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Well my 40 inch 3 year old Samsung LED decided to start losing Pixels.
So far its one whole line from top to bottom.
Not catastrophic yet, but it certainly has Jump started my next TV search.
I don't really care about 4k, But If Im going to buy a new TV, I might as well go 4K.
So what Im looking for is anything $500 or less ( could push up higher depending.)
43 inch and up.
4K smart,
120hz
3 + HDMI
No more Samsung tvs.
I have Magnavox tvs out last both of my Samsung TVs
I'd like a Sony, but they are a little to High for what I want to spend on a 4K tv.
I've been looking at LG models 6030,6100
And Vizio E and M series.
But I would definitely listen to other suggestions.
Thanks again.
So far its one whole line from top to bottom.
Not catastrophic yet, but it certainly has Jump started my next TV search.
I don't really care about 4k, But If Im going to buy a new TV, I might as well go 4K.
So what Im looking for is anything $500 or less ( could push up higher depending.)
43 inch and up.
4K smart,
120hz
3 + HDMI
No more Samsung tvs.
I have Magnavox tvs out last both of my Samsung TVs
I'd like a Sony, but they are a little to High for what I want to spend on a 4K tv.
I've been looking at LG models 6030,6100
And Vizio E and M series.
But I would definitely listen to other suggestions.
Thanks again.
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I've read at credible sources like Vizio owners forums that Vizio updates are often for things that don't work right and product released with known bugs to make marketing deadlines and often the updates don't work either .
I read the CMS is usually broken on a lot of Viszio TV product and it's best not to calibrate those TV's because of that ...................., IMO you can't make a silk purse out of a Tier two brand product with firmware updates and they don't make TV's at Vizio anyway they are a Vizio OD marketer without an HDR 1000 spec. TV ,I call them at best slightly above blue light special rubbish noting thats just my opinion and I can repair TV's at the board level .
I always buy tier one brand sets at Sony ,Samsung and LG .
OTOH Sony TV updated the 2015 Sony 4K WCG HDR products to upgraded full HDR processing ,HDMI 2.0a , HEVC and VP 9 the same Android 6 platform and ultimately the same HDR /SDR processing and also the backlight control processing as 2016 Sony product as applicable and some of the 2017 Sony product .
Sony will be making Android 7 ( Andoid N ) a 2015 to 2017 Sony Android platform update and thgey have a new TV android software update channel now for the TV's for new firmware features and so on going back to 2015 product while the apps update automatically .
All that makes a good argument for the usual Sony Tax
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Sony also firmware upgraded the 2015 Sony XBR 850C here for better HDR /SDR processing and significantly more backlight brightness to match the 2016 same product tier
That said I think the 2016 product smart money for a not too spendy real decent TV is the 4K SDR Samsung KU 6290 and virtually the same Samsung KU 6300 that just adds bluetooth and for 4K wide color Gamut full HDR the Samsung KS 8000 .
I read the CMS is usually broken on a lot of Viszio TV product and it's best not to calibrate those TV's because of that ...................., IMO you can't make a silk purse out of a Tier two brand product with firmware updates and they don't make TV's at Vizio anyway they are a Vizio OD marketer without an HDR 1000 spec. TV ,I call them at best slightly above blue light special rubbish noting thats just my opinion and I can repair TV's at the board level .
I always buy tier one brand sets at Sony ,Samsung and LG .
OTOH Sony TV updated the 2015 Sony 4K WCG HDR products to upgraded full HDR processing ,HDMI 2.0a , HEVC and VP 9 the same Android 6 platform and ultimately the same HDR /SDR processing and also the backlight control processing as 2016 Sony product as applicable and some of the 2017 Sony product .
Sony will be making Android 7 ( Andoid N ) a 2015 to 2017 Sony Android platform update and thgey have a new TV android software update channel now for the TV's for new firmware features and so on going back to 2015 product while the apps update automatically .
All that makes a good argument for the usual Sony Tax
.
Sony also firmware upgraded the 2015 Sony XBR 850C here for better HDR /SDR processing and significantly more backlight brightness to match the 2016 same product tier
That said I think the 2016 product smart money for a not too spendy real decent TV is the 4K SDR Samsung KU 6290 and virtually the same Samsung KU 6300 that just adds bluetooth and for 4K wide color Gamut full HDR the Samsung KS 8000 .
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They won't be doing that again with the 2017 X850E /X900E
I have the 2015 4K HDR Sony XBR X850C in here and it's way more real decent for the spend now after the Android 6 platform and firmware SDR /HDR processing upgrades and more backlight NITS that made it a same brightness and a better TV than the 2016 X850C product .
I'm contemplating the Sony X1 xtreme processing 4K HDR X930E or a Sony OLED or 9ZD or 2019 LGD OLED TADF emitter panels in a Sony or LG OLED TV if they take care of the usual OLED issues and or if the usual Sony tax comes down on the Z1C OLED or the 9ZD otherwise X930E may be the TV to upgrade the X850C in here if it shakes out to look that better which is entirely plausible
That's a terrific TV and the de facto decent Sony 2016 4K HDR product since they screwed the pooch with an IPS panel in the X850C .
They won't be doing that again with the 2017 X850E /X900E
I have the 2015 4K HDR Sony XBR X850C in here and it's way more real decent for the spend now after the Android 6 platform and firmware SDR /HDR processing upgrades and more backlight NITS that made it a same brightness and a better TV than the 2016 X850C product .
I'm contemplating the Sony X1 xtreme processing 4K HDR X930E or a Sony OLED or 9ZD or 2019 LGD OLED TADF emitter panels in a Sony or LG OLED TV if they take care of the usual OLED issues and or if the usual Sony tax comes down on the Z1C OLED or the 9ZD otherwise X930E may be the TV to upgrade the X850C in here if it shakes out to look that better which is entirely plausible
Then you always over pay .I've read at credible sources like Vizio owners forums that Vizio updates are often for things that don't work right and product released with known bugs to make marketing deadlines and often the updates don't work either .
I read the CMS is usually broken on a lot of Viszio TV product and it's best not to calibrate those TV's because of that ...................., IMO you can't make a silk purse out of a Tier two brand product with firmware updates and they don't make TV's at Vizio anyway they are a Vizio OD marketer without an HDR 1000 spec. TV ,I call them at best slightly above blue light special rubbish noting thats just my opinion and I can repair TV's at the board level .
I always buy tier one brand sets at Sony ,Samsung and LG .
OTOH Sony TV updated the 2015 Sony 4K WCG HDR products to upgraded full HDR processing ,HDMI 2.0a , HEVC and VP 9 the same Android 6 platform and ultimately the same HDR /SDR processing and also the backlight control processing as 2016 Sony product as applicable and some of the 2017 Sony product .
Sony will be making Android 7 ( Andoid N ) a 2015 to 2017 Sony Android platform update and thgey have a new TV android software update channel now for the TV's for new firmware features and so on going back to 2015 product while the apps update automatically .
All that makes a good argument for the usual Sony Tax
.
Sony also firmware upgraded the 2015 Sony XBR 850C here for better HDR /SDR processing and significantly more backlight brightness to match the 2016 same product tier
That said I think the 2016 product smart money for a not too spendy real decent TV is the 4K SDR Samsung KU 6290 and virtually the same Samsung KU 6300 that just adds bluetooth and for 4K wide color Gamut full HDR the Samsung KS 8000 .
Because Vizio kicks the crap out of Sony and Samsung in just about every review.
And Samsung is unimpressive to say the least.
Its an over marketed brand that fall well short of my expectations.
Always has.
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Samsung TV products at one point in history would maybe fit the Vizio or worse cheap door buster market below Vizio , some of them were rubbish and the DLP they and everybody made were rubbish anyway .
Samung had the bad cap formulation thing more than Sony with better quality Japanese Nichicon and Rubycon caps they still use but none of them are defect free and the spendy Sony SXRD LCoS was a bust outside of its decent 1080p Picture, I got rid of mine before the light engine blew up.like a lot of them did .
My low spend for Sony , 1080p 2013 Sony Bravia is rubbish I had to replace the LED stips in it myself at 2.2 years for the sunroom /day room out back where I banished the low bright 6 bit + frc panel 2013 Sony Bravia rubbish unlike my Sony XBR TV's since 1993 that never ever broke before they busted outta here and some at 12-14 years ,
The often on 2013 LG and 2013 Samsung here and this 4K HDR Sony XBR been golden so far they have the Costco squaretrade warranty anyway No TV including this Sony 4K HDR been in here more than 2 years since 2009 and I'm contemplating the next upgrade but it needs to bwe a wow upgrade and that wouldn't be a Vizio downgrade in here
Don't want Vizio ,never did and don't need one my unencumbered spending what I want on budget is not constrained to those which would be thier markets and thats fine for them and the buyers they are significantly better than many low spend doorbusters .
I will probably put a Sony OLED or Sony 9ZD in here anyway and put this 2015 4K WCG HDR Sony LCD in another room
OTOH Vizio market is isn't my market like the Sony XBR 4K HDR TV or range topping Samsung 64f8500 plasma here and maybe Sony OLED or 9ZD but not below a Sony 2017 930E .
Vizio are fine for some but not so much the cognoscenti and so on .
Mostly only wholly biased to price weighted reviews favor Vizio over the tier one product even Cnet's David katzmaier and Digital Trends freely admits that weighting for Vizio ZZZZZZ
Vizio doesn't make TV's and don't seem to have a plausible 4K WCG HDR TV in feb. 2017 yet and they seem to be too cheap or wrong headed to put RF tuners in a lot of thier best TV's . Any smart TV platform can run off a Tard pad or phone now anyway ?
The business case study is Vizio recently got bought by Le Eco that makes better TV's anyway and an argument making the rounds is Le Eco may not invest CAPEX in Visio to significantly update thier dated ho hum product line beyond a ( *pending ) NASDAQ IPO and that expense for a stock pump and dump like they maybe they bought them for anyway before Hisense and Foxconn run Vizio off the planet .
Investors like myself frankly speaking arent much interested in the NASDAQ tech sector right now it's been a bust lately hence the pending Vizio IPO .
Vizio are thrifty box store and Costco special above door buster rubbish and thats OK everybody can't or won't afford the tier one brands like Sony LG and Samsung and some folks just want a TV above the door busters .
Again my advice to the paparazzi is a tier one brand full featured Samsung,Sony or LG not below 4K SDR with a caveat don't buy the cheap model tier one brands below a decent for the spend Samsung KU 6290 or Sony XBR X800D and maybe not the cheap LG 4K SDR with RGBW LCD unless one wants a Vizio which may be fine for some folks and some room uses
Samsung TV products at one point in history would maybe fit the Vizio or worse cheap door buster market below Vizio , some of them were rubbish and the DLP they and everybody made were rubbish anyway .
Samung had the bad cap formulation thing more than Sony with better quality Japanese Nichicon and Rubycon caps they still use but none of them are defect free and the spendy Sony SXRD LCoS was a bust outside of its decent 1080p Picture, I got rid of mine before the light engine blew up.like a lot of them did .
My low spend for Sony , 1080p 2013 Sony Bravia is rubbish I had to replace the LED stips in it myself at 2.2 years for the sunroom /day room out back where I banished the low bright 6 bit + frc panel 2013 Sony Bravia rubbish unlike my Sony XBR TV's since 1993 that never ever broke before they busted outta here and some at 12-14 years ,
The often on 2013 LG and 2013 Samsung here and this 4K HDR Sony XBR been golden so far they have the Costco squaretrade warranty anyway No TV including this Sony 4K HDR been in here more than 2 years since 2009 and I'm contemplating the next upgrade but it needs to bwe a wow upgrade and that wouldn't be a Vizio downgrade in here
Don't want Vizio ,never did and don't need one my unencumbered spending what I want on budget is not constrained to those which would be thier markets and thats fine for them and the buyers they are significantly better than many low spend doorbusters .
I will probably put a Sony OLED or Sony 9ZD in here anyway and put this 2015 4K WCG HDR Sony LCD in another room
OTOH Vizio market is isn't my market like the Sony XBR 4K HDR TV or range topping Samsung 64f8500 plasma here and maybe Sony OLED or 9ZD but not below a Sony 2017 930E .
Vizio are fine for some but not so much the cognoscenti and so on .
Mostly only wholly biased to price weighted reviews favor Vizio over the tier one product even Cnet's David katzmaier and Digital Trends freely admits that weighting for Vizio ZZZZZZ
Vizio doesn't make TV's and don't seem to have a plausible 4K WCG HDR TV in feb. 2017 yet and they seem to be too cheap or wrong headed to put RF tuners in a lot of thier best TV's . Any smart TV platform can run off a Tard pad or phone now anyway ?
The business case study is Vizio recently got bought by Le Eco that makes better TV's anyway and an argument making the rounds is Le Eco may not invest CAPEX in Visio to significantly update thier dated ho hum product line beyond a ( *pending ) NASDAQ IPO and that expense for a stock pump and dump like they maybe they bought them for anyway before Hisense and Foxconn run Vizio off the planet .
Investors like myself frankly speaking arent much interested in the NASDAQ tech sector right now it's been a bust lately hence the pending Vizio IPO .
Vizio are thrifty box store and Costco special above door buster rubbish and thats OK everybody can't or won't afford the tier one brands like Sony LG and Samsung and some folks just want a TV above the door busters .
Again my advice to the paparazzi is a tier one brand full featured Samsung,Sony or LG not below 4K SDR with a caveat don't buy the cheap model tier one brands below a decent for the spend Samsung KU 6290 or Sony XBR X800D and maybe not the cheap LG 4K SDR with RGBW LCD unless one wants a Vizio which may be fine for some folks and some room uses
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.
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Can't imagine what the son is going through.
Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster
Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.
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Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?
Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…
It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.
Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...
NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.
Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place.
Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.Troy Aikman seems to confirm he'll be leaving ESPN
Aikman says he looks forward to "where my next landing spot will be."
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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I thought I posted it as I usually have nothing to do but sit at my desk in the morning scrolling the interwebs , but my mom passed away the day before so my mind was mush.I noticed you missed last week's… Much like the SEC Shorts!
College Football Playoff nears agreement on 24-team expansion that could end title games
The College Football Playoff field is about to get much more crowded as the conferences near a deal to double the size of the field to 24 teams starting next year
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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Mark Harmon is coming back as Gibbs in Origins, for the full season. Just saw, Dinozzo too, on NCIS . That will be an interesting writing project.
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Mark Harmon Returning To 'NCIS: Origins' As Gibbs For Season 3
Mark Harmon is returning to NCIS: Origins for a season-long arc.
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
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I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....
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This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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