I was one of those people that either only used hand-me-downs for years or strictly stuck to whatever I could grab for about 300 dollars for a long time. Last budget TV I bought was a "HDR capable" 40 inch (of course that thing had nowhere near the specifications to actually make HDR noticeable, but I was still new to learning about what HDR was and thats how marketing will get ya' in general. When it comes to LED TVs, at the baseline for actual noticeable HDR it has to be a TV with FALD lighting (local dimming) and not edge-lit. Preferably a VA type panel, and you have to make sure it can actually support a wide color gamut and all that. Going to RTings.com is the best way to look up a specific TV model to make sure it isn't one of those "technically supports HDR but its terrible" TVs). I came into a good amount of pocket money a few years back and finally decided to take a peak at higher budget TVs.
My first higher budget TV purchase was a 55 inch samsung Q8FN back in 2018 like 3 days after red dead redemption 2 first released on PS4. My second was about 6 months or so later and I managed to get this couple's 65 inch samsung Q9FN via facebook marketplace for 1,000 dollars even, and so I sold that Q8FN to my bro. I used this all the way up until september of last year since I wanted to get a TV that had 4 HDMI 2.1 slots and fully supported VRR....got the last 65 inch samsung miniled QN90B from my local best buy for a little over 1,399.99.
The QN90B is a absolutely gorgeous TV....extremely deep blacks comparable to that of a OLED TV's, minimum amount of blooming in game mode, very high peak nit capabilities that makes video game HDR highlights really pop, no auto-brightness limiting issues what with it's nature as a LED TV, very good scaling capabilities (not quite as good as sony's with their higher budget TVs, but still nice), and excels with video gaming with actual 1440p support when needed (whenever a 30fps console game pops up I get use out of the game motion plus function samsung TVs have. Interpolation meant to be used in game mode, and it adds a minimum amount of input delay. I still disable it for most games, but it imo helps a lot with those old console games capped at lower framerates) *Native 1440p support is something sony has been skipping out on for some years now with their higher budget TVs, so if one wanted native 1440p then it'd be better to go with a samsung or LG TV (or TCL, vizio, hisense etc.) for this. Most important of all its going to have nice longevity since I don't intend to make these kind of 1,000 dollar+ TV purchases a super common thing.....my goal is to actually use this slappin' miniled TV until microled displays become a affordable thing for anyone in the future.
Long story short, thanks to checking out that Q8FN back in 2018 I am a believer in getting what you pay for when it comes to TVs (or monitors. Displays in general) and that they make just as much a difference as getting a new console or upgrading a PC's cpu/gpu.
I personally don't need anything above 65 inches so I won't pay anything about 2K, but anything in the 1,200 to 1,600ish range I'm fine with since the better miniled and OLED TVs will be in that price range.
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