What 'improvements' would've made you hold on and get a 2018 model?Err, what? It's been a hopeless CES for TVs, one of the worst in recent years.
After 4K and HDR, the manufacturers have obviously run out of ideas of what to add next. So we get a load of "pie in the sky" technology demonstrations like Samsungs "The Wall" and LG's rollable screen. We get pointless 8K sets for which there's no content, with Samsung then spending ages tryng to convince us that their scaling logic is so good it can create 8K out of 4K images. We also get the brightness arms race with demonstrations of 10,000 nits sets which would burn your retinas out.
All we get in terms of actual, useful products is a slightly refreshed range of sets with virtually no advantages over last year's models, save for the fact that they'll cost twice as much now last year's have been heavily discounted.
Hopeless CES for TV, which is why I've just bought a discounted 2017 model.
What 'improvements' would've made you hold on and get a 2018 model?
I always tend to buy the latest model if I can afford it. I held off and bought the LG E6 oled instead of the EF950 back in May 2016. It's not really until the TV's are reviewed that we get an idea of what improvements are made. In terms of the LG Oleds it appears that there have been worthwhile improvements each year from the EF950 to the E6 and then E7. I'd be surprised if the E8 didn't improve in some way on the E7 when reviewed.I have no idea. The point is that I'm not sure there really are any worthwhile improvements left right now. Large, 4K HDR sets have reached a point of technological maturity where there's not much left to do to them, hence the manufacturers flailing around trying to think of something to add, just as they did with 3D and curved screens.
Frankly I knew I was going to get a 2017 model even before CES, the reason I was waiting was to see if the 2018 model announcements drove the 2017 model prices down even further. As it happens, the 2018 models seem so lacklustre that I'm now concerned more people will snap up cheap 2017 models instead and supplies will dry up, which is why I ordered now rather than waiting.
more/improved OLEDs
How did you convince yourself that oled was the right choice for you?Really? I haven't seen OLEDs improving at all in the last year or two tbh. Year on year they seem to be suffering from the same issues of limited brightness, poor above-black performance, banding issues and image retention.
I'm honestly not seeing any real improvement in these areas and am starting to think they're fundamental limitations of the technology.
How did you convince yourself that oled was the right choice for you?
Ah, sorry.Eh? OLED isn't the right choice for me and never has been, hence why I've never bought one.
In terms of TV's it must be really difficult for innovators to find the next 'big thing' or solutions to problems we don't have.
An update to the Sony ZD9 without the high input lag would have been enough for me.What 'improvements' would've made you hold on and get a 2018 model?
An update to the Sony ZD9 without the high input lag would have been enough for me.