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Not for C8 and JBL 9.1 has it worked until recent updateThe Netflix app has always played Atmos over Arc
Not for C8 and JBL 9.1 has it worked until recent updateThe Netflix app has always played Atmos over Arc
I sold my C8 over the weekend before their 2nd hand prices fall too much and jumped ship back to QLED (Q90T). I must say I am impressed with the Q90t. Black levels are good enough (not as good as oled, but I never watch tv in a completely dark room anyway) and I really like the higher brightness.
So, it has proved to me the qled is absolutely fine (actually better) if you watch tv during the day or with lights on in the room as I always do. And I must say the near-black of the Q90t is just so much better than oled - I rewatched some previously problematic GoT scenes yesterday (during the day, with curtains open) and its great not to see macro blocking or weird shapes in the dark of the winterfell crypt anymore. Qled clearly works for me, but it all depends what you want and how you watch tv.
I haven’t watched sports since I changed - but my take is that the Q90t is better with motion than the older q9fn - the difference between the q9fn and the C8 was stark to me. It’s less obvious between the Q90t and the C8... but I also haven’t tried the q80t either, so it’s difficult for me to comment on TVs that I haven’t owned... to me the motion between the Q90t and C8 is just slightly different, but I find it fine and I switched over without actually noticing it unless specifically looking for differences. I guess it depends how sensitive you are to the specific differences on whether it will be an issue for you. I returned the q9fn due to the motion for what it’s worth, but I don’t have the same issues with the Q90t. It’s ok to meOk, you came from OLED and have you noticed the motion quality change? A week or so, I have been looking at Q80 from Samsung, and motion response was a total disaster comparing to my C8 OLED.
It's rumoured (Rodney) that a new box may appear this year or early next - just to confuse matters, for you.I was thinking of getting the apply tv 4K but given that the apple TV app is on now the c8 I may not get one. Is there a difference in picture quality between Apple TV box and Apple TV app? is Netflix any better in terms of PQ on the box?
Doesn't look like we will be getting AirPlay 2/Homekit according to this article:
LG Backtracks on Promise to Bring AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to Select 2018 TV Models
LG has "no plans" to update its pre-2019 TVs with AirPlay 2 or HomeKit support, despite previously giving customers assurances that they...www.macrumors.com
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LG OLED C8 owners and discussion
Anyone know how to turn on subtitles in the Apple TV app? Thought it would under accessibility but can’t see the option
I was thinking of getting the apply tv 4K but given that the apple TV app is on now the c8 I may not get one. Is there a difference in picture quality between Apple TV box and Apple TV app? is Netflix any better in terms of PQ on the box?
IMO the ATV box out performs the LG apps Netflix, Amazon & ATV for PQ, colour and depth. The LG apps seem to drop bandwidth randomly resulting in what looks like 720p display. The ATV box holds a solid 4K UHD and HD image, with nice looking HDR/DV.It's rumoured (Rodney) that a new box may appear this year or early next - just to confuse matters, for you.
Also, didn't some above say the app was having big issues?
IMO the ATV box out performs the LG apps Netflix, Amazon & ATV for PQ, colour and depth. The LG apps seem to drop bandwidth randomly resulting in what looks like 720p display. The ATV box holds a solid 4K UHD and HD image, with nice looking HDR/DV.
Obviously subjective, but have tested a fair bit of content on my C8 using the apps and switching to the ATV box.
There’s nothing confirmed about what the next generation ATV box will include in terms of an “upgrade” over the current one. But rumours surround a larger storage capacity, up to 128gb and a new processing chip, which from what I’ve read is unlikely to improve PQ/image display for viewing films/series. More so to handle Apples new gaming platform. (Either A12X, used in 2018 iPad Pros or A14 used in 2020 iPhones)
I think that’s more a compression/bandwidth issue. It’s entirely possible in time with improved fibre broadband & technology that streaming can reach the bit rates for picture and sound that 4K UHD discs contain. Meaning lossless audio. Whether the Joe Bloggs public care enough to make this a demand in the marketplace is another question. So many watch streaming services on mobile devices and tablets. Cinephiles are very much a niche.I would have liked it if Apple TV outputted lossless bitstreams instead of LPCM
But apart from that, I am not sure what else they can improve on?
Perhaps being able to download content so that you can watch it if you had a loss of internet connectivity.
Very true.I think that’s more a compression/bandwidth issue. It’s entirely possible in time with improved fibre broadband & technology that streaming can reach the bit rates for picture and sound that 4K UHD discs contain. Meaning lossless audio. Whether the Joe Bloggs public care enough to make this a demand in the marketplace is another question. So many watch streaming services on mobile devices and tablets. Cinephiles are very much a niche.
Lots have had replacement panels at home but others not. Seems a mixed bag.So the stuck pixel on my C8 returned a couple of weeks ago, I left it a couple of weeks just in case it went away again like it did before, it hasn’t it.
Phoned Richer Sounds, they’re getting a local engineer to contact me, but they said the tv would be taken away for repair and with the current Covid situation could take 4-6 weeks!
Am I right in thinking that stuck/dead pixels can’t be repaired and that the panel had to be replaced? Again I thought, maybe wrongly that they did panel replacements in your house? Watching on YouTube it doesn’t seem a massive job in the grand scheme of things, but I’m not a tv engineer
Unusually in these days I imagine, but I only have the one tv, don’t really want to be without a tv at all for up to 6 weeks (1st world problems, eh?) might mean I actually have to talk to the wife
Am I mad to be considering cutting my losses and using it as an excuse to upgrade to a CX then sell on the C8 when it’s repaired?
And DTS, which is piss poor.The CX does seem to be missing a lot of the catch up apps, IPlayer aside, but I’ve never used any of them so that wouldn’t be an issue.
There doesn’t seem to be too much improvement to make upgrading to a CX worthwhile unless I really have to.