I've been too busy making sweet, sweet lo -- er, I mean *enjoying* that 75Q9FN to be posting much lately. I played around with the settings a bit and managed to get a really gorgeous picture. Between it and my new Klipsch RP-600M fronts, BDs are a whole new level of awesome.
Will do! I would've loved to wait for Black Friday, but the plasma was starting to drive us nuts -- it's too small for the viewing distance, and the amount of sunlight in the room during the day makes it nearly unwatchable.
Well, Brandsmart had a 2-day sale on the Samsung 75Q9FN for $2498, and I caved. I was driving myself a little nuts with the research and the waiting and all.
Sorry, Vizio & TCL. You snoozed, you losed!
My wife ALMOST talked me into getting a 65". Two things nixed that:
1. My old set was a DLP, and actually 65". It seems like all LCDs are actually 64.5". So slightly smaller. Fuggeddaboudit!
2. The DLP was massive and bulky. A flat 75" on a stand will be wider, but not much higher and probably...
The new 2019 low-end Vizios (V and D series, I think) are available now at Walmart and a couple of other places. They're much cheaper than the P series. I know Vizio is ramping up their tech, but haven't seen any reviews yet.
Hopefully, this means the new P, PQ, and PQ-X models will be out soon.
TCL just released the 75" recently, didn't they? I wasn't considering them since they didn't have one before.
I'm still waiting to see the 2019 Vizio models. Curious how much the new 75" P Quantum will cost (and there's a new "P Quantum X" model that even higher). Also curious to see if the...