Bargain brand 4K 55" TVs have sunk below $299

[jdc]

Racer X wrote:
[quote=jdc]
Mine is a 55US57 from walmart. Got it for $250 after they screwed up. =)

Some stupid reviews on Amazon. "one star -- was missing remote". Exactly how is that a rating of the TV? How is that helpful?

I don't really trust amazon reviews.

I always read the 1 and 2 star reviews. A surprising number of them are idiots bitching about shipping issues and damaged packaging.
Which I get is frustrating, but has no relevance on the product being sold...

[Racer X]

absolutely. You are reviewing the product. In what way is Samsung responsible if an Amazon warehouse person dropped the box, or the UPS depot ran a fork through the screen when moving a pallet?

[sekker]

Living in the land of 1080P here. It’s great news that 4K won’t cost me an arm and a leg when we update.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....so is it like reviewing a 'stormy' relationship with an ex.....???

[freeradical]

Racer X wrote:
absolutely. You are reviewing the product. In what way is Samsung responsible if an Amazon warehouse person dropped the box, or the UPS depot ran a fork through the screen when moving a pallet?

People also complain about getting a scratched or unplayable DVD from Netflix in their reviews of movies and TV shows.

[Dennis S]

freeradical wrote:
[quote=Racer X]
absolutely. You are reviewing the product. In what way is Samsung responsible if an Amazon warehouse person dropped the box, or the UPS depot ran a fork through the screen when moving a pallet?

People also complain about getting a scratched or unplayable DVD from Netflix in their reviews of movies and TV shows.
It seems like Amazon would have a way to weed those out. You'd think a more valid review system would be to their advantage.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

space-time wrote:
[quote=gabester]
At prices like this I almost can't afford NOT to upgrade an old 50-some inch plasma TV doing only 720p... I'll save money in a year or two based on electrical costs alone, nevermind the extra pixels.

Please let me know how the picture compares with Plasma.
You already know the answer to that question.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

bfd wrote:
You will. And if you bump it up to an OLED - you'll pay about the same as you probably did for the plasma, you'll get an incredible picture, and it'll probably last as long. But it is tough to let go of something that just works. The OLED blacks almost put the plasma blacks to shame, but the combination of 4K and OLED blacks? Just do it.

Not to mention HDR, which IMHO is the REAL selling point of the next generations of TVs.

[Acer]

Wait...my 32" Olevia is no longer state of the art? Suddenly I feel inadequate.

[OWC Jamie]

If I brought home another TV it would have to be 80 or 90 inches so I could watch it from the doghouse.