On in the present day’s You Requested: Laser TV versus an enormous mini-LED TV. What occurs to the TVs after we take a look at them? Breaking in TV audio system — is {that a} factor? And why are we so obsessive about TV image high quality?
Laser TV or Hisense 110 UX?
Anand writes that he’s lastly constructing a devoted media room in a brand new residence and was planning on going with an extremely quick throw projector — aka a laser TV — till they noticed my video in regards to the Hisense 110 UX. They really feel the UX is overpriced proper now, however is prepared to attend a 12 months if the value would possibly drop to $5,000-$6,000.
Anand, I don’t assume the Hisense 110 UX TV goes to drop by greater than 50% in only a 12 months. I do assume subsequent 12 months’s model could come out as inexpensive, and this 12 months’s model — if there are nonetheless any left (I think Hisense isn’t making a ton of these) — could drop by as a lot as 50%. However I think that the TV received’t promote for lower than $10,000 till it’s gone.
In order for you a display screen bigger than 100 inches, then I counsel you go together with your unique plan of getting an extremely quick throw projector and ALR display screen. That’s most likely the smarter transfer all the best way round. In your light-controlled mini-theater, that UST projector goes to be a lot vivid sufficient for an exhilarating expertise.
Getting all of it again within the field
Pat Walsh writes: I used to be simply watching the UX unboxing video and I used to be questioning: How do you guys field this stuff again as much as return them? I imply, it’s unimaginable to place the entire wrapping again on. Does it get moved on to a different reviewer in its barely used state? If that’s the case, do solely sure reviewers price a pristine tester? Sustain the great work. I really like my U8K, which your video helped me determine on.
Pat, you’re proper: Once we re-box these TVs to return to the producer, I can’t put the protecting movie again on the TV. And generally the protecting sheath or bag will get somewhat torn up as a result of that materials isn’t all that robust to start with, plus the tape they use to maintain it in place tends to tear. So, though we do an important job re-boxing these TVs, they’re clearly not factory-fresh after we ship them again.
I do know that producers will usually test over the TV earlier than sending it out to the following reviewer. Nevertheless, I’ve been the recipient of TVs which were out to a different reviewer — not each TV I get is factory-fresh, although most of them are — and, sure, you don’t get the protecting movie on these.
Most producers are good about resetting the TVs, which is nice as a result of I’m so unhealthy at resetting them earlier than I pack them up for return. However generally a model so urgently desires to get the TV to a different reviewer that it leaves my place certain for the following particular person. So that they get to see me logged into their TV. My apologies to fellow reviewers. Though, to be honest, generally they play pranks on me by watching loopy content material to mess up my advisable feeds. Guess I deserve that.
What occurs to those TVs after they’ve been reviewed? That is determined by the model and that firm’s coverage. I’d prefer to assume the TVs land within the arms of somebody who can recognize and luxuriate in them. However I additionally know of not less than one model that sticks them in a warehouse. They simply sit there doing nothing earlier than finally getting “recycled,” which is a disgrace and a waste of an important TV.
And a few TVs get broken sufficient throughout transport {that a} model wouldn’t wish to put it out into the general public, which I perceive.
Finest approach to break in audio system?
Steve writes: Simply completed watching the unboxing video of the Hisense 110 UX and also you talked about “breaking within the audio system.” Whereas I’m not anticipating something superb from my Bravia with out not less than a soundbar, I’m now curious what steps I can take to get probably the most out of what I’ve bought. Do you have got a selected routine that you just perform each time on new TVs, or does it range relying on the make and mannequin? Sustain the nice work!
Thanks for the query, Steve, and it’s attention-grabbing you picked up on that. The notion of speaker break-in is the matter of some debate. Some consider that it offers no audible change to a speaker’s efficiency, however it has been scientifically confirmed {that a} speaker driver’s operation modifications somewhat after a number of hours of use.
TV speaker break-in would possibly even appear laughable to some as a result of if there’s a query about whether or not high-end tower audio system appreciably change after break-in, then the concept a tiny TV speaker would possibly sound completely different after break-in is doubtful for positive.
I’ll let you know this: The extra elaborate the speaker system in a TV, the extra inclined I’m to provide it a break-in interval. The first cause is that I don’t wish to go away any questions as as to whether the efficiency I witness is indicative of the efficiency a person would possibly get after their TV has been used for some time.
There are speaker break-in movies on YouTube which can be mainly glorified pink noise, the place all frequencies are being produced. Run that for a number of hours and your TV audio system are more likely to get as damaged in as they’ll get. I might not anticipate a dramatic shift in efficiency, although.
As a parting thought, I’ll simply throw it on the market that some of us consider breaking within the listener is extra necessary than breaking within the speaker.
Good TV high quality: Why are we obsessed?
Rick Corridor writes: Why are we obsessive about good TV high quality? Once I go to the films I don’t see inky blacks, nor do I see superb spectacular highlights just like the YouTube demos. I see an amazingly enormous image mixed with superior sound high quality, offering an A+ expertise!
I really like this query. It’s a kind of issues that make you go hmmmm. It’s a kind of questions that nearly appears apparent when you’ve heard it out loud. Nevertheless, only a few individuals have considered this.
I’ll reply your query with what’s mainly simply my opinion. In a number of of my super-large-screen TV opinions the place the TV was not top-of-the-line (it was a extra reasonably priced mannequin that occurred to be tremendous enormous) I’ve identified that a whole lot of of us are very pleased with excellent image high quality at an enormous measurement and would take that 9 instances out of 10, versus glorious image high quality at a smaller measurement.
There’s something actually superb in regards to the huge scale of a industrial movie show display screen and the sound — once more, maybe not as excessive constancy as some residence programs. It’s simply greater and louder and extra expansive as a result of scale of the system.
I believe there’s a whole lot of psychology at play right here. We wish to get the perfect expertise potential, so as an alternative of getting an enormous 200-inch or bigger display screen we go for the perfect image high quality out there. Additionally, we personal our TVs for a very long time and we take a look at them nearly each day. It’s rather a lot simpler to hone in on a TV’s weaknesses than to get wrapped up in what a projector is or will not be doing in a theater, particularly after we’re out and in in only a couple hours — except it’s a Martin Scorsese movie, in fact.
Lastly, as a result of we are able to get such nice image high quality — that there are ranges of awesomeness for us to buy — it will get us occupied with the return on funding we would like.
I additionally assume that simply the scent of the popcorn and the joy of an leisure vacation spot makes us somewhat forgiving.
So, add all that up and I believe that helps clarify why we’re so obsessive about getting the perfect TV image high quality we are able to. And I’ll add that I’m tremendous excited that that’s how some people are, as a result of it retains me in a job that I really like very, very a lot. Thanks guys — no actually, I imply it.
