55” to 65” TV, worse experience for 1080p Blu-rays?

[TotallyTuned]

I am still rocking a Sony X900F 55” from 2018. My question is this, will I notice a reduction in sharpness for all of my standard Blu-ray’s on a bigger screen like a 65” or 77”? I want to upgrade to a larger OLED but the majority of my collection is not 4K yet and I want to avoid an accidental downgrade in my experience. I sit about 8-9 feet from my screen. I have an x700 and ub820.

Thanks for any input.

[MovieReviews331]

Speaking as someone who went from a 50” to a 100” screen, I would not necessarily say 1080p blu-rays look worse, but I can definitely tell more of an improvement with 4K blu-rays.

I would put it this way. When I watch a regular blu-ray, I am not distracted by a lack of sharpness, provided it is a well authored disc. However, I tend to be impressed more often by 4K discs.

I have watched a lot of 1080p blu-rays on my 100” screen and have very rarely felt it was any kind of “downgrade”. In fact, even with an ever so slight loss in sharpness, if your new tv has better contrast, black levels, etc. it will most definitely feel like an upgrade.

[TotallyTuned]

Thanks for posting, how far do you sit from your 100”?

[Achtung Englander]

It depends on the BD.

I recently watched the BD Sin City on my 65'' OLED TV and it looked amazing, like a 4K. I then watched the BD comedy, Arthur, and it looked terrible. The HD version I bought on Amazon Prime looked sharper with better colour tones.

If you have a 4K library, always go for the largest TV you can afford or fit in your flat/house. Don't worry about whether your BD will look good, that is beyond your control. It is just a shame the quality standard for Blus are all over the place. When you buy older Blus you are basically taking a gamble with quality output.

[MovieReviews331]

Originally Posted by TotallyTuned

Thanks for posting, how far do you sit from your 100”?

Sorry for the delay. I sit about 8 feet or so away from the screen. As far as what Achtung said above, each disc is different. 4K blu-rays generally have a better picture than regular blu-ray, but then there are sometimes exceptions. Many think the regular blu-ray for X-Men First Class and American Graffiti look better than their 4K counterparts due to the way the discs are authored. Like I said, there are more factors that go into a great picture beyond sharpness. If you upgrade to a larger 4K OLED, I would expect that the movies you already think look great will only look better.

[singhcr]

I think this is like getting a new set of speakers for listening to music that were a good step up from your old pair.

In many ways, all of your music will sound better. However, you can start to notice bad recordings vs good ones. The good ones are sooo much better on the new speakers vs the old, but the bad recordings are being played at a higher fidelity such that you can hear the imperfections.

I can't see any downside to a larger TV if you have the space for it. True, a compressed image will look all the more compressed, but a good Blu-ray or especially 4K disc will look all the better for it. I don't see the logic in keeping a smaller TV to mask the imperfections of poor video, just like I wouldn't suggest you get lower quality speakers to mask the limitations of MP3 quality music over say a good CD or especially SACD or all-analog LP.

I use a 65" rear projection SDTV for playing older video games on it (NES, SNES, N64 etc). It is probably 3x larger than the CRT TV we used to play games on when we were kids. I can definitely see the limitations of the image on the big TV vs the small one, but I enjoy it more simply because the display is so massive and I feel more involved in the game.

[jvonl]

I went from a 50" Kuro plasma to a 65" LG OLED to a 77" Sony OLED. The WOW factor each time far outweighed minor faults that might be perceived, at least for me. I have never been disappointed by an upgrade.

[TripleHBK]

Upgrading from a Sony from 2018 to a modern Sony/LG OLED is likely going to blow the old tv away regardless of the resolution just thanks to the improvements that OLED offer in regard to color, contrast, brightness, etc. Adding to the fact that OP is looking to jump up in size 10 - 20" and that experience is likely going to be like watching a movie for the first time all over again.

Short of folks saving older tvs due to the 3D capability... I can't think of any reason NOT to upgrade to a newer larger set, unless of course you plan to cheap out and go with a budget television. The fact that you plan to go with an OLED display (likely from Sony or LG) means that your new viewing experience will be golden.

[Captain_Pronin]

I went from a 43" LG 4k TV to a 65" Sony x90L and I think its getting close to the point where the Blu-rays don't feel as high def as they used to. The 4k Blu-rays don't look much better either ��

[stonesfan129]

I went from a 42" Panasonic 1080p plasma to a 65" Samsung Crystal LED 4K. I wouldn't say I had a worse experience. I would say avoid Samsung. Buy Sony. If you cannot afford a Sony, get an LG. If you want el cheapo, TCL. These are the only brands I would buy going forward. My Samusng is slow af now after about 4 years and I'm starting to get this weird crackling/popping noise and random audio dropouts if I pass audio/video through the TV, like it can't process all the data or something. I've gotten around it by using an AVR.