How often do you upgrade your TV?

[JStewart]

It's unfortunately becoming harder to find a 42" TV, too.

What’s up with that? It’s like we’re expected to want a large panel in every room. Well, if you want it to have a decent picture, that is.

 

[Travis Ballstadt]

 

[Sonnie Parker]

I see several 40, 42, and 43-inch TV brands on Amazon.

 

[pointsource]

My last TV was a Panasonic Plasma and replaced with a Panasonic. Both THX certified. Makes the need to upgrade redundant.

 

[JStewart]

I see several 40, 42, and 43-inch TV brands on Amazon.

You’re not wrong. They’re out there. Sony makes a decent 43”. LG has a 42” OLED. When you get below 42” the PQ seems to really fall off by comparison. My lengthy recent search for a panel less than 36” wide (40” diagonal with a thin bezel or smaller) turned up nothing to compare with the larger sizes. By comparison I have a 32” LCD Sony from 2011 that still has a good picture, its pretty good off angle, and doesn’t have any motion artifacts that I’ve ever noticed.

 

[CAAudiophile]

Having 65" LG /OLED x2 love them no need to change for now however, CES is coming up soon. So we'll wait & see

 

[doug s.]

i don't have a tv - best upgrade there is.

doug s.

 

[MusicManLen]

I have a 50" Pioneer Plasma in the kitchen that has been there since 2008. I cannot justify replacement due to current picture quality being so good.
This kitchen TV is not used for critical viewing so not high on my list for any upgrades. The only downside with keeping this plasma TV is the cost of electricity to run this thing (smile).

For critical movie viewing I use my JVC Projector. I have had (4) JVC Projectors so far and have upgraded to get new features as they come out every 2 or 3 years.
My next upgrade will be the JVC RS3200 Laser Projector. It will be used with Screen Innovations Slate 1.2 gain 2.40 aspect ratio 120" wide that I have had for 4 years.

 

[Aburguy]

I have been going about every 3 years. My last was a Sony 930e but only a 55 inch. It had a great picture, but I definitely wanted to go something bigger. So about a year and a half ago to two years ago, I went with a Sony A80 K 77 oled and I love it. I don’t feel bad about doing the upgrades because I always recycle the other TVs to either another room in my house or lately what I’ve been doing is giving them to my son and daughter for their place. I’m hoping in the next three years there will be a 100 inch OLED that’s affordable hopefully made by Sony lol.

 

[Gerry Iaria]

I have been going about every 3 years. My last was a Sony 930e but only a 55 inch. It had a great picture, but I definitely wanted to go something bigger. So about a year and a half ago to two years ago, I went with a Sony A80 K 77 oled and I love it. I don’t feel bad about doing the upgrades because I always recycle the other TVs to either another room in my house or lately what I’ve been doing is giving them to my son and daughter for their place. I’m hoping in the next three years there will be a 100 inch OLED that’s affordable hopefully made by Sony lol.

wow 100 inch, that would be nice, i'm sure it will come at a price

 

[ChristopherP]

Interesting question, I have a 60" Pioneer Kuro Plasma in my living room, bought in 2007! It was calibrated in 2008, and still looks great! I check it with Calman software, still perfect colors and clarity. I know it's not as bright as today's TV's, but we only watch it at night with no lights. I kind of wish it would crap out so I could get a new Sony A95L, but it won't! They must have used very good parts in this thing, over 38,000 hours in the service menu.

I retired my Pioneer plasma, to gaming duties. It's still going strong. One yr. older than the Kuro nameplate, but the TOPL at the time. Replaced with 65" Sony Bravia A9G. I move when the new tech peaks, or about every 10 yrs. btw.

 

[rattus]

Wow, aren't you afraid it will burn in? I've never used mine as a monitor, partly for that reason.

I had considered that but the TV is not my main monitor, I have a 27" 4K LG LED monitor for that. The TV is used only when I'm doing audio production work which can involve dozens of channels which make for a very busy interface which is too crowded on the 27". The auto dimming was quite annoying for this use case. And it's also used for very occasional gaming. Brightness is backed off a bit from full so that should mitigate it as well.
I read several reports of people using the C1 as a monitor while researching how to disable auto dimming. They claimed no ill effects, although it would happen over a long period so certainly no science involved in those claims.

 

[robertkjr3d]

I had considered that but the TV is not my main monitor, I have a 27" 4K LG LED monitor for that. The TV is used only when I'm doing audio production work which can involve dozens of channels which make for a very busy interface which is too crowded on the 27". The auto dimming was quite annoying for this use case. And it's also used for very occasional gaming. Brightness is backed off a bit from full so that should mitigate it as well.
I read several reports of people using the C1 as a monitor while researching how to disable auto dimming. They claimed no ill effects, although it would happen over a long period so certainly no science involved in those claims.

Generally the burn-in issue is not a thing, like it was many years ago. I often have my monitors sitting with the same things up, and I don't see burn-in, like I did with an ancient Android tablet or old monitors made +15 years ago.
OLED displays are known to be very resistant to burn-in, if you google-it.

 

[Spidacat]

I bought a 70" 4K TV in 2015. It's not HDR because from what I was reading at the time it wasn't a given it would take hold anytime soon. Swing and a miss for me. A few years ago I had a pretty big itch to get a new fairly high end set, but the paralysis by analysis got the better of me. While I'd still like to get a substantial upgrade (still not sure what's best for me) one of the things holding me back is what to do with the existing set. There's not much of a market for an almost 10 year old TV and I really don't have (or willing to make) room for a 70" TV in another room. So unless something happens to this one, no new TV on the horizon for me. Fortunately I seem to be pickier about audio than video.

 

[S. Pupp]

I replace a TV when it breaks. My first HDTV, a 42" LG 1080p, was in 2015, after my 18 year old 32" Sony Trinitron died. A mere five years later, the LG died and was replaced with a 43" LG 4k TV, simply because that was what available at the fairly low price we were willing to pay. Our video sources at this time are all 480i, 720p,or 1080i or p.

I do not get any additional enjoyment watching 4k than I do 720p. My wife says she can't even tell the difference between the standard definition of the Sony Trinitron and 1080p. Buying a new TV because it is 8K would be pointless for us.

 

[PeterP]

I upgrade/update when the previous one dies, still using a Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ85U 50" 1080p plasma from 2008 as the main TV connected to a 7.1 sound system
And a HiSense 43" 4k picked up for <200 from CostCo in a guest room.
Both are being fed from Nvidea Shields & Plex so I can cut out most advertising from shows.

 

[phillihp23]

Heck I haven’t updated tv’s for like a decade. Once I replaced them (5) with 4k tv’s they haven’t changed since. If it’s something special I watch it in the theater room.

 

[Robert Zohn]

Everyone who waits for their TV to breakdown or just keep their TVs for many years, you will love the enhancements of all images with all content that the new TVs have advanced to now deliver. All elements of image quality have been very nicely upgraded.

In less than 2-weeks, January 6-9, 2025 we'll see all of the new "Next Generation of all LCD and OLED TVs from all brands. At CES they just show protoypes and the mass production typically launches in the summer, so about 6 months after CES.

 

[Gerry Iaria]

happy christmas to all of you, may father Christmas bring you the upgrade that you want

 

[mechman]

I replace a TV when it breaks. My first HDTV, a 42" LG 1080p, was in 2015, after my 18 year old 32" Sony Trinitron died. A mere five years later, the LG died and was replaced with a 43" LG 4k TV, simply because that was what available at the fairly low price we were willing to pay. Our video sources at this time are all 480i, 720p,or 1080i or p.

I do not get any additional enjoyment watching 4k than I do 720p. My wife says she can't even tell the difference between the standard definition of the Sony Trinitron and 1080p. Buying a new TV because it is 8K would be pointless for us.

At that size, you'd have to sit within about 5 feet for any resolution upgrade to have an effect. If you were to go larger, then the benefits of a better resolution will start to make sense.