user-controlled. | | |
| ▲ | przmk 11 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Unless you're using streaming services like Netflix, in which case you're stuck with 720p because of widevine. | |
| ▲ | N19PEDL2 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | Do you recommend any specific distro for this? |
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| ▲ | theplumber 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | If you care about malware you do not plug it into the internet. I think windows computers are pretty mallwareish as well or at least spyware. People who buy Oled buy them because they care about PQ. | |
| ▲ | altairprime an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | 2nd best, not. 100th, better to get a great LCD than a junk OLED? | |
| ▲ | 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | [deleted] | |
| ▲ | globular-toast 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Exactly. If you get the best today it'll be the second best tomorrow anyway. Absolute position is undetectable, you can only perceive change. Use that to your advantage and stay off the treadmill. | | | |
| ▲ | Bud 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [dead] |
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| ▲ | jedberg 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I haven’t looked recently but last I checked Samsung made the best panels. Has that changed recently? |
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| ▲ | nvme0n1p1 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Samsung scored highest on https://www.rtings.com/ for my criteria, and I'm happy with the purchase. I didn't connect it to the network, of course. (I had to stop my handyman from connecting it and he seemed to think I was crazy for insisting.) | | |
| ▲ | lostlogin an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | I installed a Pihole and set an edge router to direct any port 53 traffic that wasn’t from the Pihole, to the Pihole. That made a Samsung behave a little better. But giving it no network access is better. | |
| ▲ | ahartmetz 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | "I work in software. I have seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate..." | |
| ▲ | MemoryHoleHQ 21 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | [dead] |
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| ▲ | dodslaser 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Samsung is good, except: - No Dolby Vision support, only HDR10+
- Issues with judder/micro stutter
- History of nerfing TVs via OTA updates
- HDMI ports randomly failing
- Bad HDMI-CEC implementation
- Selling completely different panel generations under the exact same model names. | |
| ▲ | smcleod 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Their panels are often over-saturated with that fake HDR like look, similar to their phones. | | |
| ▲ | ahartmetz 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Most screens come with "showroom settings" out of the box. You need to configure them to something more neutral once and then it's fine. | | |
| ▲ | smcleod 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I'm aware of that setting, but this is the Samsung baseline. The panels they export for OEMs / other manufacturers don't seem to have the same hyper saturation. Even just standing next to someone using a Samsung phone or tablet you can often spot it straight away we know you what to look for. | | |
| ▲ | ahartmetz an hour ago | parent [-] | | Even phones have screen settings these days (much less detailed than monitors). On my Motorola phone w/ OLED screen, I turned off "vibrant colors" or something like that. Maybe the people you saw didn't bother or liked it. Maybe there is something that can't be turned off, who knows. I only have semi-regular experience with an older (and non OLED) Samsung tablet which seems fine. |
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| ▲ | TeMPOraL 36 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Over saturated HDR is a good default in times when all TV shows only use various shades of pitch black. | |
| ▲ | PowerElectronix 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | That goes away if you set them in filmaker mode. |
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| ▲ | PowerElectronix 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | No, qd-oled is still best, LG is closing the gap with tandem oled but is still the second best panel tech. |
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| ▲ | pjmlp 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Have to agree, WebOS is much better than Android TV OS, with ads on the dashboard. |
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| ▲ | Gigachad an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | As long as you keep it off the internet. Otherwise it’s absolute loaded with adverts everywhere. | | |
| ▲ | pjmlp 43 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Not the 2020 version I have, it has a suggested shows row from the apps I have already installed, which makes sense. Android TV even has ads for Disney and Apple, which I never installed. |
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| ▲ | Leonard_of_Q 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | You can replace the Android TV launcher with an alternative like Projectivy [1] to get rid of whatever nonsense the stock launcher tries to push. Add Flicky [2] to address F-Droid and you've got a nuisance-free Android TV. [1] https://github.com/spocky/miproja1 [2] https://github.com/mlm-games/flicky | | |
| ▲ | pjmlp 42 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Thanks, however is kind of the problem, it shouldn't be a thing in first place. |
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