I'm planning to buy a Playstation 4 and a 1080p set, since my only set is 720p. I want to get an OLED TV and a lot of those are curved. Has anyone here tried a curved set with games? (If you're curious, Alien: Isolation is the game that lured me to this decision.)

No, I don't know anything about them. So, once you learn more, please post your impressions. Apparently they're very expensive, but then again, I bet you typically get what you pay for...

ps The physics is very interesting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED

mah tv don't squeek,, so it don't never need ta be oled

Myself, I would avoid "smart" TVs...

https://bgr.com/2014/10/31/smart-tv-pri … -security/

"The FBI will not have to bug your living room; you will do it yourself.”

Who cares? Seriously.

Lots of people. Seriously. If you don't fine, but many do.

Hey, can I call you out and start an/the argument this time? I'm usually on the other side of these things...

good to know anyway

If the EULA stated that no first or third parties are allowed to track personally identifiable information among the other stats they collect, I wouldn't care nearly so much.  Otherwise you can't do much to avoid online for streaming video, maybe a darkNetflix will pop up?

I haven't bought anything yet, since the refresh rate and the short life spans of the OLED technology left me dubious. OLED is advertised as having a 240 Hz refresh rate, which is poor when compared to plasma. The now defunct plasma TVs all had a refresh rate of 600 Hz, which is why you would never see the "soap opera" effect on one. I've spent a lot of time watching LCD, LED and plasma. Plasma is clearly (no pun intended) the best of the three. All of my family members agree, since we have access to the same sets. Until the OLED manufacturers get the refresh rate up to 600 Hz, I'm staying far away. I won't dare buy a regular LED, unless it is strictly to be used as a computer monitor, in which case LED technology is actually preferable.

Cripes, and here I am still using that old 40 inch SDTV I bought off my friend like five years ago.

I have a Sony KV-36XBR400, made in 2001, an HD-CRT at 1080i. Better motion than an LCD or LED. Thing weighs 235 pounds though. Got a built-in sub-woofer.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-KV36XBR400-3 … B00005O7GF

Oh yes, the CRTs have a higher refresh rate than the LCDs/LEDs. Only plasma approaches or equals CRT with respect to refresh rate and minimizing motion blur. CRT did have around 100 years of development.

I'm currently waiting for OLED to improve, or for a new technology to debut and mature before I buy anything. I remember being enthusiastic about the Laser TVs, but they were on the market for only a few months. TV technology is weird right now.

For a lot of us, CRT's are still the best way to go in terms of lag/responsiveness. Losing even a couple frames due to lag affects gameplay, especially on older timing-based games like platformers. Their size can be an issue sometimes. I think it's just me, but I find CRT's easier on the eyes as well. It's more...relaxing (not sure how to explain).

Yeah, Standard LCDs can be funny in that regard. Florescent lights are like that. What about LED TVs?

The large non-curved OLEDs are finally coming out:

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_68955E9500 … ml?tp=9201

"Ultra HD TV"
uhhhh, what makes it ultra? Leather seating? Does look nice, and at $4000 it should be!

Well, I read in Scientific American that HD quality (1080p) has more information than the eyes can process. In other words, a 1080p signal contains more information for the eyes than reflected sunlight. The "Ultra" designation is not some marketing trick. Any TV with "Ultra" has 4 times the resolution of 1080p, which is officially called "4K". You'll never in a million billion years see any difference between 4K and 1080p unless you get a very large screen and sit really close. That's the advantage of 4K, or Ultra. If you have a very small room, you can clearly view images on a set 70 inches or larger. Good luck finding native 4K content, though.

480i forever.

The last time I bought a TV was in 2008. Around that time is when I read the article about 1080p having too much information, so I bought a 720p set. I always watch youtube videos at 720, even if 1080 is available. I'm not clear as to why 1080p sets are even available in any size less than 60 inches and why 4K is available in any size less than 100 inches. 720p is ridiculously sharp, even on a 50 inch set.

Because of my retro gaming, though, I've been looking at 480i more than anything lately. I still think S-video is stunningly beautiful.

Yeah, I have a 2005 32 inch Philips CRT and I played Dragon Quest VIII on it with component cables. It's great to have old TVs for games like that. And yeah, I don't see 4K being useful aside from high-end PC gaming or viewing digital camera pictures.

Even though few people will be able to afford the equipment necessary to notice the difference, these are still coming out.

You know what really needs to be designed? A flat screen TV that isn't so prone to falling over if you bump a side of it by accident. Rather than have it be supported by a "neck," I'd have the screen unit sit right on the surface it's sat on, with supports on both sides of the screen that keep it from either falling forward, or backward.

I think with most flat screen TVs, they are intended to be hung/mounted on the wall. I'd like to do with my flat screen what V did with hers in Ultraviolet: Build a mounting for it to be hung in the ceiling, and then I could lay on my bed, and look upwards at it.

My question is, why does the government need to surveil its citizens so closely, if we're not already being accused of something before we've even done anything?

Fact is, most people are perfectly law-abiding, peace-minded people, who just want to work, get paid, go to the coffee shop, go to the gym, go to class, do their laundry, etc., and just get through the day.

A bunch of information is being compiled about everyone, if only so the government has an easier time of trying to brand you a criminal if they take issue with you, and know where to find you when they want to arrest you.

I actually had a neighbor who THREW OUT their smart TV after they found out the government can use it to spy on you, and they couldn't return it anymore. I, of course, only heard about this after the unit had been firmly trash compacted in the garbage truck. The thing could've at least been resold if he really wanted to get rid of it, but I guess that hadn't occurred to him - he was just that scared of the thing and panicked.