@monicakm wrote:
@gardenman
It's not all about size. A lot, a lot of specifications need to be considered and compared. These specs will make a huge difference in the picture quality. Vizio makes three levels of TVs. V, m, and P. V is for value, M is for medium and P is for premium. You'll find the value level Vizios at Walmart. My TV came from Walmart but I couldn't buy it in store. It had to order it. All Brands have different price level and feature/ spec levels. If you don't care about picture quality and only size then go for the biggest one you can afford. Sound bars kick up the experience a notch or two.
A lot of times people end up paying for better specifications when they can't "see" a difference. I've long been a believer in the "don't pay for something you can't see or hear" school of thought when it comes to electronics. My highest-end HDTV is a Samsung and it looks just about the same as my lowest-end HDTV (an RCA.) My primary HDTV now is an Element Fire TV. It has a great picture and it's seven or eight years old.
The general rule of thumb with audio and video gear is you pay 100% more for a 10% improvement. My current home theater receiver is a Denon AVR S-760 that I bought refurbished by Denon for $299. (Original list price is $599.) It's a 7.2 receiver (I only use five channels and the subwoofer currently). I could spend two, three, four times that price without trouble and get a receiver with slightly better specs, but I honestly can't hear any difference between them. This one is perfect for me. It does everything I need it to do and even has room for expansion.
With OLED HDTVs you get better control over the backlighting, but that hasn't been an issue for me with conventional LED HDTVs. If I look for backlighting issues I could probably see them, but I tend to be more focused on the programming. If it's so boring that I'm noticing backlighting issues, it's probably time to change the channel and watch something else.
You see people go spec crazy with videogame consoles. "You can count the hairs on the arms of the players!" Okay, but if I'm counting the hairs on the arms of a player in a videogame, I must be bored and it must be a bad game. I play on my Nintendo Switch (worst specs of any modern console) but arguably the best games of any modern console. (Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, etc.)
I don't doubt that a great high-end HDTV has a better overall picture, but for me, I'm happy with what I've got. I've been spending lots of time looking at the TVs on display at my local Walmart and frankly, I don't see a huge difference in picture quality even when standing just inches from them. I'm sure there is a difference but it's small enough for me to ignore it in normal use. And if I can't see a difference, I'm not paying for one. It's not hard to spend thousands of dollars on a new HDTV. I just don't find it necessary for me and my use.
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