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3 years this TV has been a flagship for Sony, 2016, 2017, 2018 sadly late in 2018 the Z9D's are being discontinued, and still more expensive than the replacements Z9F's Dont be fooled by in store demo's they are specifically designed to show off the strengths, however when you get home and watch your typical content its not the same. OLED's suffer from degradation & burn-in (yes even with software to reduce burn-in it still happens). Blues slowly start to fade/fail first, similar to plasmas getting dimmer over time This is something will take time, With that said, LCD/LED's will last years to decades longer I have a 2010 first gen Sony 3D, still going (IR glasses, ah the early days of 3D). OLED blacks are the best but suffer from lower shadow details or crushed shadow highlights. OLED's cant achieve the same brightness as LCD/LED TV's, the Z9D's are within about 5-10% black levels of OLED's with 2-4x brighter, best example I know of is for brightness is like driving into the setting sun, makes your eyes squint as you reach for your sun-glasses or sun visor, Z9D can diffidently make you squint I had to turn it down a bit, making this TV a fantastic for HDR/Dolby Vision capable set with awesome cloud details not blown out by the brightness like OLED's would, also if watch your TV during daylight in your home this is the TV for you, dont forget about 3D, its not a gimmick, in-fact the is hands down the best 3D TV ever made, no question. Its better than movie theaters by a substantial amount just be sure to research your 3D content, not all 3D movies are created equal. 3D Avatar, and gauge every move after that, as Avatar is gold standard for 3D movies. Lastly make you have a "Great" 4k player, Oppo UDP-203/205 are the gold standard as well, but discontinued as of writing this mid 2018.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The Z series is can get brighter while maintaining clarity. The OLED can get darker while maintaining clarity. On paper that makes the Z series better because the bright difference between televisions is greater on the Sony than the dark difference in the LG. However, all of the shows that last a lifetime our mainly shows that involve crime as in Law and Order, CSI, super hero movies as in The Dark Knight. Most of those scenes happen at night time since no one wants to commit a crime at 3 o clock in the afternoon. Those shows and movies are mainly dark and I would rather have a TV that can perform better in dark scenes than in day scenes. OLED ALL DAY!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Go to the store and look. There is no comparison. This comes from someone who was waffling between the E7P and the A1E.
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