Hi Guys,
Possibly against my better judgment I just ordered an Avera 40EQX10 40" 4K TV to replace my defunct Samsung 40KU6290. Fry's is having a sale right now where you can get it for $199.99 in store, but I was able to use google express with 15% off first order coupon for a total price of $187.67 after tax/shipping. I figure it nothing else it's a dirt cheap 4K TV to stick in the basement for the kids.
It should arrive some time next week so I'll try to give some feedback of how it compares vs the 6290 I used to have.
General thoughts based on Joshua Ruediger's and other reviews on amazon:
- Should do 4:4:4 chroma once "HDMI 4k" is set to "enhanced". Appears to support HDMI2 on 3 of the 4 HDMI ports.
- Sharpness and color are too high by default and must be reduced via the service menu (1 1 4 7 to get in).
- Might suffer from backlight bleed (and clouding?).
- Need to take a photo of the subpixel layout since it's still unclear what it really is.
- Joshua reports less black smearing vs Samsung (I definitely noticed this on my 6290)
- No idea what the input lag is, I don't have the means to test it accurately. Anecdotal reviews say "low".
- Bad sound (not a problem for me)
- Supposedly 178 degree viewing angles and 8ms response, but no information yet on the panel type.
Possibly against my better judgment I just ordered an Avera 40EQX10 40" 4K TV to replace my defunct Samsung 40KU6290. Fry's is having a sale right now where you can get it for $199.99 in store, but I was able to use google express with 15% off first order coupon for a total price of $187.67 after tax/shipping. I figure it nothing else it's a dirt cheap 4K TV to stick in the basement for the kids.
It should arrive some time next week so I'll try to give some feedback of how it compares vs the 6290 I used to have.
General thoughts based on Joshua Ruediger's and other reviews on amazon:
- Should do 4:4:4 chroma once "HDMI 4k" is set to "enhanced". Appears to support HDMI2 on 3 of the 4 HDMI ports.
- Sharpness and color are too high by default and must be reduced via the service menu (1 1 4 7 to get in).
- Might suffer from backlight bleed (and clouding?).
- Need to take a photo of the subpixel layout since it's still unclear what it really is.
- Joshua reports less black smearing vs Samsung (I definitely noticed this on my 6290)
- No idea what the input lag is, I don't have the means to test it accurately. Anecdotal reviews say "low".
- Bad sound (not a problem for me)
- Supposedly 178 degree viewing angles and 8ms response, but no information yet on the panel type.