Samsung 50" UHD Flat Screen

Got the same one. I don't know what's up with my cable though picture looks horrible and the screen isn't full. Netflix and all that looks great though.

Did you try and adjust the set at all?

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Movies looked great but not a whole lot better than the 1080

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If you were sitting more than 5-6 feet away, 4K will look no different from 1080P on a 50" screen, so obviously the same would apply to a 1080P upscaled on a 4K screen. Any perceivable difference would be in panel quality/technology (color depth/accuracy, contrast, refresh, etc).

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Golf was terrible, the ball looked like a white blob and the pins were distorted. I don't know if it was a bad set but I was very disappointed, the 1080 is noticeably better in that department with this particular model.

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There may have been some settings you could've adjusted to help, but it also sounds like the TV may have had problems with effectively processing and upscaling broadcast TV on the fly. I'd be surprised if that were the norm for whatever particular model you chose though. Could've also been a fluke with your signal at the time. My parents have DirecTV and it does some crazy shite (ghosting/lag/artifacts/pixelation) from time to time.

Overall, you probably made a good decision saving your $250, which you can put towards something else that'll give you more than just placebo effect at best.

Most of the time, adjusting a few settings can made all the difference.