My son bought me a 54" Sharp Aquos TV 10 years ago. It has great picture quality and has performed without a hitch since day one. I keep on waiting for it to fail but despite heavy use it refuses to. As you can see, it still gets great reviews. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sharp-58-class-led-2160p-smart-4k-uhd-tv-with-hdr-roku-tv/6296543.p?skuId=6296543&ref=212&loc=1&ref=212&loc=1&msclkid=06e1e7459b8a13d0beabbabfe885d366&gclid=CPXFhvTsv-YCFU_iswodqzUM4w&gclsrc=ds
On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 12:30 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I think I saw some 4k content on Netflix, I presume they are using some > heavy compression algorithms (like regular HD content) to get it down to > something that most ISPs deliver. I think I nominally have 15 or 18Mbps > on my ATT Uverse link, it's been awhile since I looked at whatever they > are sending and the bandwidth it uses. I vaguely recall the Netflix > content was like 8Mbps for an HD stream. Whatever it is, it looks > pretty good, and I have noticed that some of the newer content looks > really good. > > The streams do slow down sometimes and get snowy or quite pixelated, it > might be the Firestick gets confused or ATT is choking the stream. > Usually if I quit the show and start it again it is fine. I notice my > older AppleTV seems to choke much more often now and will do what > appears to be a soft reboot, and if it keeps acting up I have to unplug > it and do a hard reboot then it works better for a coupla weeks until it > starts choking again. > > --FT > > On 12/18/19 12:00 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > You've hit on the problem with 4K and we talk about this at work a lot. > > Most cable and satellite TV providers are giving you 25-30mbit/sec > > bandwidth for HD which is about the same bandwidth as an SD DVD which > > was 1/3 to 1/4 the frame size. > > > > If you go to 4K which is nearly 2x the resolution of 1080 and don't > > double the data rate what are you getting? Distribution of 4K is > > spotty at best. > > Uncompressed 4K is something like 1500MB/s, thats one and a half > > gigabytes every second, the storage requirements boggle the mind. We > > sell storage systems that support over 7 petabytes mostly to support 4K. > > > > As an aside the Japanese national broadcaster, NHK, is going to > > produce the next Olympic games in uncompressed 8K. So far just the > > storage has cost $3 million. > > > > -Curt > > > > On Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 11:54:34 AM EST, Floyd Thursby via > > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > There is something called "QLED" now, I have no idea what that > > technology does. OLED pictures are quite stunning in 4k. I'll probably > > need some more bandwidth to stream movies in that format though > > > > --FT > > > > On 12/18/19 11:45 AM, dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > > > I came rally close to going OLED when I bought a new TV earlier this > > year. I realize they punch everything up in the stores, but across the > > board they were definitely better as far as picture quality. > > > > > > I’ve got a 55” plasma that we took out of service because it was > > ghosting slightly in one part of the display. I may put it on the wall > > in the garage for some really decadent garage entertainment. > > > > > > -D > > > > > >> On Dec 18, 2019, at 11:13 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > >> > > >> My next TV will be OLED. Only worthy successor to plasma. > > >> Our smart (!) Panasonic plasma TV's are still running well, but > > >> the smarts expired years ago. (No updates, services stopped > > >> working, etc.) No matter, they work well as monitors, and as > > >> broadcast TV tuners. > > >> > > >> -- Jim > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > -- > > --FT > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > --FT > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
