I've been on a 720p 50" Panasonic plasma for years now.
I am kinda old and have many TB's of media ranging from 480p to 1080p (and a few 2160p files). I've seriously considered jumping to a 65" OLED recently so I headed off to a local B&M with a flash drive containing everything from old B&W 480p shows like Outer Limits to color 480p like Get Smart to 720p, etc etc.
Only reason it to have a bigger screen. I like everything else on my TV.
I had the sales person play the flash drive on the OLED65B6P and was disappointed by how horrible the upscale (smearing and pixalation) was on it. Basically unwatchable. frankly awful. I have a fair amount of 480p that is not available in a higher resolution and after months of wanting this TV I simply could not pull the trigger. FWIW I have a lot more higher resolution material than 480p. The majority of what I have is high bitrate 1080p but even that just looked 'OK' to my eyes on the OLED (Game Of Thrones etc). Certainly not as crisp an image as it appears on my 720p Plasma. Granted less banding in the shadows but that's about the only advantage I saw. My 2160p files looked great on the OLED.
I would have been moving the 720p plamsa to a different room if I upgraded. Not getting rid of it considering how well it handles 480p. But no longer sure about upgrading or what to consider. I heard Sony's have an excellent upscaler but I have not tried them to see a comparison. Another alternative is to upgrade to a 1080p (before they are all gone) but I really wanted at least HDR if I did that (only to find out that HDR is not available on any 1080p set)
It is even worthwhile asking what is the best 1080p TV upscaler out there?
Thinking of staying put until I have to upgrade or until a superior upscaler becomes available. (I'm not expecting miracles but would like it to be 'watchable'. (I know. Relative value)
I am kinda old and have many TB's of media ranging from 480p to 1080p (and a few 2160p files). I've seriously considered jumping to a 65" OLED recently so I headed off to a local B&M with a flash drive containing everything from old B&W 480p shows like Outer Limits to color 480p like Get Smart to 720p, etc etc.
Only reason it to have a bigger screen. I like everything else on my TV.
I had the sales person play the flash drive on the OLED65B6P and was disappointed by how horrible the upscale (smearing and pixalation) was on it. Basically unwatchable. frankly awful. I have a fair amount of 480p that is not available in a higher resolution and after months of wanting this TV I simply could not pull the trigger. FWIW I have a lot more higher resolution material than 480p. The majority of what I have is high bitrate 1080p but even that just looked 'OK' to my eyes on the OLED (Game Of Thrones etc). Certainly not as crisp an image as it appears on my 720p Plasma. Granted less banding in the shadows but that's about the only advantage I saw. My 2160p files looked great on the OLED.
I would have been moving the 720p plamsa to a different room if I upgraded. Not getting rid of it considering how well it handles 480p. But no longer sure about upgrading or what to consider. I heard Sony's have an excellent upscaler but I have not tried them to see a comparison. Another alternative is to upgrade to a 1080p (before they are all gone) but I really wanted at least HDR if I did that (only to find out that HDR is not available on any 1080p set)
It is even worthwhile asking what is the best 1080p TV upscaler out there?
Thinking of staying put until I have to upgrade or until a superior upscaler becomes available. (I'm not expecting miracles but would like it to be 'watchable'. (I know. Relative value)