Hey!
The last TV I bought was about in 2011. Now I wanted to give OLED, specifically the S94D (not the S95D with matte screen) a chance but I am afraid I won’t see anything duo to the window about 4 meters opposite side of the TV behind my couch.
I can always put down the raffstores but I will never get 100% darkness until it’s night. I also rarely watch TV during day but if I do I don’t want to put my shades down just to watch some TV.
Am I better off still skipping OLED (QDOLED for the 65" S90D now)? I don’t like the way the S95D matte screen just spreads the light so I don’t want to use it I have seen it in real life…
What do you all think? Wait a few more years for better technology or do newer TVs OLEDS somehow reduce reflections a bit better than a few years ago?
The salesman said nowadays it still should be alright because the OLEDs are really bright and I will only notice the reflections in dark/ black scenes but even then it’s still okay comparing it to the TVs 6 years ago because all OLEDs have better screens now that reduce reflections.
He also didn’t recommend getting the LG G4 or S95D and told me to get the S94D for my money. It’s a bit cheaper than the LG G4 and not noticably that bad and he hates LG service but also said the Samsung service isn’t the best either. He then showed me the S95D compared to S94D and LG G4 reflections and said that the S95D might be cool but the black will be greyish if light hits and spread across the whole screen while the other two reflect light where the light hits and is less annoying. He seems like he didn’t like the matte screen but said it has it’s place for some people but said that 4 meters from window to tv is enough to avoid reflections or I can change angle a bit with wall mount and fix that easier.
I am really not sure if he was legit cause he recommend the cheapest of all three TVs to me instead of the S95D and LG G4 and at the same time he said the best would be LG G4 but I should save the 350 € price difference and get the S94D because I am no expert and won’t notice the difference between G4 and S94D lol. Well now I am here asking for help lol.
I can’t really ask anyone else because I live in a rural area and the next tech store is like 50 miles away. I asked him about the Sony A95 but he said that might be the best but not for the money again. He basically recommends me to get the S94D lol but the S94D is for “shop exclusive” only. Which might be the reason he wants to sell me that TV because he doesn’t even sell the S90D version. I didn’t understand that but he said his version S94D is the same as S90D just has another remote control and in my country it has Netflix 12 months with it.
Is it in any way possible to rearrange the room so the window reflection isn’t an issue? In my experience no TV cures reflection issues except maybe projector onto a wall types. This would be my first priority. Opaque blinds otherwise (not the flimsy white plastic type that just diffuse most of the light).
Other than the reflection issue, I think you’d be pretty happy with an OLED. Blows the doors off LCD/LED types.
Well the room is perfectly made for where the sofa is and where the TV will be mounted on (wall).
The window I can completly darken by letting down the electronic shades. Same goes for the huge door window, has raffstores outside I can let down and get the room to about I’d say 85% darkness during day. I don’t get any sunlight into the living room because of the roof of the terrace but I get a lot of indirect light into the room.
So basically my room can’t be hit by sunlight…
Moment I have a picture. But now outside there is a roof… because this pic is a year old.
Where is the sofa, because you could wall mount the TV using an arm in the visible corner with a slight tilt so it doesn’t obstruct the small window? That should keep any glare off it from everywhere by the corner to the right (just out of view). An OLED should be well bright enough to easily overpower diffuse indirect light.
Alternatively placing the TV flat against that back wall should allow for decent viewing anywhere to the left of the camera in photo but might get bad diffuse lighting from the door.