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Mar 14, 2017
Display is amazing, menus and smart features work well, but with some quirks
1 of 2 found this helpful The display is simply outstanding on this TV. 4K, HDR content looks gorgeous in OLED. 3D works great. The built in native apps such as Netflix and Amazon Prime work quite well. No lag really as I've seen on other smart TVs. The soundbar gives a pretty decent output, but but of course still nothing compared to having it connected to a receiver with decent speakers.
Having spent a good deal of time with the TV now, really my only 'issue' is that some of the settings and menus are quirky. Some examples:
The media playback of local content can sometimes claim "network unstable" and then you try again and it works. Wireless or hardwired, it still happens randomly. Definitely not a problem with the network (cat6 LAN and no other devices stutter), and it never has problems with say Netflix or Amazon Prime native apps.
Also by default, TruMotion is turned on for all inputs, and this causes the "soap opera" smoothing effect that many (including myself) cannot stand. You have to turn it off manually for each input and mode, and sometimes it seems to reset. This is irritating, but I think I've caught most of them now.
the ARC (Audio Return Channel) and smart HDMI features seem to work well if you use things that only rely on that, but as soon as you switch to an input that does not use it, it seems to sort of break the ability to switch back to it. Only solution I've found is the quick fix of turning the TV/Receiver off and back on. Seems to correct it every time, at least.
To summarize: The display is 5 stars, hands down. This is obviously the most important part of a TV, so I fully recommend it. The features, 4-5 stars for what works well, and 3-ish stars for the features with quirks that can sometimes cause irritation working around. Thus I'd give the overall rating 4 to 4.5 stars.