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How important is "the best" OLED vs the second best or 100th best OLED? I am personally ok not buying the bleeding edge to not get malware onto my OS.
by mey 2mo ago
How important is "the best" OLED vs the second best or 100th best OLED? I am personally ok not buying the bleeding edge to not get malware onto my OS.
- theplumber 2mo agoIf you care about malware you do not plug it into the internet. I think windows computers are pretty mallwareish as well or at least spyware. People who buy Oled buy them because they care about PQ.
- notatoad 2mo agoreasonably important, if you're never connecting your lg tv to any network, and just connecting it to an AppleTV or something and letting HDMI-CEC control it so you never even see their OS.
- StumpChunkman 2mo agoExactly this. And with an Apple TV 4K Ethernet, you've got a bonus Thread border router for smart home devices. I actually didn't even realize that initially, but was very pleased when I found IKEAs latest round of Matter over Thread devices paired nicely with it and my existing Home Assistant + Hue setup.
- eproxus 2mo agoAnd if you install Tailscale you can even use it as an exit node to surf from home when you're traveling.
- drnick1 2mo agoI would suggest a mini-PC running Linux and Plasma Bigscreen instead of an AppleTV if you want something 100% private and user-controlled.
- N19PEDL2 2mo agoDo you recommend any specific distro for this?
- drnick1 2mo agoArch or Fedora, because you want a very recent KDE version.
- przmk 2mo agoUnless you're using streaming services like Netflix, in which case you're stuck with 720p because of widevine.
- notatoad 2mo agomy priority for a TV isn't privacy or user control, it's minimizing annoyance. and appletv, roku, or similar streaming boxes delivers that best.
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- globular-toast 2mo agoExactly. If you get the best today it'll be the second best tomorrow anyway. Absolute position is undetectable, you can only perceive change. Use that to your advantage and stay off the treadmill.
- smcleod 2mo ago7 years into my C9 and it never fails to impress.
- globular-toast 2mo agoExactly. I could probably get a 10 year old panel and be happy with it.
- altairprime 2mo ago2nd best, not. 100th, better to get a great LCD than a junk OLED?
- smcleod 2mo agoIf you care about home cinema it's important. There's a pretty big jump down. You can look up the specs and reviews of the C and G series from LG. Anecdotally quite a few times when people see my 7 year old LG C9 I've had them ask if it was some new expensive TV as they are so impressed with the picture.