re: TCL announces mini-LED 6 series

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2021 Update from CES: '21 6 series are all 8K.

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damn that happened fast. i didn't think we'd see a bigger 8K rollout at the non-hobbyist level for another 2-3 years.

now that netflix is pushing 4K dolby vision content out to the masses for almost all their new stuff and you can pick up a pretty nice ATMOS soundbar system for as little as $500, what are your thoughts on the latest state-of-the-art?

are $500 atmos soundbards & wireless sub/satellites the nail in the coffin for the old school AVR setup? i know i'd rather spend $500 - $1000 on an atmos soundbar setup i can move to the backup TV room when something better comes along rather than throw away yet another AVR because it lacked features that change every 2 years.

i think AVRs are dinosaurs now. they simply cant keep up with how fast things are changing (HD, 4K, 8K, HDR, HDMI 2.1, VISION, ATMOS...) and i was the idiot who upgraded 3x before jumping off the wagon.

"out of the box" atmos soundbar plug-and-play solutions are going to be the standard moving forward. AVR and perma-mounted surround setups are going to rapidly become too clumsy adn expensive to keep up with the changes.