well if you order your Samsung with installation and it gets damaged it will be replaced for free. if you move it 5 years from now to another room and it gets broken in the process you got 5 years out of it and can put the $1,500 you saved towards a new one.
definitely do not buy the Samsung from any shady place no matter how good the deal is - only buy from places that will take it back if there is a problem.
i was getting my Samsung from Costco with free 5 year warranty and no questions asked 90 day return period. it was a great deal. they still have the 75" in stock i just don’t want it because it would be exactly the same one i returned and i want something different. to go to 85" would have satisfied my condition of it being different but it’s out of stock at Costco.
if i go to Best Buy instead they only have 15 day return and no extra warranty at which point the Sony starts to look good.
what makes Samsung better for computer use is the processor - it is a more all-rounder while Sony processors are more movie oriented.
LG processors are more gaming oriented.
panels are outsourced but LG, Samsung and Sony use their own processors ( though Sony also uses Mediatek, which is trash and is mostly what cripples Sony TVs in terms of 8K, HDMI 2.1 and so on )
LG QNED 8K would be best for computer display as it is closest to a monitor - applies the least processing - both Sony and Samsung use dither to enhance viewing angles and Sony’s implementation loses more detail in the process than Samsung’s. this varies by picture mode but fundamentally VA panels used by Sony and Samsung need dither to get wide viewing angles whereas IPS panels used by LG QNED do not need dither at all … but have crap blacks making them garbage for movies.
i think most gamers just go for LG OLED and then 5 years later replace it when it burned in. full array local dimming TVs like all the ones i listed don’t do very well in games because to get fast response time a lot of processing has to be disabled and FALD screens lean on processing for image quality whereas with OLED it’s sort of native to the panel so they can get fast response and maintain picture quality.
LG OLED i think has fastest response time, Samsung has good response time but loses some image quality in game mode, Sony is the worst for games all things considered … but i don’t play games.
problem is games have static elements that burn in … but also you really need OLED for games to look good because FALD ( full array local dimming ) can’t process fast enough …
so gamers are screwed … luckily OLED came down in price so they can replace them every 5 years …
overall Samsung TVs have the flimsiest build quality. they don’t seem to actually die from getting bent but they do get bent. i mean Samsung sells folding phones ( and they used to sell curved TVs ) so they know how to make a device survive getting bent but i would rather not have it bend in the first place.
they just seem to think it is acceptable to have a bent TV - they know the customer will buy the thinnest TV not the one that is most durable and they also know that some people will return the product no matter what ( some people replace TVs multiple times in hopes of getting the cleanest panel ) while others will not return a TV even when the is an obvious defect. so there is no incentive for them to improve quality. their goal is to make it as cheaply as possible and have it as thin as possible. they know the customer is too dumb to appreciate quality anyway, only thin-ness.
there is nothing special about Z9J it’s just a good TV. it has flaws like every other TV but it’s well made overall. but it’s also overall priced pretty high even for a 8K TV. it also only accepts 8K input on one HDMI port whereas Samsung and LG will accept it on all 4.
Samsung and LG also can natively play 8K YouTube in internal app while Sony can’t.
overall Sony 8K just isn’t as 8K as LG and Samsung basically.
but it’s still more 8K than a 4K TV …
if you can buy a Samsung from Costco i would go that way because even though many of them are defective it’s Costco’s problem … just research the potential issues and with Costco you will have 90 days to find those issues in your unit and return it.
you might get lucky and get a unit with no issues. for example most Samsungs have dirty screen effect or white dot pattern but mine did not. it had other problems instead. but the point is you might get a completely pristine unit and if you don’t just return it.
if you get a completely flawless Samsung unit you will have saved good money versus Sony and still have a great TV with additional perks like four 8K HDMI 2.1 inputs.
basically just don’t buy problematic TV from a store that doesn’t have an excellent return policy like Costco.
you don’t “need” to get Sony. Samsung is number 1 in sales because they understand customers and know how to please them. Sony is more focused on videophiles - it’s now a somewhat niche / boutique brand while Samsung is a more mainstream premium brand.
if you walk into Best Buy, Samsung always has the biggest display area and they also have the most 8K TVs on display BY FAR compared to any other brand. you will have a hard time even finding a 8K sony on display. I had to drive 150 miles just to see one with my own eyes.
samsung 8K is made in Mexico which for a Korean company means their 8K is actually a mass market product and you’re getting quite a value ( if it isn’t defective ). sony 8K is not supposed to offer value at all, but Sony bins the panels and calibrates TVs at the factory for the Z9J model and all other master series models ( basically ones with 9 or 90 in the model )
BUT if you get lucky and your samsung unit is clean you will have basically same TV for 2/3 the price. i wasn’t lucky but you might be.
Samsung 2021 models end in “A” and 2022 models end in “B”
Sony 2021 models end in “J” and 2022 models end in “K”
LG OLED from 2021 was C1, G1 and in 2022 it’s C2, G2 …
G stands for “gallery” and it is for flush wall mounting and doesn’t come with a stand out of the box … if you plan to wall mount the G is probably worth the extra money over the C, but picture is the same.
Sony OLED has 80 and 90 series and frankly there isn’t much difference other than for about $1,000 more with the 90 you get backlit remote ( Z9J gets the same remote )
for 2022 both Sony and Samsung also get a 95 which is a QD-OLED and is actually a quantum ( literally ) leap forward in picture quality … in only 55" and 65" sizes … and only 4K
if you’re fine with 4K 65" then QD-OLED image is in a class by itself and even though you will pay a price penalty for getting a 2022 model year TV it is still going to be cheaper than Z9J by quite some margin …
but Z9J is bigger and 8K … and won’t burn in …
try to see them in store and then test them at home and return if they suck …
i can’t just tell you get such and such model - it is just not that simple …
keep in mind the stores are quite bright so they will tend to favor brighter TVs … actual movie watching at night favors OLEDs … but OLEDs don’t do very well in bright rooms especially if you have idiots in the house that will leave them on all day on some static screen …
2022 OLEDs are brighter in both QD-OLED and regular WRGB OLED versions … the ones i saw yesterday were actually brighter than Sony X95K which is the 2022 flagship 4K QLED from Sony using MiniLED backlight …
the Z9J is brighter than X95K but the point is that 2022 OLEDs are actually brighter than cheaper QLEDs … Sony does not make high end 4K QLEDs - they only make high end OLED and 8K sets … Samsung Q90A / Q90B are about as high end as 4K QLED gets
when comparing brightness of OLED and QLED and QD-OLED have to keep in mind that they achieve peak brightness in different scenes … QLED is limited in small highlights … QD-OLED is limited in full screen brightness and OLED in both full screen brightness and in bright colors … so it’s not an apples to apples comparison at all …
also some people are more sensitive to some artifacts than others and so on …
i wouldn’t get a QLED for 100% movie watching ( due to poor blacks ) or OLED for watching videos of flower fields ( can’t hit bright colors ) whereas QD-OLED can do both but is small …
…you are right…why don’t you work for them? Your analysis is better than the review sites.