So what do other HDN members have for their 4K TVs and are you happy with the picture quality? How long have you had them? Have you already had to replace them due to breaking down after a certain number of years?
Is there already a place on HDN where I can read the comments from others?
Here's my situation. Anybody have any recommendations?
My sitting distance away from the TV is limited. I'm currently still using my
Panasonic Viera 43" 1080p plasma TV from 2007 which is still perfect except that it gives off way too much heat. I paid
$1400 Canadian for it new at the time. So I was looking at getting something new due to the fact that 4K TVs seemed to be rather inexpensive these days.
I've tested a few 4K TV's over the past year, all
LED TVs.
3 different
Samsung models and a
couple of
Sony models ranging in price from
$450 to $750 during various sales events including the
X85K 43" which I'm trying now but will be returning soon. I don't have a 4K disc player so the only 4K content that I have been viewing is through streaming from Amazon Prime and now recently Disney+ (Mandalorian and now Andor). I have Netflix but still Standard not 4K.
Still not really impressed by this whole 4K TV thing with the backlighting leaving not-so dark corners and I realize now that OLED will be the way to go.
So I'm looking at the
Sony BRAVIA XR A90K 42" 4K UHD HDR OLED Smart Google TV (XR42A90K) - 2022 currently priced at
$1,749.99 but it will probably be about
$200 less in November during
Black Friday sales.
I need a
42" TV and a lot of other
OLED brands and models don't come in a
42" size, usually only
55" and up.
My concern now though is that this is
double the price that had me first interested in "upgrading" to a 4K TV and I'm hearing that these LED, OLED, QLED and other variants are
only expected to last between 5 and 7 years before they break down! 
So now I'm thinking
$1500 to $1600 (more with taxes of course) is too much to pay for something that may not last to the end of the decade.
