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Samsung 55" Series 8 Curved Premium Smart 4K LED TV (MU8000) $1,199 Plus Delivery @ Kogan

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Samsung 55" Series 8 Curved Premium Smart 4K LED TV (MU8000) $1,199 Plus Delivery @ Kogan
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Gershom on 23/02/2018 - 06:18 kogan.com (358 clicks)
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High Dynamic Range
200Hz Motion Refresh Rate
Curved UHD LED Screen
Smart TV – access the internet
Cable Management
One Remote Control

Electrical & Electronics 55inch LCD TV Samsung TV UHD TV

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  • Lps on 23/02/2018 - 07:47
    -1

    Is this real 200Hz or marketing 200Hz (50hz in disguise)

    • Gershom on 23/02/2018 - 07:49
      -3

      Yes.

      • Lps on 23/02/2018 - 08:37

        Two questions above, which one are you answering chatterbox?

    • lostn on 23/02/2018 - 07:53
      +3

      50hz with fake frames inserted. It looks unnatural. Most don't recommend 100 or 200hz.

    • whooah1979 on 23/02/2018 - 09:30
      +1

      It's all bull.

  • lostn on 23/02/2018 - 07:56
    +1

    I can't see a point in a curved screen, especially viewed from a distance. It's just another gimmick TV manufacturers needed, like 3D, to sell new TVs after everyone upgraded to HD/FHD already and had no reason to buy a TV. The TV business was desperate.

    • Lps on 23/02/2018 - 08:35

      Then dont get one. Curved TV's are suited to one person viewing with that one person sitting directly in front of the middle of the screen and fairly close. If you are even slightly off centre you will lose the peripheral benefit of the curved screen. So unless you watch TV this way (as I do) dont waste your $$'s

      • whooah1979 on 23/02/2018 - 09:31

        Just get a bigger tv.

      • lostn on 23/02/2018 - 09:45

        Yes but for a 55" TV, it's going to be in the living room where no one sits close enough to be at the sweet spot. Seems like a very limited and specific use case.

        And even up close, I'm not seeing what's so good about it that a flat screen can't do. You're still distorting the sides of the image.

        • Lps on 23/02/2018 - 10:34

          It really is very limited. Great if you're a sad tv loner like me but utterly useless for general social viewing.
          When you're up close - and by close I mean 1.1 metres for a 55" screen, 1.3 metres for a 65" (if you're much further away you're wasting money on pixels, get 1080p instead, I promise you won't see the difference) - there is nothing like this viewing experience outside of UHD VR which is of course under development. Can't wait for that.

        • Fever4shakin on 23/02/2018 - 11:17
          +1

          I have this TV and can honestly say the curve isn't an issue for viewing at all. My couch is L shaped and maybe 2.5 metres back from the TV and viewing is fine from every angle. Maybe it depends what your set-up is, but generally speaking the curve is very mild and I often forget about it completely. For me I simply wanted a curved TV because I found them cooler. I'm not a tech head or anything so to each their own.

        • Lps on 23/02/2018 - 20:59

          @Fever4shakin: Can't argue with that - even if I wanted to - which I don't. As long as you're happy man.

    • Karl Pilkington on 23/02/2018 - 09:42

      I used to sell them a few years ago when they arrived and they only had two real advantages; getting behind them to plug stuff in if wall mounted is obviously easier and watching from an angle is improved because of the curve, but only for models above 65". Anything below that is a pointless exercise and you're better off paying less for a flat model instead.

      • lostn on 23/02/2018 - 09:46

        If you're watching from an angle, the far side would be more visible, but the near side would look worse..?

        • Karl Pilkington on 23/02/2018 - 09:50

          I'm not talking like a hard 60-70deg angle here, if you're sitting off centre in a living room for example then it actually helps make the screen look larger. But again, only on a really large screen. The smaller ones are totally pointless.

      • scuderiarmani on 23/02/2018 - 09:47
        +1

        'watching from an angle is improved because of the curve`

        Say again? If you only want to watch a fraction of the screen…

      • rdrooster on 23/02/2018 - 09:55

        What if this tv cheaper than the flat one? Say MU7000. Is it still worth getting it? Also, sales told me it gives some of his customer dizzy. Is this right?

        • Karl Pilkington on 23/02/2018 - 10:22

          The only way it made me dizzy is if I was watching crappy, low quality free to air on it. 1080p+ stuff is normally fine, but each to their own. Normally my customers would get dizzy because they'd buy a 75" goliath and stick into a room the size of a shoebox.

          Best advice I can give is to go into an actual store and just spend 15min around one. The environment will be different to your living room, but it will at least give you an idea of it's perspective and if it suits you or not.

        • lostn on 23/02/2018 - 10:30

          If you're the only one watching it, sure.

          But making a TV (a device intended to be viewed by multiple people at once) optimized for one person's viewing is a counter productive idea.

        • rdrooster on 23/02/2018 - 10:35

          @Novacore:
          I did, but I didn't find it of an issue but the sales kept saying that and said there's no stock left. However, when I check their site, it shows they have a stock.

          Thanks.

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