Eh, after reading this comment and looking on their website, it’s not really worse than before.

The optimal viewing distance of a 65“ TV is somewhere between 1.98m and 2.69m for it to fill out 30-40° of our field of vision, as recommended by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), for an immersive „cinematic“ watching experience.

My TV is about 2.5m away from my couch and I’m quite happy with the size, although, if price didn’t play a role, I‘d have gone with another size up (77“). Although I admit, it’s not the most practical size and it’s not for everyone. It does take up a lot of space.

However with 42“ you’re definitely sacrificing quality. Or at least I would be at the 2.5m distance I sit from my TV. The vast majority of people (me included) could not discern any difference between a FullHD and a UHD image there. Our eyes simply do not have that resolution (measured at up to 94 pixels per degree). Even my 65“ at the aforementioned 2.5m distance has a higher resolution than my eyes.

So >=65“ is the only normal size for a normal home, if one actually wants a home cinema and actually not sacrifice on quality, detail and immersion.

People who watch movies or tv series a lot and who care about image quality? Couch gamers? I couldn’t get a decent 65“ monitor. But my TV has a very good image, supports 2160p with 144Hz, VRR, HDR, etc.
And at no point did my TV force me to go online. I can 100% just ignore the software. What more could I want?

Yea, 4K BluRays are a minefield. I’m not getting anything before checking some picture quality reviews.

Was one of the first movies we watched on my flatmates new sound system back in university. Had to shut off his subwoofer when our downstairs neighbour came knocking, screaming at us…

Uh, unironically my fav 3D animated Disney movie. Will definitely give it a try, thanks!

Noted. Thanks.

Oh yea, I‘ve heard about the terminator 2 uhd bluray disaster. Just makes me sad…

Thanks for the recommendations!

Oh yea. That one’s already on my list. Wanted to rewatch it regardless and after reading they made a pristine 4K rerelease based on an all new 8K scan of the original negatives, that plan was sealed.

Isn‘t the UHD release of Mad Max: Fury Road just an upscale of the 2K intermediate?

I actually knew about lotr being a 2K upscale. But at least it’s a decent one unlike many others.
But generally, all those upscaled 4K releases just make me sad.
Luckily there are some Studios that care enough to create new film scans, new intermediates and proper 4K releases.

For lotr I still love watching the DVDs. Their colours are just beautiful although the resolution will probably not do too well on my new 65“ TV.

Unsure, but after a quick web search, the Studiocanal 4K BluRay release supposedly is really good.
I’ll add it to my List. Wanted to watch Fifth Element anyways. Thanks.

Thanks, I do love me some documentaries and space-stuff, so I’ll definitely check those out!

Thank you! Wanted to (re-)watch a lot of those anyways. Sounds like a great selection.

And of course I have surround sound. I find that more important than a 4K image. Upgraded to 5.1 years ago and never looked back. The LG C5 is just the next step in my home cinema.

Person with partial aphantasia (when I really try, I can get about the graphic fidelity of Star Fox on SNES on a monitor with a broken backlight) here:

I always found those thought-journey thingies somewhat pointless when teachers at school n such tried to do them with us. Of course they weren’t experts, though, so maybe someone who really knows what they’re doing could invoke something but realistically, probably not.

On the other hand, dimming the lights, closing my eyes and the relative quietness of only one person calmly telling a kind of story, made me calm and sleepy regardless, so maybe the imaginary journey isn’t necessary anyways.

This list is missing the Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster, which is utterly unique, and, imo, absolutely S-Tier.