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#295193 11-Mar-2022 12:20

Ihave a 6 year old Sony KD-49X7000D 4k LED. Nothing wrong with it just seems its about time to replace so I hopefully get something back when I sell. This is I think a android one which has been useful

From what I have read "oled not for daytime viewing Led is better, but Oled is better for night"

So any suggestions of what to replace it with $2500 is the allocation.

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#2884887 11-Mar-2022 12:43

If you're happy with the current TV and have no reason to upgrade other than "OLED" I would keep it. Your Sony is still a good model but being that it's 6 years old means it's not going to be worth much second hand.
Yes OLEDs (in a dark room) look amazing but for your budget you're not going to really get that much of an upgrade.

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#2884917 11-Mar-2022 13:04

Cheers thanks for the reply , very helpful

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#2884923 11-Mar-2022 13:11

I own a Panasonic 65" GZ1000 OLED TV, and I totally recommend the Panasonic range of OLED's both for price and quality.

Harvey Norman have deals on Panasonic OLED's ATM, and there are some great prices which are around your budget.

If you would like to go up in screen size to 55" there is the JZ980 model for $2449. Panasonic 55" JZ980 OLED TV

A step up to the JZ1000 models, and you can get 48" JZ1000 for $2199, or the 55" JZ1000 for $2796. Panasonic 55" JZ1000 OLED TV

The above link is for the 55" JZ1000, but the 48" is the same, but with a smaller screen.

Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10, Dolby Atmos are all on board. I think that Panasonic TV's now have Android on board. Not certain though.

Panasonic claim that the TV's all adjust to differently lit rooms, so they would be perfect for all situations.

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#2884992 11-Mar-2022 13:21

Sorry, I was wrong about Panasonic using the Android platform. Panasonic use My Home Screen 6.0 to load all of your apps onto (Netflix, Disney Plus, You Tube etc.)

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#2885013 11-Mar-2022 14:12

Andib:

Yes OLEDs (in a dark room) look amazing but for your budget you're not going to really get that much of an upgrade.

huh? $2500 gets you a 55" oled, which is a remarkable upgrade from a 49" led tv.

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#2885022 11-Mar-2022 14:22

I upgraded to a Panasonic GZ1000 55” a couple of years ago from a Samsung LED (non OLED). The picture quality difference is very pronounced. The TV is in a brightly lit room which gets a lot of sun from 2 sides, and I’ve never had a problem with TV brightness level

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#2885045 11-Mar-2022 15:05

I am looking at upgrading the family TV from a 40inch Sony circa 2012 to something a bit larger, a bit newer. It really is an upgrade for my retired father who is at home all day and uses it all the time

Been looking at the Sony OLED models and am thinking the XR55A80J as it comes in at 'just over budget' - I was thinking 65inch over 55inch, but the budget wasn't that large.

Not really sure how to compare specs and I know that upgrading the TV will probably lead to an upgrading of the speakers and and I am pretty sure the Stereo Receiver (?) is already broken ...

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#2885069 11-Mar-2022 15:40

gnfb:

From what I have read "oled not for daytime viewing Led is better, but Oled is better for night"

I wouldn't get too worried about the difference in brightness between LCD and OLED unless your TV is in a really bright room where daylight is difficult to control. I have no issues watching our OLED during the day, and in fact find our LCD far more frustrating given the off-axis dimming.

gnfb:

So any suggestions of what to replace it with $2500 is the allocation.

Yeah, that $2.5k figure is just about a perfect budget for a 55" OLED; assuming you're already ok with the size of your current TV at 49", you'll get the double delight of not only a 26% larger display (by area), but also image quality and real blacks that'll knock your socks off.

In regards to which brand/model, one of the deciding factors may well be the interface (especially given the image quality on all is going to be excellent); many love LG's WebOS and magic remote; some weird people like me prefer the much more basic and plain Panasonic interface; you may prefer to stick with Android TV (which the Sonys use, I believe). No point selecting a TV that you then hate using...

IMO this is a totally worthwhile upgrade; I totally have plans to replace the "55"LCD with a 55" OLED when I feel I can justify doing so, as at the moment I'll do my absolute best to avoid watching anything on that evil thing.

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#2885091 11-Mar-2022 16:12

The interface on my two 4K TV's doesn't matter to me. I have two Apple TV 4K and I use them for all of my apps etc.

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#2885097 11-Mar-2022 16:28

Movieman:

The interface on my two 4K TV's doesn't matter to me. I have two Apple TV 4K and I use them for all of my apps etc.

Yeah, that's the case for many people for sure but, for others, they may be content to, want to, or have no choice but to, use their TV's interface - so depending on this, it may well be an important consideration.

I was once in the camp of always using an external player, but nowadays on the Panasonic we can access nearly everything we need to (other than Plex) directly from the TV's own interface, so it's easier just to use that; for the LG, if I used it more than I do (once every couple of weeks) I'd probably elect to use an external device just to avoid WebOS/magic remote! Because of our family's dislike of this, I would not buy an LG TV again; while we could buy another device like an ATV, I can't see the point of doing this when I could just buy a TV with an interface we don't loathe.

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#2885104 11-Mar-2022 16:39

I find the Panasonic UI quite nice to use, it’s simple enough and gives easy access to the various apps. Only gripe is that sometimes the Netflix app freezes and need to power cycle the tv to kill the app.
I also have an ATV connected, which is geographically confused, so we use the TV apps for NZ stuff and ATV for other.

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#2885330 12-Mar-2022 13:30

I have a newer version of the same Sony Android TV. It's not a bad unit, easy to use & does all the things. Having said that, an OLED display is soooo much more realistic - better than looking out the window. You have the budget allocated & OLED is a compelling reason to upgrade.

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#2885377 12-Mar-2022 17:44

nzkiwiman:

I am looking at upgrading the family TV from a 40inch Sony circa 2012 to something a bit larger, a bit newer. It really is an upgrade for my retired father who is at home all day and uses it all the time

Been looking at the Sony OLED models and am thinking the XR55A80J as it comes in at 'just over budget' - I was thinking 65inch over 55inch, but the budget wasn't that large.

Not really sure how to compare specs and I know that upgrading the TV will probably lead to an upgrading of the speakers and and I am pretty sure the Stereo Receiver (?) is already broken ...

Got a feeling that the XR55A80J will be my choice. Now to figure out what I can get for the old one!

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#2885378 12-Mar-2022 17:56

Regardless of the brightness of the room itself, do not let direct sunlight hit an oled.

Brightness-wise OLED’s at high brightness settings are fine for regular daytime living room viewing. LED’s fair better but don’t do as well in dark settings, which oled excels at.

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#2892390 26-Mar-2022 14:37

gnfb:

Got a feeling that the XR55A80J will be my choice. Now to figure out what I can get for the old one!

Next to nothing I suspect. And possibly not even worth the hassle of selling.

Do you need to get rid of it if it's still working fine? Why not just keep it as a bedroom or other room set?

I tend to have a hierarchy chain in my house for TVs, media players and speakers etc. Best/new equipment goes in the living room or family room*, which are the rooms we enjoy AV material in the most. Then the bedroom. Then the main guest bedroom. Then the pokey second guest bedroom. When I get something new then it goes in the first rooms, and everything moves down the chain. The oldest kit, which is usually getting pretty ancient, drops off the very end.

Even if a TV is ancient, a Roku, Chromecast, AppleTV, NVidia Shield or similar can bring it into the modern streaming era pretty cheaply, and for as little as $50 (eg that's what you could get Chromecast for in last years boxing day sales).

I am curious however. It it's still working fine, why the need to replace? Unless you can identify something specific a new TV offers that the current one doesn't and which you need (eg HDR if you are a movie fan or a bigger screen), then a 6 year old set is likely pretty decent. $2,500 is a fair bit of money to spend without a good reason to do so.

(* except the family room TV doesn't tend to move. It's too big for other rooms)

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