The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

Some people are fussy, some aren't. My family don't even notice that they are not watching in HD, and when I point it out, they shrug their shoulders and do nothing about it. It drives me MAD!

I am bothered by low resolution, poor viewing angles, motion judder, soap opera effect, colour banding, dirty screen effect, inadequate brightness, grey 'blacks', flickering, smearing, reflections in screens... I'm sure that I could think of many other things that bother me about modern TVs!

Old-style TVs had even worse issues though... originally black and white, eventually poor colour, not quite such poor resolution... poor focus, lack of contrast, analogue interference and ghosting, curved screens, geometric distortion... On top of which the sets were unreliable and very expensive!

As for TV sound quality...

I can't usually tell the difference between HD and non HD, but there again I don't watch much TV.

 

[welsh dragon]

Still no water. My daughter who lives quarter of a mile away phoned them and they said they would send someone out by 8 pm tomorrow. Lots of complaints and they are sending someone out now. Tomorrow night is no good. What about toilets. Grrrrr

 

[numbnuts]

I've never seen a HD telly I don't know if that make me or

 

[numbnuts]

Still no water. My daughter who lives quarter of a mile away phoned them and they said they would send someone out by 8 pm tomorrow. Lots of complaints and they are sending someone out now. Tomorrow night is no good. What about toilets. Grrrrr

That's not on....bucket and chuck it

 

[Mo1959]

Watching Sleepless in Seattle. Easy watching.

 

[welsh dragon]

Watching Sleepless in Seattle. Easy watching.

I like that film. As you say easy to watch

 

[Tenkaykev]

Watching Sleepless in Seattle. Easy watching.

That’s because you’ve got a QLED TV, 😉📺

 

[numbnuts]

Watching Sleepless in Seattle. Easy watching.

I get that except it's sleepless in North Baddesley

 

[PaulSB]

I can't usually tell the difference between HD and non HD, but there again I don't watch much TV.

I can occasionally but usually I haven't a clue, sometimes I think oh the picture is good tonight. Most of the time it makes little difference.

I've never seen a HD telly I don't know if that make me or

Pop into Curry's it's about the only place you'll ever see any of this techy stuff working and that's fixed by some special setting or other. Now we've all got decent TVs it's mainly a marketing gimmick.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That's not on....bucket and chuck it

Shovel, bog roll and a near by field.

 

[classic33]

Yes, they ARE different.

QLED is a more advanced LED, and Neo QLED is a more advanced QLED. All 3 have backlights which shine through an LCD coloured filter layer.

Neo QLEDs have much larger numbers of LED backlights and it is possible to fade down those in areas of the screen that should be darker, thus improving contrast, achieving better black levels, and reducing 'dirty screen effect' (DSE). My old Samsung LED TV has always had DSE because it only has a small number of backlights, producing lighter and darker areas on the screen. Depending on what was being displayed, sometimes it looks like the screen needed cleaning! I used to notice it a lot on 'Homes under the hammer' when the camera panned round a room to show what freshly redecorated rooms looked like - the walls often looked like they hadn't been painted properly because there appeared to be lighter and darker patches. Black areas look more like dark grey.

OLEDs don't have backlights - the OLEDs generate their own light so that means no DSE. If a pixel needs to be bright green, it is bright green. If it needs to be mid-red, it is mid-red. If it needs to be black then that spot on the screen can be completely turned off to get a deep black. Generally speaking though, the OLEDs don't generate as much light as powerful backlights can so OLED screens can't compete with LED/QLED/Neo QLED for brightness. If you watch in a dark room, that probably isn't much of an issue. If you watch in a room with sunlight streaming in, then it well could be.

OLED burn-in was potentially a big problem with early sets. If you spent too long on one channel with static screen elements such as channel logos, they could be permanently burned into the screen. The sets are a lot better now so it is less likely to be a problem. I would always be worrying about it though, especially if I used the TV as a computer monitor because certain areas of the screen show the same things for hours at a time (scroll bars, window frames, etc.).

Neo QLED seems like a good compromise between the 2 technologies - most of the advantages of both without the worst disadvantages of either?

This is an interesting (very geeky!) comparison of OLED and Neo QLED...

You've nicked the training tablet for staff at Currys. Hand it back, or at least return it with no postage paid on it.

 

[classic33]

I like that film. As you say easy to watch

Plonk yerssen down in the chair, everything that may be needed within reach. Turn the telly on and watch it.

Not that hard!

 

[classic33]

Shovel, bog roll and a near by field.

There's a field just outside her garden. Handy or what?

 

[PaulSB]

You've nicked the training tablet for staff at Currys. Hand it back, or at least return it with no postage paid on it.

 

[Mo1959]

Good result for a little local cheese maker at the Highland Show today.