What did you pick up?


I bought an old Pioneer Elite plasma for a $hundred$,(ebay value of the cable alone.) ****ing great picture and color. Not Qled Or Oled but better than almost all LED's I looked at. Plus it came with side speakers and a new stand.

If it breaks I can sell the receiver and cable and double my money

65” TCL 6 series for $900.

Got the Roku Ultra 4K/UHD for $49.99 and an iPhone8 for $499.00


Now it’s on to waiting for the Sprint Christmas ad to get an iPhone XR.

If your going to own a TCL, that the one. About 10% off is as good as it gets.

Good call in the Roku. One is on the way!

:thumb:

I grabbed the Roku as well. Fire tv pissed me off not giving access to YouTube and vudu.

I hear you. Fire TV is so platform-centric I ditched it a week after I got it. Roku is so much better because it’s agnostic and caters to all.
Especially when you can get it for half price.

Best TV there was. Too bad it went extinct.

Looking at Roomba 960 for 450 or a 690 for 249.

Kids smarted off, now they get to sweep the floors and dad gets to save $$$$$.

I like it (A lot) I am currently looking for another for the garage.

Guess it is an s6 edge. looks like 125 would be a good deal. maybe 225 for the s8?

Does anybody own one of the Samsung QLEDs?

I want a 75" and am looking at the q7 (models go from q6-q9), but $2700 is a lot for a TV, more than 3 times what I've ever paid for a TV. The equivalent q6 is $2,000, but it has fewer features than the q7-q9.

Currently own a 55" Samsung 1080p TV that's 2-3 years old.

Oneplus 3T. I have one for a year now. Love it.

This is a good phone, highly reviewed as full featured without the supercharger try a variant of this: This is Comcast's version with added features..

https://www.lg.com/us/images/cell-ph...ry/large11.jpg

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Motor about this site for a bit:

https://www.rtings.com/tv

The tests they put the televisions through are extensive. I ended up deciding on the LG because of the reflection tests they do and the photos they post of the results (along with the actual % of light reflected); I have a 3 month period during football season where the mid-day sun comes right through my back windows and into my set so being able to kill that glare was huge.

They'll give you all kinds of technical data and also distill it down into a pretty digestable format. You can put any 2 televisions head to head and focus on exactly what you're looking for from usage all the way down to light output and local dimming issues.

Really the best research site for televisions out there by quite a bit.

Here's their breakdown of cyber monday deals and how each of the TVs has performed:

https://www.rtings.com/tv/deals

Here you go DJ:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...f_rd_i=3736181

:D

I have black faux leather curtains and they do their job well when it comes to "blackout".

Shit.

I should've just brought them up from the rape cave. Really poor planning on my part...

LMAO
(But the the dolphins would get sunburnt.)

https://slickdeals.net/f/12359458-ra...?src=frontpage

JBL 306P MkII Powered Speakers 2 for $152

This is a STEAL! Read up and then purchase a pair. You'll be glad you did.

1/2 price. Yeah that’s a good deal!

This is amazing pricing.. your link...

https://i.postimg.cc/7PtjbkH7/1sp.png

Oh it's the same price (see below)....since they are sold by the pair...

Everyday price Amazon
JBL 306P MkII 6" 2-Way Powered Studio Monitor (new model)

List Price: $199.00
Price: $152.10 & FREE Shipping.

On Sale Guitar Center
JBL 306P MKII 6-inch Powered Studio Monitor
Item #: 1500000188999 POS #:113991913 .

Save $46.90 Was: $199.00
$152.10 + Free Shipping
Guitar Center

I own an early set of these and have for 30 years. Had them refoamed twice but thats not bad for the environment they live in.

http://cdn3.volusion.com/auyqf.vbayt...jpg?1535695772

My JBL PRO Control ONE speakers without amps weigh considerably more than the JBL 306P MKII at 13lb/pr. speakers with amps.

You can still buy JBL Pro gear including Control Ones now called 1's but when Harmon bought JBL all the good stuff went south for China made components and lightweight drivers. With Harmon WHORING the good JBL name and referring to their products as "reference" and "professional" is why when in financial trouble Samsung snapped them up for chump change. Yeah, Korenan JBL !!!!

I would still recommend the JBL Pro Control 1's if you can't afford a set of Totum Mites but those JBL speakers blow even when they go for a Black Friday deal that's not really a deal.

I have a Vizio M series (not the entry level mind you) and I love it.

I'm not real fond of the Roku UI either but Fire TV is the worst. My mother-in-law's Fire Stick would randomly disable Netflix all the time. Most annoying piece of tech I've ever bought. Not completely useless, not real useful.

Hah really? Coincidence? Or Bezos treachery? Wouldn't surprise me either way.

Like the Fire tablet and everything else Amazon has the fire stick just felt like nothing more than a big ad to push you into buying stuff. Screw that.

If nothing else, the lack of response to complaints smells of shenanigans...

FWIW I have a fire stick in my office and it has never kicked out netflix. I don't hate it. But I've never ran Roku.

I don't have a dog in the fight, and I'm certainly not going to battle for Amazon, but the fire stick is cheap as **** and works pretty good for me.

We've had a 50" Samsung plasma for what seems like forever and it's still going strong. It's fine for watching TV but has started to feel small when watching movies, especially the movies shot in 2.35:1.

I started researching 65" TVs and the wife put her foot down and stated she didn't want a bigger TV in the living room, especially for watching regular TV shows. I had a 720p projector before we got the plasma so I started researching new projectors.

BenQ was running a Black Friday deal on their 1080p and some 4K projectors from mid-November to mid-December. Then on the actual Black Friday, projectorpeople.com was running an addition 4% off plus a free ceiling mount so I picked up the BenQ HT2550 4K projector for around $1040.

It's not "true" 4K because it uses pixel shifting to achieve the 8 whatever million pixels but I don't really care. My eyes aren't good enough to discern the difference anyway. All reviews said it had a a great picture even with some ambient light so that's good enough for me. My main concern was that I saw rainbows with my old DLP projector and this is also a DLP but it has the newer RGBRGB wheel which is supposed to eliminate the rainbow effect.

All in all, I hope this is a good compromise for movie watching.

I've had a FireTV for many years, and it's never once disabled Netflix. I have many friends and family with one as well, and I've never heard of such a thing. Short of the current lack of native Youtube and YoutubeTV access, the FireTV has been a great device for the people I've set it up for. I've found Roku is way too limited in what you can install on it.

agreed, I have 2 firesticks, one 1st gen and one 2nd gen, neither have this issue.

Yet a simple "netflix crash on fire stick" search yields multiple results. Too, 99% of us aren't jail breaking our streaming devices like you Fish you evil genius.

Nah, Amazon devices don't require any jailbreaking at all. They allow you to sideload any .apk you want. They're actually very developer friendly in that regard. And technically a "Netflix crash" is a very different thing than "Netflix disabled" which is why you see lots of results.

It's definitely not a "crash". Once or twice a week, it wouldn't login, instead asking for her username and password (or to start a free trial, as if she had never signed in). Entering a username and password would be met with an invalid login error.

Clearing the data cache (or removing and reinstalling the app) was the only way to fix it.

In my case, I don't care about flexibility. It's for my mother-in-law. I want it to work. Period. The less time I have to listen to her bitching about how she can't watch When Calls the Heart, the better. I got her a TCL Roku TV a few weeks ago and haven't stepped foot in her room one time since. I think I'll use the Fire stick to start my next campfire.

The only reason I have a dog in the fight is because my experience with the Fire stick has been so poor. The Roku interface is easier for her to navigate (I don't like it but then again, it's not my TV) because Amazon is just another app on Roku, it isn't the centerpiece of the UI.

To be honest, that's why I've favored the Fire devices, because for me and the people I've configured them for they've been incredibly reliable. Not trying to say I don't believe you, I've just never run into that issue and I have many Fire devices setup for people which have been in use for years. My dad appreciates that I've got several movie/TV apps on there that simply require him to launch the app and use the voice search to find what he wants to watch. Apps like Netflix are usually foolproof since the app autoupdates itself.

The only thing about Fire TV that pissed me off was they took away the ethernet port for the box. I know you can buy that extra piece but that is why I am paying the extra money for the box to begin with. I shouldn't have to pay extra for it now. I have one of the older generation ones and I wish I would have picked up one or two more when they were out there.

We have 3 Kindle Fire HD's (and 3 Fire's before that) - great tablets and I literally never have to touch them, from a support standpoint. For TV, we have 3 Sony BR players that we had long before we cut the cord so we just used them everywhere except for on my Vizio, which has smart apps built in. The only place we had a gap was in the mother-in-law's room and because of my experiences with the tablets, I bought her a Fire Stick.

I think the voice search might be a big part of the experience. Her stick was the one right before they added the voice remote. I had to show her at least 2 or 3 times a month how to find Hulu and Netflix because the apps are buried in the Amazon-centric UI.

Got ya’. Cool of you to use your wizardry to set people up with deluxe streaming.

As someone who has both in their house, I owned a roku first, I prefer the Fire devices for my personal use but for someone who is completely tech illiterate or likes youtube roku is an easier choice.

Like I'd give a roku to my parents before a fire because I don't want phone calls everyday on how to work it.

I also got Detroit Become Human for 20 bucks and I picked up a projector so a solid black friday for me.

I have Comcast and I don't need those devices

Well I cut the cord a long time ago but even with cable they offer a lot of cool things like being able to stream stuff without using your computer to do it.

Bingo.

I have an E and M series. The picture is very similar on both, but the sound is much better on the M series. I put the E series in the room that we watch more TV in, but with a surround sound system.

The M remote is also much better.

Essential phone put out a decent enough sale Monday that he chose to go that route.

I'm thinking Black Friday/Cyber Monday might be a mixed bag. On the one hand, $358 for a new XBOX One X with a digital copy of PU:BG and a physical copy of RDR2. On the other...

After multiple Rtings searches, hours of reading, and learning more about TVs than anyone ever should, I went with the original decision Samsung QLED Q7 75" 4k HDR...

For $2,200, on ebay, buy now, free shipping, a full $400-500 better than anything I saw on BF/CM.

OLEDs were way too pricey and had burn-in risk, and full backlight arrays were also too expensive or laggy/slow for gaming. Samsung seemed ideal for the Xbox One X's abilities and quick sports footage.

However, I'm sure any 4k 75" will look amazing next to my 1080p 55".

Two big baller TVs on sale today.

https://kinjadeals.theinventory.com/...yq_GPi1mAnmb4c

How much better is the QLED than the 80” Vizio XLED?

There are enough 'protection' options on the OLED's these days that I took the risk anyway. The pixel shifting isn't foolproof but it should to a ton to avoid that sort of thing and I've never noticed it doing it. I'm still not gonna leave any of the apps paused (DirectTV has a screensaver of its own; not sure about things like Netflix, etc...), so I wouldn't tempt fate. But I'd imagine you'd have to screw up pretty badly for a real problem.

Got it on Wednesday. Holy shit man, these things are incredible. My TV in the basement is a nice Samsung w/ the HDR and all that stuff and it's just not the same animal. That OLED technology is nuts.

I threw "The Nightmare Before Christmas" on because it was streaming quality and I figured the claymation and darker color palate would be a perfect test bed. It was just unreal. I ran the 'coral seas' episode of Blue Planet II on it next and what the deeper blacks do to create contrast with the more vibrant colors is spectacular.

It's a remarkable advancement in what these televisions can do. It's outpaces anything my DirectTV can put through it by far but when I flip over to any of the streaming services or even throw up some quality clips off Youtube, you see just how sharp that TV can get.

If you're gonna spent over $1,000 on a TV, go ahead and splurge for the OLED set. Sony's do a few things slightly better than LGs (their processors are better) but they do a few things worse as well. Only Sony and LG are using it since LG owns the rights and would only sell them to Sony. In for a penny, in for a pound at this point. I understand if the goal is to just get a massive TV at the lowest reasonable price point but if you're looking in the 55'' range or even maybe 65'', the upgrade cost is substantial but worthwhile.

You start to get up beyond that (the 77'' is damn expensive even with the discount), I can see reaching a puke point but beyond that I have a hard time arguing that the juice isn't worth the squeeze there.

I’m having a very hard time pulling the trigger on a new tv. It will be going into a room that doesn’t currently have a TV and to put one there at all I think it needs to be an 80”. I’m down between the Samsung listed here for $2500 and the Vizio for $2000. Should I spend the extra $500? I’m finding conflicting reviews.

Need a 50'' 4k Smart TV for the GF. Something shitty - under $375.

What ya'll got

Seems like a nice GF you must have there

Have you tried licking her ass?

They are not all smart


Fry's

Atyme 650AM7UD 65" Class, 64.5"DIAGONAL 4K Ultra HD LED TV 3 HDMI, 1 USB, ARC $349


Best Buy
$350
TCL - 55" Class - LED - 4 Series - 2160p - Smart - 4K UHD TV with HDR Roku TV


Costco
below $350

Same TCL as above


Sam's has 4 tv's for under $350
including a Vizio
VIZIO V-Series™ 50” Class 4K HDR Smart TV - V505-G9


$300
Hitachi 55" Class 4K Ultra HD TV - 55C60

Clay's Christmas present $18

I finally got my projector and set it up. I already had the screen set up so just had to run a longer HDMI cable out to the pj. It was sitting about 11 feet back from the screen and filled it at that distance.

I watched Gravity on it first and it was stunning, especially the destruction scenes. There was a lot of detail shown in the dark scenes so the black level seemed pretty good. I did see the occasional rainbow flash but this movie is absolutely worst case, with very black scenes with bright white objects in the foreground. I think I am just really susceptible to them as my wife and son didn't notice them. It wasn't bad overall though. I didn't see any in the other movie we watched (the newer Independence Day).

I haven't tried any 4K content yet but I was really blown away by the picture at 1080P so i am plenty happy as is. My son was distracted somewhat by the fan noise of the projector but I didn't notice it once the movie started. If I could ceiling mount the pj, it wouldn't be a problem. But sitting only a couple feet away, you could hear it.

Here's a picture of the set up. The scene is from the mini movie in the Extras on the Gravity disc. My 50" plasma is sitting in the corner so you can see the size difference. The regular movie was 2.35:1 so it didn't fill the screen quite as much as the mini movie did. It came out to about a 90" picture. (Dog provided for scale)

https://i.imgur.com/DktUMuw.jpg

65” C8?

I got the 55"

The 65" would been a little too much for the living room. But I'm kinda hoping that the big one in the basement eats shit so I can justify upgrading that one.

I’ve got a hammer handy if it needs a little help :D

Really though, throw that thing up on your local facebook buy/sell/trade page and see if you can get what you’d need out of it.

Wife sold this little 19” we’d had for years and hadn’t used in several that my wife got waaaaay more than I’d ever pay for out of it.

If it doesn’t bring it, whatever, keep the thing, but if you’re wanting to upgrade see if you can offset some of the cost on someone else’s dime.

Costco has the 80” Vizio for a few hundred less than anywhere else. I looked at it side by side to the Samsung and it was much better. Settings might have not been optimized on the Samsung, but there was a clear difference.

I bought the Samsung NU8000 55 inch to replace one of the TVs in my sons' gaming room. Edge lit LED is what it is but the 240 hz refresh rate and dedicated gaming mode made it the most appealing option to me. Got it for $719.

Cowboys part ways with OC Scott Linehan

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/c...ehan-part-ways

Wrong thread.

ROFL

that's funny as hell

Early Black Friday 2019 shopping....anyone want a Scott Linehan?

I have a Vizio with a similar gaming feature. It does make a HUGE difference.

Aren't both those sets 120 Hz panels with "simulated 240 setting? I looked at the Samsung 8000 back when it was close to $1300. As I recall I had to get the store to contact the rep for verification because they were told it was "rated" at 240 Hz. The rep verified it was a 120 Hz panel with a processing board to mimic 240Hz values.*

At least they only charged you $720.

I do recall that the gamer mode turned some features off or reduced their settings and dramatically improved perceived lag.

At what you paid it's a great set but they lied to you when they said it was a 240Hz panel. It was not worth the money they were asking when I looked.

I own a Panny TH-65VX300 that even with it's low 60 Hz spec does better than most 240 rated lcd panels.



*John R. Quain has been reviewing and testing video and audio equipment for more than 20 years. He is currently a contributor to The New York Times and the CBS News television program.