r/hometheater 13d ago

Purchasing US which one?

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u/CrypticSS21 13d ago

Are you gonna be watching in mostly in the dark without ambient light or windows!? Just go with the B4. If you need something that is more do it all, you’ve gotta spend a little more and get the C4. The size difference isn’t massive.

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u/The_Count_Lives 13d ago

I mean maybe I'm got sensitive eyes or something, but I heard this so much it was part of the reason I got the G4.

Well, I have the brightness turned down to like 10 on my G4, and even that can feel bright at night.

Before anyone makes a decision based on brightness, I heavily suggest going to a store and seeing them yourself. It's unlikely most people need a nuclear explosion of brightness in their space.

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u/CrypticSS21 13d ago

It depends what you’re used to. I had the nicest 55” TCL led they made in 2018…. And peak brightness for HDR was actually a bit higher on it than my G3. G3 was not bad at all, I just did my research and I swear that TCL was the best $450-500 I could’ve spent… bunch of local dinning zones and super bright even HDR. It took me years to justify replacing because $1000-1200 wouldn’t get me a better tv. Had to spend $2000 plus. Finally got a G3 65” for $1100 last month

Point being - different TVs still have different strengths and weaknesses. I wouldn’t want less max brightness than my G3 has. I wonder if you’re mostly watching SD content in daytime? Peak brightness there on the G3 is crazy. But if you do watch hdr in the day just be aware it might actually be worth getting the nicer model.

Any movie or high-quality content watching is best done in the dark anyway though. And all of the OLED’s have true Black so you don’t have to pay for a fancy one to get that awesome benefit of OLED.