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Prices of Very Large Flat TVs are Falling Fast

I like how a very large TV can give me the feeling I am sitting in my own personal 'screening room'.
 
Willem said:
For that I go to the real cinema. We are into art house films, and those are rare on Netflix etc.
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I prefer the convenience and comfort of my home.

I don't know how many samples Costco actually had available for sale but they are still showing a listing for a 85-inch Hisense 'QD7' for $500


I am not certain but I believe many large TV's sold in the USA are assembled in Mexico and they are not subject to a tariff as they fall under a previous trade agreement.
 
Willem said:
Our house is rather large by European standards, but the sitting room (and the connected dining room) have very large full height windows. We also use the large stereo system for TV sound, so the TV will have to sit in between the large speakers. The wall behind those includes a large panorama window from about 1 meter and above, so the TV will have to hang on the wall below that. So the larger the screen, the lower it will be. Those are the specifics of our situation, but I am sure many will face similar challenges. Finally, we do not want to have huge piece of ugly black glass in an otherwise elegant room with modern design furniture. TV is not that important in our lives.
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My wife & I have not had a TV since 2007.
When we moved from Saipan to Guam she did not like the selection of channels.
I have a 32" desktop screen, the desktop can play CD's, DVD's & Blu Rays. My oPPo 205 USD can also be rigged to it for 4K's.
And the destop has Klipsch Heritage 2.0 computer speakers.
Not anything like my stereo but good enough for a movie once in a while (we watch mostly documentories or things based on true stories, so "cinema" sound is not a consideration here).
The stereo has Dahlquist M-905's for a much more smooth (FR +-2 Db 26 Hz-20 KHz without EQ (+ a pair of homebuilt subs tuned to 29 HZ) for that litle bit of "extra"in the room. That rig is in the living room, the Desktop is in the Office.
 
I see Hisense 100'' are £1500 here now. I could fit one in, the maximum I have space for is 110''.

I also worry about reliability of them. My LG is entering its 9th year with no problem.
 
Mart68 said:
I see Hisense 100'' are £1500 here now. I could fit one in, the maximum I have space for is 110''.

I also worry about reliability of them. My LG is entering its 9th year with no problem.
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Hisence: I do not personally know anyone that had one last more than 3 years (but that is not in England or the EU, so may not be representative of there).
 
Mart68 said:
I see Hisense 100'' are £1500 here now. I could fit one in, the maximum I have space for is 110''.

I also worry about reliability of them. My LG is entering its 9th year with no problem.
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Agreed, given the cost, size and weight.

My made in Mexico '2019' Samsung 82-inch TV has experienced four or five glitches to the screen that required a resetting to the factory default setting before working again.

After growing up with finicky tube TV's, I never imagined I would be regularly using a TV in 2025 that was purchased in 2008.
 
Power Pop 23 said:
Agreed, given the cost, size and weight.

My made in Mexico '2019' Samsung 82-inch TV has experienced four or five glitches to the screen that required a resetting to the factory default setting before working again.

After growing up with finicky tube TV's, I never imagined I would be regularly using a TV in 2025 that was purchased in 2008.
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In the 70s and early 80s I'd say we had the repairman out about twice a year, after that they seemed to solve whatever the problems were as every TV after that worked flawlessly. I had an Hitachi CRT for almost a decade, it went back to the rental place still working fine.

Sony rear projection DSP unit I bought in 2007 (after seeing one in Las Vegas) I had for ten years and is still working fine - I gave it to a friend for his son to have in his bedroom. I used that as a computer monitor too so it had a zillion hours on it.
 
Rtings in all their great testing also does a long term accelerated wear test…
TVs of all types seemed to really suffer around the 10 years of simulated use mark. They didn’t find any brand or technology especially vulnerable nor resistant. As such, I wouldn’t pay a premium for a name brand like Sony or LG over the perception of longevity alone. Especially when equivalent Hisense or TCL models can be half the price… pains me to say just buy another after 8 years.
 
Power Pop 23 said:
Agreed, given the cost, size and weight.

My made in Mexico '2019' Samsung 82-inch TV has experienced four or five glitches to the screen that required a resetting to the factory default setting before working again.

After growing up with finicky tube TV's, I never imagined I would be regularly using a TV in 2025 that was purchased in 2008.
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Power Pop 23 said:
Agreed, given the cost, size and weight.

My made in Mexico '2019' Samsung 82-inch TV has experienced four or five glitches to the screen that required a resetting to the factory default setting before working again.

After growing up with finicky tube TV's, I never imagined I would be regularly using a TV in 2025 that was purchased in 2008.
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At my mother's house a tube Admiral lasted just fine from 1961-1972 when we gave it away (working fine) because we had obtained an RCA color console TV (just TV & speakers buit into a cabinet [it sounded better than the Admiral & was color] that was a few years old & still mostly tubes. That lasted into the mid 90's & I was not there when something changed (why it was replaced I do not know, nor do I know with what.
In 2014 whatever it was was replaced with a Panasonic 48" Plasma (which still works just fine). 3 years ago a 48" Samsung QLED was added, the Panasonic is now in the living room & the Samsung is in the den.
At my personal home there has been no TV since 2007. (No matter where I lived).
Yes, I was the households occasional (but rarely) tube changer.
 
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EJ3 said:
A lot of those complaints!
The same as what I have heard and seen from people that I personally know.
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What brand are you talkng aout here? Because I've had nothing but years of good use from TCLs.
 
I bought my first TCL (98x955) because it was the best in 98" class at the time when I needed a new TV, bar 97" OLED that was too expensive. I have 83" Sony A90J OLED in another setup and TCL did not disappoint in any way. It is not OLED, but it is great QLED. Still going strong after 2 years and no plans to upgrade any time soon as technology is advancing so quickly that I will wait for another quantum leap at reasonable price.

My only complaint is that for this particular model it took TCL almost 2 years to roll out firmware to match the technical capability of display, and 6 months to roll out decent firmware.
 
EJ3 said:
My wife & I have not had a TV since 2007.
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I can't imagine a home entertainment Hi-Fi system without a large screen TV
They combined add much to my enjoyment of free time, more so since I've entered later senior years.

Power Pop 23 said:
After growing up with finicky tube TV's, I never imagined I would be regularly using a TV in 2025 that was purchased in 2008.
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How true, tube TVs of the day usually required some service every 2 or 3 years.
As a kid of age 10 and later I got a reputation around the hood as a cheap alternative TV repair guy. This was at the time that all
the neighborhood "drug" stores having tube testers and a stash of new tubes stored underneath. I figure I had about a 75% success rate and
if I couldn't fix it, it cost the neighbor nothing. LOL
 
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EJ3 said:
At my mother's house a tube Admiral lasted just fine from 1961-1972 when we gave it away (working fine) because we had obtained an RCA color console TV (just TV & speakers buit into a cabinet [it sounded better than the Admiral & was color] that was a few years old & still mostly tubes. That lasted into the mid 90's & I was not there when something changed (why it was replaced I do not know, nor do I know with what.
In 2014 whatever it was was replaced with a Panasonic 48" Plasma (which still works just fine). 3 years ago a 48" Samsung QLED was added, the Panasonic is now in the living room & the Samsung is in the den.
At my personal home there has been no TV since 2007. (No matter where I lived).
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My speculation is that the profit margin from assembling and selling TV's declined over the decades that tube TV's were sold and the longevity of some brands declined. I think the Zenith TV slogan - The quality goes in before the name goes on - had less credence by the time Zenith sold a controlling interest to LG in 1995.
 
Power Pop 23 said:
I think the Zenith TV slogan - The quality goes in before the name goes on - had less credence by the time Zenith sold a controlling interest to LG in 1995.
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The beginning of the end.
 
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I bought a ~$600 55" big screen TV July 27, 2025. By ~3 months later the price dropped to ~$450. I was not impressed at all.
 
Sal1950 said:
I can't imagine a home entertainment Hi-Fi system without a large screen TV
They combined add much to my enjoyment of free time, more so since I've entered later senior years.
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At 68, I find myelf too busy to be watching TV (& one day, I'll try to catch up with any movies (all of which, from 2001-2018, I did not see) that I may like.
In the mean time, I find that my retired level of business outside of the home (and away from the home), is that of a one legged man in a butt kicking contest.
 
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