Please help me decide if I should buy this TV
0I have found this TV for an excellent price but I am not skilled at evaluating them. My old 65" DLP TV's bulb is wearing out and rather than replace it I think I'd like to get a new TV and try to sell the old one on Craigslist before the Superbowl. I know this is not a cutting edge TV, I can't afford those and don't really need one. I have a Samsung blu-ray sound system with SmartHub so I am familiar with that and they ought to play well together. But will this one give me a good picture and be reliable? Here are the specs:
Samsung H6350 Smart LED TV
75-Inch 1080p - CA LED TV
Full HD 1080p
Clear Motion Rate 240
Wide Color Enhancer Plus
Quad Core Processor
Smart Hub
Full Web Browser
Screen Mirroring
HDMI CONNECTIONS
USB CONNECTIONS
ECO SENSOR
(I also posted this on ATC as I have some friends there that are not here.)
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I'm not super into TVs so I might not be able to help much, but I think we need a price to help you decide.
@JonT $1,709, free shipping, no tax. Vendor has a 9.75/10 at Reseller Ratings and an 8.9/10 at TrustPilot. The negative reviews have to do with the company trying to convince buyers to get a different product, or upsell them on the phone. There is some suspicion that they oversell their stock. But apparently the products themselves are good, I found no negative reviews on the actual goods.
Ton of good reviews on Amazon, comes up on top of most searches.
If I'm spending $1700 on a TV it's gonna be 4k.
For that price, you can get a 4k at around 60-65 inches. Personally, I'd think that would look WAY better than a 75" 1080p. At 75" a 1080p will look standard def.
@phatmass I'm with you there. It'd be nice to have all those bells and whistles but on retirement income..........
@phatmass Where are you seeing a 65" 4k for $1,700? I am only seeing those at around $3k. My current TV is 65", so I am not willing to go smaller, but I'd consider an upgrade in size or image quality. That said, that super sharp image quality that we are seeing in some features now is not really to my liking. I spent an entire scene of one of the Hobbit movies marveling at the clearly visible whorls of the fingerprint on a guy's thumb, and another being disgusted by another guy's nose hairs, crisply defined. I really don;t need to see every crease, hair, pore, etc.It does make me have extra appreciation for the makeup artists that made the elves look so porcelain skinned and ageless despite that new tech magnifying glass.
Lee Pace as himself and as Thranduil
@moondrake http://www.bestbuy.com/site/vizio-p-series-65-class-64-1-2-diag--led-2160p-smart-4k-ultra-hd-tv-black/8509662.p?id=1219340874656
65" 4K $1500
@Ignorant Thanks! It's definitely worthy of consideration, although I'd have to pony up $124 in tax and either pick it up myself or pay for shipping. So I'd be trading 5" of screen (a fair amount of screen real estate at these sizes), the better brand name (Samsung vs Vizio), and home delivery for the 4K 2160P resolution, buying from a local vendor (easy returns) and about $80 in savings. Maybe I need to go and have a second look at these 4k TVs and see if I like what I see.
Don't base your decision on extras like Clearmotion/TruMotion 120/240 Hz, and apps beyond Netflix/Amazon/possibly Youtube. For the first group, you'll find out real quickly if you love or hate them (I hate them), and the second group is usually better served by a separate device (lot cheaper to replace a Roku than your TV).
Otherwise, unless you'd really like to pay extra for 4K movie content, there's not a whole lot of reason to get a 4K set now- sure, if it happens to work out that way, it's great, but with the relative lack of 4K content (YouTube, some Netflix trials I believe, and assorted other items), I don't feel you're missing much there.
@dashcloud Good info. I forgot that the 4K content is actually specific stuff. I use my blu-ray to access Netflix, and the networked desktop for You Tube (easier to search on a keyboard than a TV remote). My current TV is "smart" but I have never used any of its features because it's easier and for me more intuitive to use the peripherals. I don;t get broadcast TV, only streaming or media content, so the Tv is really an "on or off" device, rather than a "snart" device.