This Month's Haul: September 2017 Edition

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Originally Posted by GohanX

Cool, I'd like to hear some non-fanboy comparisons. Most of the people I know who got a pro mostly did it so they could masturbate to their 4K tvs, not really because they cared about the differences between the old and new models.

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The way that Sony ignores downsampling, if you don't have a 4K TV, it's pretty pointless right now. The CPU is still the same, you're still bound there. There are some games that will now run 1080p, so that's good, since 900p is more or less rubbish.

Well, I needed a cheap tv for the bedroom a couple of weeks ago and got that 55" TCL jam all the cheap nerds love. I have the xbone S hooked up to it currently, but maybe I should swap it and the Pro.

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Originally Posted by GohanX

Doesn't a Paypal preorder charge at the time you preorder it? That's how it's worked the few times I've used it.

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This is correct but paypal doesn't let you change the credit card you used to set up the pre-order. So if something happens to that card then when the charge finally goes through it just gets declined.

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Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

My PS4 Ys VIII hasn't shipped yet. My damn card got stolen and there's no way to change a credit card used for a preorder in PayPal. Luckily NIS holds it for a month while you try over and over to get them on the phone to fix it.

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Just have them email you an invoice, that's what I did. I had a similar issue, a week or two before they began processing the orders my card was stolen, and I got a replacement. So I emailed NIS about it when my order went to process and they just emailed me an invoice I could pay through paypal how ever I wanted.

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Is the stuff inside the LE actually worth the extra price for once? It looks better than most LEs.

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Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name

Well, I needed a cheap tv for the bedroom a couple of weeks ago and got that 55" TCL jam all the cheap nerds love. I have the xbone S hooked up to it currently, but maybe I should swap it and the Pro.

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That's the 4k one at Costco, right? How's lag time? I was thinking of picking one up too to replace my tiny 32" in living room.

TCL p605 at Best Buy or p607 at Amazon. Only difference is a few extras on the remote for $50 more for the Amazon model. The tvs are otherwise the exact same. So far I'm extremely pleased with it.
http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/tcl/p-series-2017-p607

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Originally Posted by GohanX

Is the stuff inside the LE actually worth the extra price for once? It looks better than most LEs.

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They're all really nicely done and you get a fair amount in there. I haven't had a chance to listen to the music cd yet, but I was impressed with the acrylic book ends they do look really nice. Plus I'm an idiotic sucker for steel books.

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Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name

TCL p605 at Best Buy or p607 at Amazon. Only difference is a few extras on the remote for $50 more for the Amazon model. The tvs are otherwise the exact same. So far I'm extremely pleased with it.
http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/tcl/p-series-2017-p607

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Thanks, the Costco one looks suspiciously similar but much cheaper ($550), and they throw in a HD Roku too.

Do you know the model number?

nevermind, I looked it up.
The panel lacks local dimming and is sidelit. I'd spend the extra $50 on the Best Buy model.