I still want a new TV

[DavidW]

Oh, you never bought the Bravia 7. Well, no worries, they will have something new and shiny to sell you.

[DavidW]

You should buy a color TV. I hear they're all the rage.

[drogulus]

    I'm still hanging on to my archaic Sony 900e. It's a 49 incher, the perfect size for my small living room. The problem is that elite level TVs start at 55" and some of the best models start at 65", like for example the Bravia 9.

    the only TVs that qualify for me are mini-LEDS. I keep TVs for many years, and OLEDs don't inspires confidence for the long run.

[DavidW]

In defense of oled, I have a five year old model with zero issues. I've spent the better part of a year with an oled for a pc monitor, and even that has no issues! On a modern panel, you need to go out of your way to create burn-in, like put CNN on 24/7.

[drogulus]

In defense of oled, I have a five year old model with zero issues. I've spent the better part of a year with an oled for a pc monitor, and even that has no issues! On a modern panel, you need to go out of your way to create burn-in, like put CNN on 24/7.

     I found this comment on RTings:

Every OLED tested also experienced burn-in within the first few months of the test. This is an expected outcome, though, as this torture test is meant to push these TVs to their limits. Previous burn-in tests have shown that with varied content, this won't be an issue. We also encountered a few issues with internal electronics. Two TVs had power supply failures that were fairly easy to fix, and multiple TVs simply stopped working at some point, likely due to random component failures in the TVs' circuitry.

So, overall, what should you look for and what should you avoid when shopping for a new TV? Well, despite the small chance of burn-in, OLEDs tend to last the longest and experience the fewest issues of any display technology.

     Dam!! Now I have to reconsider a Sony OLED.