What's the most you've spent on a TV?

[Neo Alec]

For me, $1,000. It was a black Friday sale in 2018. When we moved to our new house we needed a new TV for the basement living area. I decided to finally get something decent that can support 4K and HDR, and it was a mid-range model recommended by Digital Foundry at the time. It's by far the most I've ever spend on a TV. Some of my IT coworkers went bug-eyed when I mentioned how much I spent. It's clear no one else I know spends this much on a TV. And everyone else in my family is still rocking 1080p.

These days though, some recent conversation on Twitter have some telling me it's time to upgrade to an OLED. A similar sized good LG OLED can be purchased for around $1200 apparently. I'm gonna stick with my old model. For me, it's not time to upgrade. Even though to some, me running an RT4K on an LED is just...

 

[kernow]

£3k - Panasonic master oled, flagship model

 

[kernow]

Most people shit themselves when I mention my record player was £10k used and still less than half price

 

[max 330 megafartz]

$1475
13 inch ultra goob Brionvega Doney. Fagship model.

 

[wyo]

1080P 46" Sony LCD back in 2006 cost around $3000 (~$4700 adjusted for inflation)

 

[Teddy KGB]

Splurged by upgrading one of our older Sony A9G OLEDs earlier this year to a 77" Sony A95L ($5K). Unlike it's predecessor, it does really well in the room which has a ton of ambient light during the day. Some better-than-decent brightness and contrast levels for an OLED.

 

[HornheaDD]

$5k on a top of the line Mitsubishi DLP tv, ack in 2005 or 6 I think. Wife and I had gotten into a car accident and the insurance settlement was pretty good, so we dropped a chunk of it on the TV. WD6262 or something like that.

It was ok, nice for its time. Had a rompin stompin 1 HDMI port. After that, the most I've spent is about 1500 out of pocket.

 

[Neo Alec]

3K? 5K? My wife needs to read this and approve the $1300 LG OLED.

 

[Teddy KGB]

3K? 5K? My wife needs to read this and approve the $1300 LG OLED.

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission as they say. Aka, put them pants back on and get something you'll both enjoy.

 

[pixeljunkie]

My Samsung I bought when the PS4 Pro came out and I wanted a set that would do HDR color. It was 65" and just under $4k at the time. Now you can get something better for $500. Last time I make that mistake.

 

[SouthtownKid]

About 9k.

 

[SouthtownKid]

9k pesos.

 

[100proof]

I generally spend between $1000 - $1200 whenever it's time to upgrade a TV. Most recent was the 65" LG OLED 2021 model. The one in our bedroom is the previous 55" 4K Sony I bought in 2016ish.

 

[terry.330]

I think around $800 for the last one, an OLED Bravia 55" about a year ago. Could probably fit a 65" but the couch is only about 10' away.

A friend of mine has a 98" or something like that, It's ridiculous. You can literally feel the heat coming off it and it's so big and bright it's uncomfortable to watch it for an extended period of time. He also refuses to get it calibrated or even change the default settings so it looks like absolute dogshit. Total waste of money.

 

[Neo Alec]

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission as they say. Aka, put them pants back on and get something you'll both enjoy.

Already did this with the $800 refurb 4K capture PC last year. Still haven't heard the end of it. lol

 

[Teddy KGB]

I think around $800 for the last one, an OLED Bravia 55" about a year ago. Could probably fit a 65" but the couch is only about 10' away.

A friend of mine has a 98" or something like that, It's ridiculous. You can literally feel the heat coming off it and it's so big and bright it's uncomfortable to watch it for an extended period of time. He also refuses to get it calibrated or even change the default settings so it looks like absolute dogshit. Total waste of money.

Even if properly calibrated, a TV that's too large for the room and too close to the viewer as a result is not a fun viewing experience. But feeling the heat off of it is a whole different level of too big for the room lol.

 

[Lagduf]

Already did this with the $800 refurb 4K capture PC last year. Still haven't heard the end of it. lol

Does she even watch your YouTube channel?!?

 

[GohanX]

I'm still using a plasma I got on clearance for I think $400 or 500 or so near the end of the tech's availability. Still using it, the color accuracy is stunning and I don't really care about increasing the resolution with my eyesight. I'm not going to say that it's the best set ever, but it still beats most anything I see in comparable size under $1000 or so. Honestly, I've spent way more on scaling devices than displays.

 

[HornheaDD]

Already did this with the $800 refurb 4K capture PC last year. Still haven't heard the end of it. lol

My "newest" TV which is easily nearly 5 years old, I got from Best Buy for $500ish. Its an LG something or other, and that cost was covered by a quarterly bonus I got when I was in a different role at work. All I know is it can do 4k but I dont use any of the apps on it.

It does 4k, looks good enough for me to watch movies/tv and play games on it.

 

[Tarma]

$6k about 5 years ago for a top line THX certified Panasonic.

Before that, a Pioneer PDP set that ran about $5k back in early 2006.

 

[theMot]

I dunno 1-2k I think...

The Sony PVM 2950 I used to have I scored for $50 and the poor bastard I bought it off even packed and shipped it half way across the country, probably fucked his back in the process. Heavy cunt of a thing. I couldn't be fucked doing all that for $50 lol.

 

[Azathoth]

$2200 for a 55" Mitsubishi projection HDTV back in 2002. It was one of the first HD models so it only does 480p or 1080i over component cables.

I managed to get 22 years of use out of it, it croaked this past fall. I'm pretty sure it's a simple capacitor replacement and I've been meaning to get off my ass and order the replacements.

 

[LoneSage]

1100USD for a projector last week. Wife loves it, best gift I ever got her. Dude at the shop even set up some APP that gives us free TV.

 

[fake]

$4K. I told my lady $1,000 per K in 4K was a good deal.

 

[everyone]

Splurged by upgrading one of our older Sony A9G OLEDs earlier this year to a 77" Sony A95L ($5K). Unlike it's predecessor, it does really well in the room which has a ton of ambient light during the day. Some better-than-decent brightness and contrast levels for an OLED.

The 77" A95L is arguably the best TV you can get (at the moment). The 77" Samsung QD-OLEDs are also great (S90C, S95C, S90D)

Brightness and colours are better on QD-OLED, compared to regular OLED.