# New Hampshire Excitement #2 **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653 "2025-12-21T13:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/61 "2025-12-29T13:21:39Z")
OLED still too expensive for me. Bleeding edge in large screen size with a price to match. Like in the past, if you wait 5 years, they will be blister packed, an impulse item in the checkout lane šŸ˜› The stores have unrealistic advertising and are showing something no one can reasonably achieve at home. They have the latest and greatest OLED sets with 8k demo picture streams in memory to highlight the awesome resolution and blackness of the background. They look astounding. But there is almost nothing available in 8k that you can access once you bring it homeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/62 "2025-12-29T13:29:48Z")
Iā€™d skip 8k, next to nothing is in 8k. Been thinking of replacing the plasma for years, but still works great. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/63 "2025-12-29T13:43:15Z")
I still have my first LED, about 20 yrs old. We had a top of the line Sony CRT, the picture on the Sony looked horrible compared to the LED. Movies look better with the 16:9 screen ratio. The simulated surround sound works well. Car related, yes I use the backup camera, my car has a small screen for that! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/64 "2025-12-29T13:53:12Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > OLED still too expensive for me. This seems like a pretty good value, IMO: [https://www.costco.com/p/-/lg-65-class-oled-evo-ai-c5-series-4k-smart-tv-allstate-3-year-protection-plan-bundle-included-for-5-years-of-total-coverage/4000368599?langId=-1](https://www.costco.com/p/-/lg-65-class-oled-evo-ai-c5-series-4k-smart-tv-allstate-3-year-protection-plan-bundle-included-for-5-years-of-total-coverage/4000368599?langId=-1) ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/65 "2025-12-29T14:10:57Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > We had a top of the line Sony CRT Yah, back 25 years ago the Sony Trinitron was top of the industry. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/66 "2025-12-29T14:28:32Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > OLED still too expensive for me. Theyā€™re under $1,000 now. I too am waiting for the prices to get lower. My 10yo+ LED/LCD is just fine. > [@Purebred](#): > > I still have my first LED, about 20 yrs old. We had a top of the line Sony CRT, the picture on the Sony looked horrible compared to the LED. I too had a Sony CRT TV (35") and replaced it with my LED/LCD TV. It was night and day. But at that time I had seen some of the extreme high-end industrial use CRT TVs. They were amazingā€¦and extremely expensive. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/67 "2025-12-29T15:00:29Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > Theyā€™re under $1,000 now. Depending on size, etc. At this point, I would only upgrade my main TV and those size, refresh rate etc in OLED are still $5000+ It needs wheels and can drive me to work for that kind of $$ šŸ™‚ They are starting to come down dramatically in the smaller display sizes. The bigger ones are still so expensive because they have increasing yield issues as the display size increases. The equipment manufacturers are still working out kinks in making those larger screens. One of the trickier parts is with the process for creating the base panel. OLED displays rely on a thin glass sheet that has silicon vapor deposited on the surface. In order to convert the deposited amorphous silicon to a polysilicon, it has to be heated to over 600 degC. As you can imagine, this much heat can easily distort or melt the mother glass if it is not carefully controlled. They use excimer lasers to rapidly anneal the silicon layer without damaging the mother glass. But achieving a uniform heating across a large panel is difficult. The larger the panel, the more difficult it becomes. It takes multiple lasers working in unison to process the panels and the requirements for them are very tight tolerance in order to achieve the proper results. As with anything, the more time and effort put into it, the better the equipment and processes used to manufacture them become. In time, they will be on par with the LED setsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/68 "2025-12-29T15:07:24Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > Depending on size, etc. 55" is under $1,000 at [Best Buy](https://www.bestbuy.com/product/samsung-55-class-s85f-series-oled-4k-uhd-samsungvision-ai-smart-tizen-tv-2025/J3ZYG2FZYV/sku/10788538?ref=212&loc=marketplace). Thatā€™s bigger then my current TV. ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/69 "2025-12-29T15:36:55Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > I too get around sixty channels, however 2/3 of those channels are either in Spanish or are televangelists asking for money. I too have some of those channels, but only about 5 between the twoā€¦ But I do have 9-channels of QVC, QVC 2, QVC 3, HSN, HSN 2, and Shop LCā€¦ Some of these come on multiple channels as my antenna pulls in stations from towers in adjacent citiesā€¦ We have three PBS channels, but also get the same three from another city and not all the programming is the sameā€¦ I use the Internet App TitanTV for the TV Scheduleā€¦ They also show 8-more channels soon to be added (no programming available yet). [https://www.titantv.com/](https://www.titantv.com/) When I was a kid in the late 50ā€™s and early '60, my friends and I had problems with just three channels. After the news they often showed the westerns, The rifleman, Have Gun, Will Travel, Laramie, Wagon Train, Wyatt Earp, The Rebel, and so many, many moreā€¦ I still have my ā€œCisco Kidā€ fan club cardā€¦ With so many options there was usually two on at the same timeā€¦ So many choicesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/70 "2025-12-29T15:40:34Z")
> [@LoudThunder](#): > > The rifleman, Have Gun, Will Travel, Laramie, Wagon Train, Wyatt Earp, The Rebel, and so many, many moreā€¦ One of our cable channels has all those shows. Loved the Rifleman. Amazing how it was considered a Family show when Lucas McCain estimated to have killed at least 120 men. I still watch it every now and then. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/71 "2025-12-29T15:40:47Z")
> [@glasspilot](#): > > back 25 years ago the Sony Trinitron was top of the industry. Yes, for its time, it was very good. But, the weight and bulk of the largest ones made them very unwieldy to ship, and for people to carry. My friend and I had to take a break midway through carrying one from his Explorer to my living room. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/72 "2025-12-29T16:59:45Z")
I find the back up camera distracting. I have to look behind me but the seats are in the way. So itā€™s look behind, look at the camera, look behind, repeat. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/73 "2025-12-29T17:46:05Z")
Yes, by the time the old CRTā€™s got bigger than 25 or 30 inches they were very heavy. For you youngsters here 30 inch screen was considered huge! ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/74 "2025-12-29T18:31:31Z")
We had a Sony Trinitron CRT tv for many years . . . Probably 27ā€ . . . which we were very happy with It didnā€™t even break. We just wanted to get something more modern and got a Samsung flat-screen quite awhile ago Night and day difference No regrets I do NOT miss the old CRT tvs They served their purpose Their time is OVER šŸ’€ā˜ āš°šŸŖ¦āš± Just like drum brakes, throttle cables and carburetors in automobiles @Old-Days-Rick ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/75 "2025-12-29T19:40:34Z")
I hate the feel of drive by wire, I just did a tune on my Tacoma for 3 things, 1st) cause the throttle response sucks, 2nd) get ride of the terrible gear hunt (main reason), 3rd) more low end torqueā€¦ It is now the way it should have come from the factoryā€¦ . . . I love my back up camera, I also added a front camera and a switch to use either one anytime needed/wantedā€¦ Now I can see how close I am to something, I can see the edge of my front bumper nowā€¦ lol ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/76 "2025-12-29T20:26:27Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > I too get around sixty channels, however 2/3 of those channels are either in Spanish or are televangelists asking for money. What broadcast market are you in/near? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/77 "2025-12-29T20:29:01Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I find the back up camera distracting. I have to look behind me but the seats are in the way. So itā€™s look behind, look at the camera, look behind, repeat. I can see just fine looking out the back window of my 2010 Accord. And for the CRT tube TV discussion, I prefer CRT over flat screen for an insidious reason: Did anyone notice just how overblown (over-bright, over-saturated, over-sharpened) those things are in the store showroom? You could never get an old tube set that bright without damaging the phosphor layer or warping the shadow mask. A lot of people just watch their flat screen in that mode, and then wonder why their sets last 5 years or less. Itā€™s called store mode (or Vivid or Dynamc). Itā€™s set that way to sell TVs, not for long-term viewing. I, for one, know enough how to put the LED or later tech. into a picture mode(usually Movie or Film maker) appropriate for actual home use, and my eyes thank me for it also. It takes a lot less menu surfing to dial in an accurate picture on on old tube set, because they donā€™t have all those so-called ā€˜enhancersā€™ to look for and disable: ā€œFlesh toneā€ ā€œDynamic Contrastā€ ā€œPure Motionā€ etc. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/78 "2025-12-29T20:49:16Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > A lot of people just watch their flat screen in that mode, and then wonder why their sets last 5 years or less. There you go again, making your assumptions . . . Once again, youā€™re strongly insinuating everybody else is doing it wrong, yet YOU šŸ«µ are the only one who knows the right way to do it My flat-screen is probably at least 12 years old and itā€™s had zero problems, btw ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/79 "2025-12-29T21:55:36Z")
The city where a mouse is king. Not LA. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653/80 "2025-12-29T21:59:07Z")
Do you at least get goodies like ā€œMeTVā€ and ā€œiOnā€, along with the alphabet soup (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, etc) with your rooftop? [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653.md?page=3) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-hampshire-excitement-2/204653.md?page=5)