One issue I hear about with OLED is “burn-in”
There's no doubt OLED offers the nest picture, blackest blacks, etc, but I’m not sure about their motion control and burn-in.
Any A/V techies out there experienced with OLED that can offer some input?
Some had issues in the past with that, but the C9 was tested 20 hours a day for 6 months I believe by the most detailed Asian guy who does a ton of reviews in OLED's. No issue, forget his name, but he goes way over my head on a lot of points and is pretty funny with his dry humor. The newest OLED's have motion shift which your eyes won't detect, but it shifts the picture every so whatever amount of time. It will also do a pixel refresher every so often or you can do it manually if you think something is amiss.
I got a 55' LG C9 about three months ago. I considered the 65', but felt it would be overkill as I was already moving up in size and I'm glad I stayed where I did as it doesn't dominate the room. No question about it, I felt like my television watching had been reinvented. The last time I felt like that was 2005 or so when I got my first Panasonic plasma.
I currently have a Plasma in the bedroom that is without question my second favorite television.
One kid has an LED 4k while the other has a 1080 LCD. I have another 1080 LED for the other boy when the oldest goes to college this fall.
All of the televisions besides the OLED are 43-47'. The LED and LCD's don't compare whatsoever (one is a year old, the other 3) to the OLED. Still like the plasma better as well even though it's at a lower resolution.
The C9 is a **** beast though. Whites are sometimes blindingly white when countered by dark backgrounds. People look real, almost like you could photobomb a paused screen. You know those scenes that are dark and you don't make out much (some Game of Thrones and there's a Walking Dead episode in a cave), you see every subtle difference on the OLED, even more than the plasma. The LED and LCD don't even compare.
Best $1600 I have ever spent. Even the wife who sees a television as just a television said essentially, okay, now I get why you wanted this. We had to buy another with the kid heading to college, I just decided one day I was getting it early.
There's nothing wrong with an LED. I didn't know what I was missing until I got the OLED. So while I say get an OLED, it's ultimately up to you what you want to spend. An LED, 4k will give you a satisfactory picture, but do some research on those. There's some very overpriced LED's out there with minimal differences.
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