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[ForAcademicPurposes]

I'm wondering how Panasonic are still around. They have a lot in common with Sony when it comes to building consumer products.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Does anyone own a panel that has lasted them longer than a decade?

My first ever flatscreen tv was a 42inch LG lcd, currently in my daughter's room and still rocking a great screen. Looks as good as the day I bought it and that thing is at least 15/16 years old.
I had a Samsung 65 inch led die in about 6 years.

 

[spookyfish]

Does anyone own a panel that has lasted them longer than a decade?

I have a Panasonic plasma from 2010 that's still going strong (we didn't watch it that much, though)
I have a 55-inch Sony 4K (no HDR) passive 3D set from 2011 or 2012 that's still doing well, and my 65-inch LGE6 OLED is right at 9 years. Sucks, because there *is* some burn-in on that one, as it's the most used.

 

[AJUMP23]

TV is dying and so are you.

 

[kevboard]

TV is dying and so are you.

 

[Drew1440]

My 2025 Bravia does some funky stuff. It seems to be down to the shitty Android OS though.

9 times out of 10, it boots from standby to a black screen with only audio. Have to pull the power cable out and restart for it to actually work properly. Until the next time. It also takes like two minutes to boot, and is laggy as shit for another ten minutes. I made sure to remove as much of the bloat apps as I could to lessen this, but it's still shit. I wish I could install a community made OS for it.

Sure, it has a great screen, but I really fucking miss when TVs were just TVs.

My old budget 2014 W705 Bravia was a little beauty. Premium metal edging around the screen, with a lightweight and responsive OS.

My new higher end Bravia feels and looks so cheap by comparison.


This is true, but even the best OLED monitors can't compare to even a half decent OLED TV in terms of image quality. I have an Odyssey G6, and it doesn't look anywhere near as good as my current Bravia TV. I'd say that the budget supermarket OLED I have in the kitchen also looks better.

Never connect a smart TV to the internet, especially Android sets. Always use an external set top box like the Fire TV Cube or the Google TV Streamer. Also aftermarket firmware seems to be more buggy than the stock, which makes me think it does not go through the same testing channels as the stock firmware.

 

[Major Insano]

Had a 60inch sharp aquos from like 2010ish that I gave to my father in law in 2019 which still works great today.

Hey, I've still got my 60in Sharp aquos. The 3D is meh but the picture q still good.

Also got a 42in Bravia LCD that's 11+yrs old in my bedroom.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

I'm back in the game, brethren.

It's like IMAX, but my couch is the best seat in the house.

 

[Rien]

So the Bravia did die and I have bought a new tv (LG OLED55G56LS), quite the upgrade btw. I had the tv calibrated since it was free. But how does this work? There are several modus's to choose but which one is the calibrated one? Or do the modus's not matter and is the calibration underneath all the modus's (sorry I don't know how to explain it).

Is there anybody who can explain this to me? And if I ever have to reset the tv to factory setting does this mean the calibration is gone as well?