OLED Full HD or LED UHD?

[chipsgravy]

So recently I was looking at new TV's. I have a Samsung Plasma at the moment, which is alright but does have a couple of niggles. The main one being the front is as reflective as a mirror, meaning it has to be perfect black to view. Not always easy.

I was looking at the new TV's now that OLED is starting to come out but found they are only 1080P. The latest LED are now 4K. I'm tempted by the OLED screen as I moved from Plasma to LCD in the past. Hated it and had to go back to Plasma. So I don't know how I would feel about LED screens. But that upscaled 4K image sure looked great in the shop.

Whats everyones views on this? OLED 1080P or LED 4K?

Why didn't they just bring out an OLED 4K set? Surely that would sell like the hot cakes?

[Neon Ignition]

Others would be able to give much more specific detailed answers but I'd say for me a lot would depend on the screen size your going for. OLED's do look great so you'd get a great image whichever you go for. 4K's are freefalling in price so there's a real risk that whatever you buy from that range would be significantly cheaper months from now. Personally, in store, I've never been wowed by 4k. It really feels like mostly large displays are the only ones to benefit from it and there's a real shortage of content for it. I don't feel that content will ever come either especially with 8k already being touted by companies who keep moving the goal posts. There's the pro that for gaming you'd have the 4k support sorted I guess but then we're unlikely to see regular support for 6-7years or more so it'd very much be a size/use/price comparison for me.

[QualityChimp]

I have images of people sat at home with their brand new 4K telly and the only thing they can possibly watch is the demo video from the shop that has flowers opening, close-up shots of strawberries and fields of grass.

[danholo]

I'd say that for now I'd go for the better screen with less definition. Get a higher resolution screen when there's actually some practical use out of it. So far 1080p is more than enough and isn't even utilized by consoles that well. Unless you're playing PC games in 4K I don't see why you should get a 4K screen. I don't understand why anyone would by one.

[dvdx2]

They are coming out...

http://recombu.com/digital/news/lg-s-77-inch-curved-4k-ultra-hd-oled-eyes-on-video

Providing you have a fat wallet!

Av enthusiast rule number 1 - never judge a tv in a shop showroom; everything setting is pumped to the max. The problem with current 4k sets, isnt the resolution, its the lcd technology used. Dirty screen effect, clouding, poor/ washed out black levels in a dark room - although the average punter probably couldn't tell the difference. I think there is very little 4k material available at the moment. But yeah 4k oled is where its going to be cooking.

[chipsgravy]

Holy smokes! ?20,000. Yea I don't think I will get one of those. Not just yet anyway.

[DJ Mike]

If you're more into gaming on it, get yourself a regular 1080p LED such as the Sony W905 (NOT the newer Sony W955) - it has pretty much the fastest response time of any big screen LCD TV on the market. No idea how Sony cracked it with the processing, but the measured latency from professional reviewers is in the 8-16ms range. My old Samsung 52" is a paltry 50ms by comparison - dreadful for games needing quick reactions.

OLED TVs are great but there are too few of them and right now the focus is on making them look good, not on fast processing. So if you game a lot you might be more frustrated.

[bash]

fuk 4k, I'm waiting for 8k. until then 50-60" 1080p is good enough. I reckon OLED is probably better for fast moving content over LCD and Plasma so thats what I'd got for.