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I'm tempted to buy this 4K 50" TV for 450 bucks just to have one.....
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:38 am
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:38 am
Here is a link from Amazon:
Seiki 50" 4K TV
Has anyone ever seen one of these in person? How can it be so much cheaper than the others. Any thoughts or comments are appreciated.
Seiki 50" 4K TV
Has anyone ever seen one of these in person? How can it be so much cheaper than the others. Any thoughts or comments are appreciated.
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:55 am to Boondock Saint
quote:
Q: How does it have a built in VCR? and does it slice bananas?
A:
It doesn't have a VCR built in, but it can definitely slice bananas. The only issue is you lose about an inch of banana at the slice because the edge is a bit dull compared to other banana slicing implements.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:57 am to Boondock Saint
quote:
Q: what 3d glasses work with the tv?
A:It's not 3d so none
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:08 am to Boondock Saint
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How can it be so much cheaper than the others.
Use common sense.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:31 am to Boondock Saint
4K on a 50" is pointless. I'd like to have 4K projector on a 100" screen though
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:40 am to Phat Phil
Yep, the OT idiots who brag about their 70" 1080p screens at 5-foot view distances would benefit from 4K content on a big arse 4K screen. I'll be a 4K TV holdout for many years.
4K monitors on the other hand, all day long.
4K monitors on the other hand, all day long.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:07 am to Boondock Saint
Oh yeah, about the TV. Seiki is owned by Tsinghua Tongfang Company, a run-of-the-mill manufacturer in China. They can sell the TVs cheaply because:
a. China
b. Less outsourcing to ODMs, they make their own TVs
c. Serious component reduction processes; sure, the panel's got the appropriate amount of pixels, but the image processing will leave much to be desired -- or maybe it won't to you. Consider it to be the 4K version of your typical slapped-together Walmart Black Friday barebones TV with the stampede-inducing price, where Joe Mullet just sees pixels, inches, and price tag, and neither he nor his 9 barefoot kids will even begin to give a shite or understand the differences in black levels, or that the cyan is a little more saturated, or inconsistent motion blur, backlight bleed, etc.
EDIT: Not saying you're Joe Mullet, just letting you know what to probably expect from the TV. It's just the art of surrounding new technology in subpar components. A Ferrari body with a Hyundai engine. Or, similar to the cheaper 802.11AC routers out there. Sure, it can do 433mbps per spatial stream, but that doesn't really matter when there's a shitty radio with zero amplification on 2x2 MIMO, so the required 5GHz band can barely reach across the house, and actual throughput is a fraction of what you think you're getting because of the weak amplification, and then the 5GHz band quits altogether because it makes the router run too hot.
a. China
b. Less outsourcing to ODMs, they make their own TVs
c. Serious component reduction processes; sure, the panel's got the appropriate amount of pixels, but the image processing will leave much to be desired -- or maybe it won't to you. Consider it to be the 4K version of your typical slapped-together Walmart Black Friday barebones TV with the stampede-inducing price, where Joe Mullet just sees pixels, inches, and price tag, and neither he nor his 9 barefoot kids will even begin to give a shite or understand the differences in black levels, or that the cyan is a little more saturated, or inconsistent motion blur, backlight bleed, etc.
EDIT: Not saying you're Joe Mullet, just letting you know what to probably expect from the TV. It's just the art of surrounding new technology in subpar components. A Ferrari body with a Hyundai engine. Or, similar to the cheaper 802.11AC routers out there. Sure, it can do 433mbps per spatial stream, but that doesn't really matter when there's a shitty radio with zero amplification on 2x2 MIMO, so the required 5GHz band can barely reach across the house, and actual throughput is a fraction of what you think you're getting because of the weak amplification, and then the 5GHz band quits altogether because it makes the router run too hot.
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 10:20 am
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:12 am to ILikeLSUToo
I wasn't really serious about buying one. Just curious if anyone had seen one in person.
I will wait a few years for a good price on an 80 or 90 inch 4K TV when a decent amount of 4K content will be available (whenever that may be).
I will wait a few years for a good price on an 80 or 90 inch 4K TV when a decent amount of 4K content will be available (whenever that may be).
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:41 am to Boondock Saint
I was going to get one but got other junk instead. I've heard nothing but good things about it
Posted on 8/20/14 at 10:45 am to ILikeLSUToo
quote:
Yep, the OT idiots who brag about their 70" 1080p screens at 5-foot view distances would benefit from 4K content on a big arse 4K screen. I'll be a 4K TV holdout for many years.
My wife doesn't believe me when I tell her in 10 years we'll have a 110" 4k TV.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 11:44 am to Boondock Saint
I saw this exact TV in Sears. I did a double take when I saw the price.
It is 4k.. but the picture is equivalent to a good LED TV from a name brand.
It is 4k.. but the picture is equivalent to a good LED TV from a name brand.
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 11:45 am
Posted on 8/20/14 at 11:57 am to GeauxElliott
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but the picture is equivalent to a good LED TV from a name brand.
Well at 1080p it is. 4k will blow all of those away
Posted on 8/20/14 at 12:25 pm to Phat Phil
That chart is misleading. Yes 4k full benefit is only noticed up close, but you'll have "1080" viewing reduction at half the rate of an actual 1080. So likely 1080 viewing for a 50' out to 10-15' and 720 out to nearly 20'.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:35 pm to colorchangintiger
In 10 years your wall will probably just be painted with oled film or something to make your "screen" size whatever you want it to be
Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:37 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
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your wall will probably just be painted with oled film o
HONEY?? where's the fricking TV??
oh..look in the cabinet by the sink. i think i rolled it up and put it in there the other day.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:42 pm to CAD703X
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oh..look in the cabinet by the sink. i think i rolled it up and put it in there the other day
Think of all the gimmick TVs that will precede that actually useful technology. Right now we have them with slight curves, maybe next will be TVs with slightly adjustable curves.
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 8/20/14 at 3:29 pm to Phat Phil
quote:
4K on a 50" is pointless
That is not an accurate graph at all. I sat 5 feet from a 4K 60" TV and the difference was immense.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 7:00 pm to seawolf06
What are you people watching to get this amazing picture quality out of your 4k sets....
Posted on 8/20/14 at 11:33 pm to Boondock Saint
quote:Have seen. Purchased one for testing on some experimental video processors. It actually does a somewhat decent job of 30hz 4k, but is horrible at upscaling 1080p up to 4k.
Has anyone ever seen one of these in person? How can it be so much cheaper than the others. Any thoughts or comments are appreciated.
Everything is moving to 60hz 4k. This set will not resolve that.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 11:36 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
quote:You are kindof close. OLED is printed out using ink jet printer technology. Experiments are underway to create custom printers that can print any size OLED screen to fit any architectural challenge.
In 10 years your wall will probably just be painted with oled film or something to make your "screen" size whatever you want it to be
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