Thanks Casey,
I’m just ranting about my own indecisiveness. Although I do appreciate advise too ... I have already checked out the 3 sites you mentioned. This has led me to all this waffling back and forth. Really just using the forum to get my thinking out. Writing stuff down sometimes helps with decisions...
I’m more into audio then video but also don’t want to be upset with myself for not buying a better TV. It’s coming down to one of two thoughts
- buy a less expensive 75” for the family room and have a big screen HT right away
- get the 65” OLED for the family room and next year move it to the bed room and replace it with a 75” OLED when they come down in price
I have a larger home theater in the basement which may or may not be finished in a year. The family room is really the every day TV/HT/Gaming space.
It sounds alot like you've been going down the same mental path that i have for a few years now.
Price vs. size vs. quality (mixed with tech type - LED vs. OLED) vs. room location (daily uses differ)
I was forced into buying a LED for the main floor because our bedroom tv died (see earlier story on that). I had no choice but to move the LG we had on the main floor to the bedrom and buy something new for the main floor. Going with same size wasn't considered because it is a BIG wall and really a 65" would be a more suitable size. I couldn't do larger unless i also swapped out the media stand for something else that wasn't as tall which is too much of a snowball effect. So we opted for a high quality but LED picture; the Sony LED 65" X900E. To offset the major LED downside of crappy off angle contrast, i mounted it with a full swivel extension arm so at least if i was in the dining area or even off to the far side in the kitchen, i can pull it out and swivel it to see the picture with far less off angle. However, i still lament having people sit from the far left to the far right of the room knowing the contrast dies off in an area where the tv gets far most use (tv, gaming primarily).
Now originally the plan was to wait until OLED came out, replace the media room tv, and then as the bedroom tv failed (or main floor tv failed), move the media room tv upstairs and then finally get the crown jewel tv for the media room. That would have bought us some time to allow for large screen OLED prices to drop. Obviously that plan could not come to fruition in that order so the first OLED will be the crown jewel tv in the media room. As such, i've also been waffling between the 65 and 77" OLEDs ONLY because of price. If i knew i could get 18 years out of this tv just like we have our trusty old Toshiba RPTV, well then $8000 over 18 years is more rational. But if we have any issues with it like we had our previous Phillips and LG tvs which died after 5-7 years, then damn. That's alot of dough to drop for 5 years of use.
Ultimately if you have the cash/income and feel comfortable with your future finances, buy the larger screen.
Life can be short. If people haven't figured that out by now (cliché)...maybe covid will help some to put it into perspective much earlier in life. Enjoy life while you can (cliché).
All that life philosophy aside, you can wait forever if you keep waiting for ...the next tech...for prices to drop....for.....[insert next and unending reason here that caused me to wait 5 years and i'm still not happy with some factor which at this point is price]
