Michael
2 de agosto de 2020
Ruins you for DVDs.
My old HDTV was starting to have issues which went away after it was on for a while, but this means it would eventually fail. I wanted 4K. I wanted high quality. I needed it to be no more than 40” wide. Once you go under 43”, most units are 1080p and not 4K. I saw an older version of this one in a store. Shopping online I saw this newer (2020) version.Item arrived well packaged. I swear this thing is lighter than the smaller HDTV it replaced. I went with a tabletop stand as the feet for this unit (as is with most of them) are too far apart for the TV cabinet we have.First, you should know that the human eye can’t see in 4K resolution. How this applies is simple. With HDTV, you NEEDED Blu-ray with larger sets or you would easily see the “artifacts” from DVD video compression. On smaller sets, the quality difference was less obvious. Well, 4K makes it obvious...period. Watch a DVD mastered for HDTV and it’s like watching a DVD of a show recorded in the old TV format. HDTV was sharp enough to let you spot how much a show was filmed on a studio set and with studio lighting. Well, 4K will give you the same effect on shows recorded for HDTV...it’s that much of an enhancement in video quality. So, if your old HDTV shows on DVD look worse, this is why.Second, there is a learning curve to this TV. No buttons on the set, so you depend on the remote. There is an app for iPhone and iPad to interface over a network, and the TV can connect via Ethernet cable or WiFi...giving anyone with the app some control over the TV when it’s on. There is almost too many features, and the manual is pretty pathetic for showing you how to use the remote. Expect to spend some time tinkering to get used to the remote even though it is somewhat intuitive in its design.Third, the ability to have Internet channels is of dubious value to me. I wish all of them could be deleted from the home screen, but it seems some have proprietary placement and can’t be deleted. Watching these channels will consume bandwidth, so if you normally stream video, you may like it. The most value it offers at this point is adding a weather channel so we can get the weather situation on demand.Built in sound is adequate. If you want to try it as is before paying for external speakers, you might be happy as it sounds out of the box.Didn’t rate LG tech support as I’ve not needed them so far.Ver másVer menos
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