TV Question - Is 4K worth it?

[diehardhawk82]

Looking at getting a new TV. Looking at a 60 inch or so. Is a 4K worth the additional money?

 

[fredjr82]

Sam's Club just had a 60" Vizio 4K TV, for $1000. I thought that was a good price and a coworker of mine pulled the trigger on one. He said it looked really good. Not sure what prices you're finding.

 

[poophawk]

i have a vizio 65 inch 4k. it sort of future proofs you i suppose but there isnt a lot of content yet. amazon has put some stuff up in 4k but your broadband needs to be pretty strong. my xbox one looks great on it tho but that would look good on any hd screen, ps4/xbox1 not 4k

 

[diehardhawk82]

Sam's Club just had a 60" Vizio 4K TV, for $1000. I thought that was a good price and a coworker of mine pulled the trigger on one. He said it looked really good. Not sure what prices you're finding.

Yeah that is about the same price point. I saw a 55 inch Visio non 4K that was around $500. Not sure if a little bigger screen and 4K is worth twice the price.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

The curved 65" Samsung I saw at Costco recently looked truly awesome. Block-the-aisle-and-stare level of awesome. Immersive. Not at all convinced that a curved screen is a good idea for group watching but for a single person or a couple, it would be great.

I keep reading that Netflix has or will have 4K content.

I also read that you should resist the oldest cheapest 4K TVs. Something to do with the HDMI.

Apparently the $7000 LG with 65" OLED curved screen is the one to get. Being a poor, I'll have to settle for the $2200 Samsung.

 

[fredjr82]

Yeah that is about the same price point. I saw a 55 inch Visio non 4K that was around $500. Not sure if a little bigger screen and 4K is worth twice the price.

I would pull the trigger on the 55" for $500. An extra 5" isn't worth an extra $500 (not for a TV but maybe an extra 5" somewhere else). $500 for a 55" seems like a good price for a TV that isn't 4K, but I haven't priced TVs for a couple of years now.

 

[h-hawk]

Trying to wait until OLED prices drop and 4K programming available. Although LG sells a 55 inch OLED for $2,500.

 

[longliveCS40]

I don't think there's enough 4k content to justify purchasing one right now.

 

[Huey Grey]

This sounds an awful lot like buying a $9,000 TV back in the mid 2000's.

 

[bagdropper]

Trying to wait until OLED prices drop and 4K programming available. Although LG sells a 55 inch OLED for $2,500.

Kinda the boat I'm in. And I'm as video-snobbish as it gets. Now I am happy I never bought a blue-disc player...I knew it would be replaced soon enough.

When broadcasters start 4k (and I can record it with my PC like I do with 1080i content) and the early adopters drive the price down while finding all the weak spots in the manufacturing, then I'll jump in with OLED 4k.

 

[thewop]

If you watch sports, and you're considering a TV larger than 50", just be sure it's 240hz refresh rate, not effective refresh rate or motion clarity index, actual 240 hz, or else it'll not track fast motion well enough, and seem choppy. You're much better off getting a 1080p that is 240hz than a 4k that's 60hz.

 

[hawkifann]

This sounds an awful lot like buying a $9,000 TV back in the mid 2000's.

IMHO, it's worse. The 4k picture is clearly better than today's SD, but I don't believe it's the quantum leap from SD that HD was 10-15 years ago. I love tech and I love toys/gadgets and I'll surely own a 4k TV at some point in the future, but it's hard to justify spending $3k+ for the upgrade when there's so little content out there.