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SandboxGeneral said:
Did you get that TV yet, and if so, how do you like it?
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The picture quality, brightness, blacks and slimness of the KS8000 is incredibly good. 4K content looks great, but not when there's a lot of action going on. I was surprised to find that when turning up clarity or the soap opera effect to reduce motion blur, there's a lot of motion interpolation going on just like on cheap 4K sets in fast moving objects. But if you hate this smooth 60fps effect (which I don't), you'll really like this TV. That said, off-axis viewing angles are really bad. So at the end of the day, you really can't go wrong with LG's OLED offering. So don't listen to Rtings.com like I have =/

Also, the OS can at times be sluggish and even lock up on you. I think LG does a much better job at this than Samsung by using Android TV.
 
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SchneiderMan said:
The picture quality, brightness, blacks and slimness of the KS8000 is incredibly good. 4K content looks great, but not when there's a lot of action going on. I was surprised to find that when turning up clarity or the soap opera effect to reduce motion blur, there's a lot of motion interpolation going on just like on cheap 4K sets in fast moving objects. But if you hate this smooth 60fps effect (which I don't), you'll really like this TV. That said, off-axis viewing angles are really bad. So at the end of the day, you really can't go wrong with LG's OLED offering. So don't listen to Rtings.com like I have =/

Also, the OS can at times be sluggish and even lock up on you. I think LG does a much better job at this than Samsung by using Android TV.
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Thanks for the feedback.

I still have two 'dumb TV's' and like each of them. One is a 32" Samsung 720p which I bought in 2008 or 2009. The other is a 42" LG 1080p which I bought in 2011. The LG is a 60hz refresh rate and I searched high and low for a TV with that because every TV I saw with the 120hz or 240hz upscaling looked terrible to me. A friend of mine has a junky JVC with the upscaling and the motion blur is horrendous. I don't know how he and his wife can stand watching it.

I've been watching the Samsung UN55JU7100 since just before Prime Day and it's still $1,600. It did drop down by 17% for a couple of days after Prime Day. It's supposed to be one of the top TV's according to The Wire Cutter. I'll keep watching the price as Black Friday/Cyber Monday approach.
 
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Apple 12" MacBook (Early 2015, Space Gray)
1.3GHz

So far I am loving this little beast, I already have a Mac Pro and a rMBP, but I wanted something small and portable for when I am away on shorter trips, or just going to Starbucks.
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