LF Home Theatre Upgrade advice (TV/Reciever)
Hi everyone,
So we are moving soon and one of the things I’m wanting to do is upgrade when we move.
Currently I have a 9 year old 55” 3D TV, and I’m running a pre-4K receiver.
I know that upgrading my receiver is basically a must do for me, since splitting the HDMI signal doesn’t seem possible. That said I have a solid set of speakers from Energy that I’m holding onto and, to be fair, are not in the budget to upgrade.
The main thing is that I’m trying to figure out a few factors, what TV to get (I’m looking at a 65” as the new living room will be larger and we will be further away) but, again, I need to look into upgrading my receiver too.
I was hoping to stick within $1000 for the whole package. Sound is really important for me. I hate the thought of turfing my otherwise perfect Denon receiver, but unless there’s a trick to getting both 4K video AND HD audio signals, that seems like the only solution.
My other big issue is budget. I know there’s no world where I can justify a great TV, but to be fair anything is going to be an improvement over a 9 year old 3D tv that had local dimming so bad it’s not even funny.
The other aspect I’m trying to consider is Atmos. I would hate to make a decision and hamstring myself later down the road, HOWEVER I know my budget will be limited so I can’t even justify upgrading to Atmos anytime in the remote future.
Considering I trust the majority of you to have a staggeringly strong grasp of the potential upcoming future, I figured it best to ask here.
Look at things now, I’m at just over $1200 for the cheapest 4K receiver and a slightly over mid range 65” 4K TV.
But I’m not sure if that’s my best bet.
My use cases are primarily going to be movies/tv with some gaming on the side. I used to be a heavy gamer but now the most current console I have is a switch. I may upgrade to a one x when I can get one for cheap but I dunno. I just know I want to take advantage of 4K streaming, Dolby vision and HDR. I have an older Apple TV so I would need to upgrade that as well, unless I’m able to find a tv that has support for iTunes purchases (which would be nice)
I’m really leaning toward Costco thanks to their stellar return policy and their equally stellar warranty, but at the same time I have an additional 1 year warranty on my credit card too so.... I dunno.
Thanks so much in advance.
So we are moving soon and one of the things I’m wanting to do is upgrade when we move.
Currently I have a 9 year old 55” 3D TV, and I’m running a pre-4K receiver.
I know that upgrading my receiver is basically a must do for me, since splitting the HDMI signal doesn’t seem possible. That said I have a solid set of speakers from Energy that I’m holding onto and, to be fair, are not in the budget to upgrade.
The main thing is that I’m trying to figure out a few factors, what TV to get (I’m looking at a 65” as the new living room will be larger and we will be further away) but, again, I need to look into upgrading my receiver too.
I was hoping to stick within $1000 for the whole package. Sound is really important for me. I hate the thought of turfing my otherwise perfect Denon receiver, but unless there’s a trick to getting both 4K video AND HD audio signals, that seems like the only solution.
My other big issue is budget. I know there’s no world where I can justify a great TV, but to be fair anything is going to be an improvement over a 9 year old 3D tv that had local dimming so bad it’s not even funny.
The other aspect I’m trying to consider is Atmos. I would hate to make a decision and hamstring myself later down the road, HOWEVER I know my budget will be limited so I can’t even justify upgrading to Atmos anytime in the remote future.
Considering I trust the majority of you to have a staggeringly strong grasp of the potential upcoming future, I figured it best to ask here.
Look at things now, I’m at just over $1200 for the cheapest 4K receiver and a slightly over mid range 65” 4K TV.
But I’m not sure if that’s my best bet.
My use cases are primarily going to be movies/tv with some gaming on the side. I used to be a heavy gamer but now the most current console I have is a switch. I may upgrade to a one x when I can get one for cheap but I dunno. I just know I want to take advantage of 4K streaming, Dolby vision and HDR. I have an older Apple TV so I would need to upgrade that as well, unless I’m able to find a tv that has support for iTunes purchases (which would be nice)
I’m really leaning toward Costco thanks to their stellar return policy and their equally stellar warranty, but at the same time I have an additional 1 year warranty on my credit card too so.... I dunno.
Thanks so much in advance.