That's a good look. I'm nice on the drums. I'm glad they were smart and had the adapter to use all the old controllers.Got this for $34 (it came out at $90).
I absolutely love rhythm games
Essential Recent Pick Ups: Arcadium Edition
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I probably wouldn't bother with 4K at that size. I'm not trying to sit 3-4 ft from a TV just to justify having it. Really the ideal 4K TV is 60-65 inches. That way you can sit about 8 feet away from it. I sit about 7 ft away from my 4K set and it's 55 inches and that's pushing it. I'm almost 6 ft so sitting half my body length from a TV seems too close. If I lay down directly in front of the TV it should be at least my height from me unless the room is cramped. Sitting that close to a TV you can see all the artifacting and compression of the video if it isn't pure 4K which most content isn't going to be.
I just picked this up last Sunday. I got a hook up from a long time breh I knew who works at the nearest PC Richards. Got it for $558 after tax, it normally retails for $648 so it was a steal at that price. I mainly wanted it for my bedroom and it was the best size/price as everything else was way too big and costly.
Pros:
Set up was nice and quick. Ran Google setup and was up and running within minutes. I then did a system update, turned on enhanced HDMI for HDR content and hooked up my devices.
Image Quality is beautiful. I know people always say you gotta have X size TV to see 4K benefits but that's also dependent upon how far you're sitting. Where it's sitting, it's about 3~4 ft away from me at eye level. My PC input looks crispy as hell in 4K. The increased resolution allows me to have multiple windows open and still see the whole window/task of whatever I'm doing so the increased detail/screen estate is helpful.
Gaming wise I haven't played too many games on PC yet since my GPU only supports 4K/60hz via display port so right now I'm stuck at 4K/30hz until I pick up an adapter. I only briefly launched Forza Horizon 3 and ROTR and they looked fine.
Colors look very nice on here and I set them to the settings off of RTINGS.com. Initially I set it up correctly but made a mistake of setting the brightness up pretty high which on this TV is also tied to the backlight and typically people like to have their TV's on MAX brightness, very high colors and all these image enhancement things to make stuff "pop" but that's not how the image is intended.
Things would be over saturated, blacks crushed, and detail in bright/dark scenes lost. That made my impression of HDR in some titles seem worse as each game implements HDR differently so UC4 looked like nothing changed, FFXV looked the same and Ratchet looked washed out.
I then lowered the brightness, adjusted the contrast and made sure everything was set and also followed some tips from other users of this set from forums like AVSforums/Gaf from folks who actually tuned their TV professionally. That made a big difference. Ratchet in HDR looks beautiful as details that were crushed/over saturated looked much more normal. The average person would deem it "washed out" or w/e but you gotta get used to it. I prefer accuracy>>>>artificial image enhancement/toxic bright colors. So if you have this set or something similar, set your brightness down to minimum and play in a dark or dimly lit room. A bright room or so needs higher brightness but you lose black levels detail and whatnot.
My TV has a rating of ~375 or so nits, which technically isn't meeting HDR10 standards for brightness but that doesn't mean anything since most HDR content usually peaks out way below that and SDR content caps out at 100nits so it's still a sizeable difference. All in all i'm satisifed with the way it looks now and I don't think I'll touch the image settings until i decide to get one of those calibration testing devices and tune the advance color options manually. Those "VIVID" or picture modes on these TVs are so fake looking. Oh and make sure the PS4 or Xbox is set to Auto for RGB settings and the TV too. Mismatched RGB settings can cause the screen to be washed out or crushed which means you're pouring jelly on yourself.
The apps are pretty cool, standard google play store stuff so you can load up some stuff on here from Android.
The menu speed is okay. Not very fast but it's acceptable.
All in all I really like the TV and am only now starting to enjoy it when at first I felt something was off. I gotta play more with the games to really see the changes in HDR as HDR is not just "brighter colors". HDR and WCG means there is a wider range of colors available that the TV can now display especially at brighter scenes so it's scene dependent.
All in all I think the TV is great and I can't wait to see better/more HDR content over time.
Edit: I forgot to mention the Motionflow thing on this TV is pretty nice. usually this brings heavy input lag but in fact It felt the same so I suspect it's very minimal. It makes motion looks mother, almost like a fake 60fps but I usually turn it off but it looks great on this TV for some games.
Cons: the brightness ain't all that so it's not the BEST HDR capable screen.
ShoryukenHaduken
All Star
i just copped bravley default 2 thenw atched my 3 ds batteery completely die. Gotta buy a whole new one now
Black Bolt
Superstar
Had a small splurge on the Xmas deals, all games I've had my eye on
XCOM 2 £15 DLC PACK £7
Telltale Batman - Full Season £11
HITMAN - Full Season £23
Should keep me busy for a month or so
Tempted to pick up Steamworld:Heist & Axion Verge as well but hate having heavy backlogs ...
XCOM 2 £15 DLC PACK £7
Telltale Batman - Full Season £11
HITMAN - Full Season £23
Should keep me busy for a month or so
Tempted to pick up Steamworld:Heist & Axion Verge as well but hate having heavy backlogs ...
This TV is in my bedroom so it was the most reasonable size for me. I'm also sitting about 3~4ft away since I use it as my PC screen too so it's fine.
itsyoung!!
Veteran
logitech g502 proteus core mouse
Steel Series Gaming Mouse Pad
no wonder I cant keep up with these youngins on my old Razer mouse, this shyt fast as fukk
Steel Series Gaming Mouse Pad
no wonder I cant keep up with these youngins on my old Razer mouse, this shyt fast as fukk
I just picked up a display port 1.2 to hdmi 2.0 adapter. I needed it because man 4K @30hz sucks when you've been using your PC at 60hz for years. It worked flawlessly. Hooked it up and switched refresh rate to 60hz 
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I needed it because man 4K @30hz sucks when you've been using your PC at 60hz for years. It worked flawlessly. Hooked it up and switched refresh rate to 60hz .
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Just copped that xbox one s. 
Eb games was giving 230 credit for xbox one, toward any 330$ s bundle. They had a bundle that came with gears 4, halo 5, and wwe2k17 physical. and halo master chief, and gears ultimate digital
Aleady had gears 4 so traded that, wwe, and halo 5 for a total $60. So basically paid 40 for the upgrade
Went to best buy for a 4k Blu-ray. Litteraly couldnt find one that i wanted
For what was basicaly 40$ i pretty much had to do it.
Eb games was giving 230 credit for xbox one, toward any 330$ s bundle. They had a bundle that came with gears 4, halo 5, and wwe2k17 physical. and halo master chief, and gears ultimate digital
Aleady had gears 4 so traded that, wwe, and halo 5 for a total $60. So basically paid 40 for the upgrade
Went to best buy for a 4k Blu-ray. Litteraly couldnt find one that i wanted
For what was basicaly 40$ i pretty much had to do it.
I picked up $1700 in repairs on my car's suspension after putting it off for years. Damn car would only sell for $1500 per KBB. I was considering getting a 2 year old used car but I decided to gamble on the devil I know rather than the one I don't. I'm shooting for 2-2.5 more years on this car which means I'll have had this free car for 7 years and if there are no more major repairs have put about $3000 in repairs into it total.
What car is it?
2002 Olds Intrigue 131000 miles.
Shantae - Half-Genie Hero [Risky Beats Edition] (PS4)
Birthday gifts
