LG C1 OLED

It sounds like your speakers work for you then. On a modern TV without a headphone jack you would probably be served perfectly well by bluetooth speakers that sync to the TV. Though I'm surprised if a 3.5mm output is really that uncommon, because I just bought an LG C1 a few years ago and it has one. You can also find a small bluetooth receiver that would output to a headphone jack at WalMart.

If you want a different anecdote, I have a LG C1 that got burn in after a year of use, playing FFXIV. [...] HUD burn-in. [...] I moved that TV to the living room and got a non oled samsung instead which is what I use now.

There is a (limited) solution to this in the HDMI 2.1 spec that’s starting to become available in TVs now: It doesn’t solve long initial syncs but it does solve the desync when changing framerate, e.g. when you switch from a 60Hz UI to a 24Hz movie. As for desyncs between SDR and HDR, that is presumably already a solved problem, I have an LG C1 from a couple of years ago and that can switch between range modes without desyncing.

I got the 65" LG C1 OLED in early 2022 (right after the C2 debuted) and I think I paid about $2k for it at Costco? [...]

I've had this LG C1 OLED tv for over 2 years now. I remember being worried about burn-in (I wasn't familiar with OLED tech back then), but this thing still looks as good as the day I bought it.

The LG 48" B4 OLED is $499 @ Best Buy right now, which is a hell of a good deal. I bought them for $549 a few months ago & they are so nice. They are as good as my 65" LG C1 OLED except the default color calibration for the B4 is much better than the C1, with everything else about the same.

My LG C1 definitely has ads, which show up as toast notifications when you open the TV. [...]

[...] My LG C1 even supports FreeSync so VRR even works, but I have to route the HDMI directly to the TV. [...]

Dimming reduces total brightness over time and shifts color balance away from neutral. Latest "Pro" displays from Apple now have built-in support for calibration but only with high end calibration equipment: The implementation is great, since it doesn't add fix up profile on top factory calibration, but actually fully replaces factory calibration internal LUT. It worked wonders to completely fix my M1 MBP screen that got noticeably tinted over time. I don't mind brightness reduction since I almost never use it at more than 200 nits, usually around 100. [...] I've had similar issue my OLED TV with the same fix. Got my LG C1 calibrated as well and it looks fantastic again. [...] Some iPads support subset of pro display calibration software (called fine tune calibration), but still lack full recalibration support.

That little headphone jack is seriously driving bookshelf speakers to a reasonable volume? If it works it works but that doesn't sound right, unless these are actually self-powered speakers with their own amplifiers inside. I'd really like to know the details because this sounds crazy. Also, I collect a lot of old receivers and speakers. [...] Any flatscreen TV made in the past 20 years typically has a TOSLINK output which will be compatible with receivers stretching back to the 80s - I have my LG C1 connected to some 90s Marantz receiver this way. Any old receiver you find on Facebook Marketplace for $20 will typically suffice here as long as you check for the TOSLINK port first, but you do need a separate actual amplifier somewhere along the line to drive a speaker larger than a pair of headphones unless the speaker has its own amp built-in. [...]

I hate to be that guy but how on earth do you have a "high-end" system (your words) that does all this? Sure, there is some boot up time to warm everything up, but there are no ads and no user agreements etc on mid to high end systems. Even my entry level system (denon avr, lg c1 oled, appletv4k and ugoos as media players) does not take more then 10 seconds from totally off to showing the menu / plex interface, and no user agreement popups or ads

Same, but I keep my LG c1 connected to internet just to be able to turn it off from HomeKit. Never using its “smart” features though. Apple TV ftw.

[...] I’m currently in a temporary place— but it was the same crap quality a few months ago on the other side of the country, with a different internet provider, and an LG C1, native TV app or Apple TV, made no difference— utter crap (HD or 4K didn’t matter- the 4K HDR/DV was just a different flavor of badness) whilst all the other apps were perfectly OK.

If you're going the TV route, you do need to make sure that your graphics card and the TV has the HDMI 2.1 ports for all the fancy features (ie variable refresh rate). I've been using a 65" LG C1 OLED TV as a main monitor and it has been a treat.

[...] I had to buy a special DP-HDMI cable that forces 1080p @60 to get it to consistently appear on screen docked (LG C1 for reference). [...]

When I think of smart TVs it's less about the kind of quality -of-life improvements you're describing and more about pushing users towards the in-TV apps and software to more effectively capture and sell usage data. Though I do have a funny interaction with the former kind of "smart features" with my (otherwise wonderful) LG C1 and PS5 where if I start the PS5 first it takes too long to trigger the TV to turn on and gets confused and puts the PS5 back to sleep as soon as the TV wakes up and switches to the input. But honestly I think I get more amusement than frustration watching the two smart devices outsmart each other constantly.

I have an unprotected guest network with a captive portal and an LG C1. I have never seen the LG pop up in the logs for the guest network.

1) They have a screen built into the console. [...] 3) Bonus gamut for particle effects is kinda not required and probably distracting when drifting around a curve avoiding attacks. 4) It feels pretty good to me, but maybe I need to adjust some settings on my LG C1 to get the full bland experience?