So my last TV I bought I pretty much woke up, drank a coffee, walked to the tech store that isn’t around anymore and got pretty much what I needed and went home happy and had a TV.

Either it is me in general but I hate having to upgrade tech nowadays. Even if it is just a friggin’ smart phone I tend to go to deep into the subject and go through points I shouldnt care about because I’m not the target audience.

Like I don’t care how great the cameras are now on phones. Yet when I have to upgrade duo to missing upgrades after 5 years I upgrade and then I read through all that non sense just to get the best out of the money I’ll be dumping for features I won’t ever use.

Ill compare Samsung S23, S23+ and Ultra and what ever and then read comments about how bad X is and company Y does better for the money and then it’s to late.

Then I dump 12 hours into researching on youtube, trying to filter the company fanboys and the real talk people just to find out they are all “bought” and only 5% of the reviews aren’t bought.

Now I am sitting here wanting to upgrade my 2011 TV and have to choose between LG G4, Samsung S90D, S94D, S95D and every single one of these tvs has negatives and pros and I am lost.

Might not just buy a tv and go drink coffee and play computer.

I personally would have went with the S95D from Samsung because I personally like matte screens more but funny enough most reviews critics are because it is a matte display and not glossy lol. I have huge windows behind my sofa and thought it might be cool but now I am not sure anymore duo to almost everyone saying how bad matte screens are for OLED TVs.

The dude in the shop said I should go with the S95D because it is cool if I have a lot of light sources and yes it has it’s downsides because of the matte screen really bright scenes can create a “white cone” around the edge duo to matte screening but he also said it’s something you won’t notice or pay attention too when using it. I am not comparing G4, S90D and that TV when watching a movie.

I also don’t watch a lot of TV at daylight but when I do I know reflections are annoying. And I also saw that the S95D performs great in the dark as well against other glossy OLED TVs even if it has a matte screen.

This again is probably a subject I shouldn’t care about. It’s like my TV right now is just displaying grey instead of black and I lived with it 12 years (happy). Either TV will be a huge upgrade for me. I could just save my time and buy the tv and be happy but no, I am here researching way to long for a friggin’ TV. I am so deep in the TV subject now that I even know the S90D Series has a Panel Lottery because some TVs have OLEDs and some have QD OLEDS panels… like… honestly, if no one told me I would have been happy without QD panel and wouldn’t have known but now that I know… dunno not gonna buy.

  • mke@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    Performance and general usability wise, yes, but I’m not sure that holds up for other aspects. What if I care about buying stuff that:

    • I can properly own
    • Is made to last
    • Is repairable
    • Doesn’t bundle spyware (or bundles less of it)
    • Doesn’t remove features I like (e.g. audio jacks)
    • Doesn’t support shitty companies (or does so as little as possible)

    And so on. You add up all those tiny worries and suddenly buying things becomes a nightmare, even if every option seems better on the surface.

    I’m much more aware of this stuff now than I was over a decade ago and, sadly enough, I can’t forget it. Ignorance was bliss.

    • Persen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      No devices have that anymore. I was looking for a phone for my cousin and the only decently preforming normally priced phone without permanent oem lock and a headphone jack was a poco f5. And it doesn’t have a sdcard slot. If you are ok with practically e-waste, you can still buy a redmi/galaxy a15 and the overpriced xperias still have some legacy features. And if you want something as simple as usable battery pull-tabs, the only manufacturer still doing that is Xiaomi or maybe nokia’s e-waste. And don’t even mention the fairphone, as you can’t justify the price.

    • sentientity@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      This is the hard part. I don’t care about picture quality or specs or anything. But I don’t own a tv or computer right now because it seems there is nothing out there that will be guaranteed to 1. Be compatible with everything I want to use it with and 2. Not make my life suck in sneaky, other ways. I just want things i can disconnect from the internet and plug other things into easily. It’s gotten so hard that it’s just not worth the money for me to own either.