DavidGraham
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I am in the market for buying a new modern TV, I could possibly hook it to my PC as well, any advice, recommendation or new necessary tech I should keep an eye on?u
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/4k-ultr...0707091.c?id=pcmcat748300707091&skuId=4801700Q:
Is this TV 8 bit or 10 bit?
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2 weeks, 1 day ago
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Curious
This question is for: Sony - 43 Class (42.5 Diag.) - LED - 2160p - Smart - 4K Ultra HD TV with High Dynamic Range - Black
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Hi Curious. The TV is 10bit. -Mark
2 weeks, 1 day ago
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SonyListens
I am in the market for buying a new modern TV, I could possibly hook it to my PC as well, any advice, recommendation or new necessary tech I should keep an eye on?u
I remember reading about LG's 1080p OLED TV, expensive as heck but I think you'll hardly get better than that for most uses. Was thinking of Panasonic but that's for expensive 4K TV with yet a different OS.
I once walked up to an OLED in a store - store brightly lit, unkwnown or dubious settings so it didn't really look special sadly ; so I sticked my eye ball right to the screen surface and was impressed how it doesn't hurt eyes at all.
I am somewhat scared by the on-board computers : it'll just upload the list and date/time of all channels you watch (if using the built-in tuner), internet stuff and a list of every file on USB devices etc. to some unknown people in China or Korea. I remember when 15 years ago everyone would run software to scan for and get rid of such kind of software on Windows 98 PCs.
I wonder if you can open a TV and disconnect the Wifi antennas like you can do on a laptop.
One day someone will hack the servers for a TV brand, find a million outdated TVs to infect then automatically take HD pictures of people who're watching porn
Outside of gaming, there's the issue of how HDR content is actually authored, and how this effects the experience across various viewing environments. HDR material itself is mastered to be displayed in a low light environment, making it unsuitable for viewing in bright daytime conditions. When HDR content is displayed, the backlight needs to be maxed out in order to display the increased brightness range for specular highlights, while the baseline white level is capped at a much lower 120 nits.
This is fine when viewing in a dark room, but in bright environments it's impossible to bump up the backlight any further in order to raise the baseline light output for normal details - essentially, all the headroom available during standard range content is being used to display highlights, so cannot be used to create an overall brighter image. As such, outside of bright highlights, HDR content with look dimmer than a standard range presentation when viewed in daytime conditions. To cut a long story short - if you game a lot in the day-time, the chances are that HDR will actually produce a worse image based on the technology currently available.
Yeah. You turn up the volume to hear what people say, turn it up some more, then a bit more still and then it's okay-ish, and then the Space Aliens attack with asteroids and your own ceiling comes crashing down from the explosion of sound effects through your speakers.That's audio with a high dynamic range.
Dolby digital is a floating-point format IIRC, with allegedly ridiculous dynamic range. Back when I watched movies on my PC using PowerDVD, it was really hard to get a good balance between SFX and dialogue.Audio with high dynamic range?
Ouch.
Ever watched a movie where you can't hear the dialogs, followed by thundery, extremely loud music that has you scramble for the remotes while you're afraid neighbors will call the cops?
That's audio with a high dynamic range. Although it's usually awful due to the use of very bad 2.1 or 5.1 sound hardware, or pirated movies or both. Or you need good EQ settings or even a sound compressor, etc.
HDR is very interesting but I can predict a lot of forum threads, press articles, specialist advice, new products and comparisons will arise from it.
Dolby digital is a floating-point format IIRC, with allegedly ridiculous dynamic range. Back when I watched movies on my PC using PowerDVD, it was really hard to get a good balance between SFX and dialogue.
PS2 and onwards handled that much better, so as soon as I bought a DVD-based (and later BR) console, I started watching movies exclusively on them.
I'm sorry but that's just stupid. There's so much more involved in setting up a projector than just a white wall or a sheet.You might be better off just going with a projector. They're getting so cheap and lightweight these days, and the resolution on them is also pretty high. I think it beats a TV any day. I mean, all you really need is a white wall or a sheet and you're set.