New OLED UHD 4k

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BeoBoy68 (archived2)
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Posted September 9, 2013 at 22:16 GMT
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Hi, just want to share my experience from the IFA exhibition in Berlin. The Samsung OLED UHD 4k is the best TV I have seen inmy life. The screen have 55 inch. The quality was so sharp and the color so natural and rich. Really the Best TV. Unbelievable. Actually it is a prototype but sure that it will on the market in few months. Price will very high too.

 

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Pushkin (archived2)
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Posted September 9, 2013 at 22:42 GMT
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I can imagine it must be brilliant. I have now had my Sony 65x900 4k tv for two weeks and it is amazing - feared it may be a gimmick (like 3d) but up scaling of normal HD content is sensational.

TV tech is moving fast - for me B&O is now about speakers - they are outmoded on TV.
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Tonker (archived2)
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Posted September 9, 2013 at 23:00 GMT
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The only thing making me disagree with you is the lack of 4K content. I haven't seen the up scaling, but have seen the OLED and UHD/LCD LG and Samsung TVs. With the correct content it is truly amazing, and surely with virtually every major manufacturer and even some budget ones too, the rush to make 4K content must be now be on.

I'm afraid the NG 12-65 could soon be very old hat, and a pricey one too. Panasonic have a 4K plasma in 65 inch just coming out, with the new USB connection thingy too!

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BeoBoy68 (archived2)
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Posted September 9, 2013 at 23:48 GMT
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Rights ! Nowadays, B&O TVs have technically a delayed train !
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Beomooi (archived2)
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Posted September 10, 2013 at 10:49 GMT
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I to visited the IFA.

 

I wanted to orientate on an new television and i was nearby so i took the time to visit.

 

About the 4k tv,s i saw

I do NOT agree.

 

The color was awful and way off balance.All to overdone in colering.green was "chemical"green for example.

 

When fast moving objects were visible the picture was blurred.

 

I now have (i know way old) an beovision 3 tv but really want something new.

 

I only saw 2 tv,s that had a really good picture.

 

1: Samsung 65"plasma tv .Very color balanced picture good contrast an depth.(best tv,s in the us said an samsung worker there) and

2: and Panasonic 65"plasma same very nice smooth and warm picture both NOT 4k..

 

I think i will wait until b&O brings out a nice priced 65"plasma.I know i heard about the Beovision 12 but 14k is just to much.

 

Does anyone know why b&o did not attend the IFA.

 

I saw Loewe and all the others but missed B&O

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linder (archived2)
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Posted September 10, 2013 at 19:50 GMT
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Chris Townsend wrote:
The only thing making me disagree with you is the lack of 4K content. I haven't seen the up scaling, but have seen the OLED and UHD/LCD LG and Samsung TVs. With the correct content it is truly amazing, and surely with virtually every major manufacturer and even some budget ones too, the rush to make 4K content must be now be on.

 

 

I'm afraid the NG 12-65 could soon be very old hat, and a pricey one too. Panasonic have a 4K plasma in 65 inch just coming out, with the new USB connection thingy too!

 

 

Sony will have 4k content available.

http://store.sony.com/p/4K-Media-Server/en/p/FMPX1

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Bv7Mk3 (archived2)
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Posted September 11, 2013 at 00:09 GMT
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Sonys 4K Box is for the Usa only NOT the Uk :-( 

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Severian (archived2)
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Posted September 11, 2013 at 03:28 GMT
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Patrick wrote:

 

I to visited the IFA.

 

I wanted to orientate on an new television and i was nearby so i took the time to visit.

 

About the 4k tv,s i saw

I do NOT agree.

 

The color was awful and way off balance.All to overdone in colering.green was "chemical"green for example.

 

When fast moving objects were visible the picture was blurred.

 

I now have (i know way old) an beovision 3 tv but really want something new.

 

I only saw 2 tv,s that had a really good picture.

 

1: Samsung 65"plasma tv .Very color balanced picture good contrast an depth.(best tv,s in the us said an samsung worker there) and

2: and Panasonic 65"plasma same very nice smooth and warm picture both NOT 4k..

 

I think i will wait until b&O brings out a nice priced 65"plasma.I know i heard about the Beovision 12 but 14k is just to much.

 

Does anyone know why b&o did not attend the IFA.

 

I saw Loewe and all the others but missed B&O

Which reinforces what the Imaging Science Foundation says, resolution is nowhere near the most important picture spec. Color accuracy, contrast-black levels, gray scale tracking and color temp, all are more important. I fully expect to see 42 inch 4k sets with truly execrable pictures to be the norm. 

I currently have a VT series 65 inch Panasonic plasma, it is outstanding, and the new ZT panel is supposed to be even better. That may be the Panasonic panel you saw. 

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Posted September 11, 2013 at 23:39 GMT
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linder wrote:

Chris Townsend wrote:
The only thing making me disagree with you is the lack of 4K content. I haven't seen the up scaling, but have seen the OLED and UHD/LCD LG and Samsung TVs. With the correct content it is truly amazing, and surely with virtually every major manufacturer and even some budget ones too, the rush to make 4K content must be now be on.

I'm afraid the NG 12-65 could soon be very old hat, and a pricey one too. Panasonic have a 4K plasma in 65 inch just coming out, with the new USB connection thingy too!

Sony will have 4k content available.

link

Interesting set of titles that come "free" with the Sony box.  I can understand how the top of the list could have been filmed/cgi-ed at that resolution, but how does the last one fit ? was it scanned from a high quality print ? or is it going to look as bad as 1930 B/W movies shown on a 1080P ?

http://store.sony.com/p/4K-Media-Server/en/p/FMPX1 wrote:

collection includes:

  • The Amazing Spider-Man™
  • Bad Teacher
  • The Karate Kid
  • The Other Guys
  • Battle: Los Angeles
  • That's My Boy
  • Salt
  • Total Recall 2012
  • Taxi Driver
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Tonker (archived2)
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Posted September 12, 2013 at 00:32 GMT
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From flatpanelshd reviewing a Sony UHD TV which I recently saw, and was very impressed by.....

There is a lot of talk about the difference between Full HD and 4K on smaller-size TVs. The 55” version of Sony X9 is not exactly a small TV by normal standards, but it is a small TV by 4K standards. We asked ourselves how to best approach the subject: How could we examine the difference between Full HD and 4K? We would obviously need two versions of the same video clip; 1 in Full HD and 1 in native 4K (not upscaled). Luckily, Sony supplied us with a small USB key used for demonstrations in stores. The USB key stored many of the same video sequences that the 4K media player had stored; only these were in 1920x1080 (Full HD) resolution. We confirmed it with a program called MediaInfo Mac that also told us that the .m2ts container on the USB key had video stored in an AVC codec (profile 4.1) in 1920x1080 resolution at 25 fps. The bitrate was 17.8 Mbps. So it was basically Blu-ray quality in Full HD (downscaled from actual 4K masters).

That gave us a unique opportunity to do a real comparison test of Full HD vs. 4K. We obviously only had one TV so we had to switch between sources (but we could also compare W9 side-by-side with X9). Still, there was no doubt about the difference between Full HD and 4K, no doubt. Detailing was much more impressive in the 4K versions and the wider color gamut used for the real 4K clips showed. We cannot say it more clearly. People who argue that 4K have no effect on 55” TVs are wrong. This is not a matter of opinion, but of fact. There is a very clear difference in detailing even on a 55” TV (from a viewing distance of 2-3 meters). As we moved further away from the TV the difference became less evident, but we still saw a difference from 4-5 meters away. We also think that the wider color gamuts will please people and be an eye-opener for many. The human eye is complex and improved colors definitely increase our perception of details.

Even Grundig launched a UHD TV today at around £3,800. It's a name I haven't heard of for years.
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