After ten years on this forum I must say that "HDfrickinR" is the most over-hyped feature ever marketed for TV when the FACT is there are ZERO standards for HDR and close to ZERO HDR Content to view on these QDot panels.
You can count on one hand the total HDR source and all manufacturers can promo anything as HDR capable when there aren't any standards to measure them by. This being so, you can view ALL content in one afternoon and then what do you do?
QDot was supposed to be a value proposition and save money yet a Samsung 78" SUHD sells for double what we can buy last years 78" HU9000 and a 65" UPP Price fixed panel is also DOUBLE. Samsung must be insane with this pricing strategy, while the economy is positive the growth in wages has been stagnant - declining for most of US.
My limited viewing of OLED of the 55" is that it's PQ is so damn good that were I in the market for a 55" that TV dominates anything else in the store presenting a close to 4K quality look.
2160P is a reality that is growing through the UHD alliance and Sony Consortium to promo production/camera's and distribution/streaming UHD with ten major partners and so that should be a target of consumers but HDR is about as real as a Vizio Ref series - does any TV carry a Dolby Vision HDR Certification anywhere on the planet? NO!
HDR capable for 2015 means about as much as flying cars were our future fifty years ago. For now, HDR is a good idea but simply that "an IDEA" that has virtually no manifestation of content to sell outside a handful. Would anyone subscribe to a HDR Library with a total of about four items? The "S" stands for Sucker UHD HDR Vaporware. HDR will be excellent but damn why pay that premium for something that's perhaps years away from reality. Silly!
Buy the best UHD that pleases you but choosing because of HDR is insane in 2015 and is throwing your money away for the next few years. We don't even have a UHD channel after a few years and yet now we're talking HDR with no library to speak of? HYPE!
To me, OLED w/4K will be the ticket w/xtd wrty to handle life cycle issue's that may occur - prefer 77" but out of present budget until it's under $10K. I likely may get a 75X910C for size/pq value but also buy a 55" OLED for the den/bedroom as I can do both for WAY cheaper than the 78" Samsung SuckerUHD. Interesting all the folks that bought Samsung for One Connect Upgradability, yet you cannot turn the panel magically into a QDot panel anymore than Sony, Sharp, LG can. Didn't do much good when the panel cannot be upgraded. Can't turn an LED into an OLED - so much for the Upgradability and future proofing Samsung promo's.
Not even FALD can touch OLED.
