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[–] 475677 ago 

My first so called 1080p tv was just an upscaled 1024 x 768 tv making this one a huge improvement. Don't get me wrong I'm pissed at the scaling issues which amount to outright lies but short of taking my pc into the shops and testing shit out on every screen for 20 mins or so how am I to know which one legitimately gives me all the pixels I'm paying for?

Also for what it's worth I paid just under $330 dollaroos to have this 40 inch 4k tv delivered to my door so considering how much of an upgrade it is and the price I paid I'm pretty happy with it all the same. I also know that it can in fact go to a legit 4k resolution as I can force the video output on my computer to that resolution but being a cheap piece of shit it drops the framerate down to 25/sec so with it looking better and running at 60 fps I keep it at 1680 x 1050. I just know from booting the pc that it says 1080p is native is all.

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[–] B3bomber ago 

Ouch. Generally speaking, that 25 FPS sounds about right for trying to run 4K. Seriously, the hardware needed to run that smoothly is not here yet (60 FPS would be pushing it even on best high end stuff, you're looking at a GPU capable of mining coins. How much are those again? Now compare that to the entire cost of what you have...).

So yeah you got ripped off. Some sites will post accurate specifications. It is a lot harder for a TV to get the specs though. My PC monitor is a 1080p Dell IPS panel LCD with LED backlight and I researched the shit out of it beforehand to make sure. TVs are a craps shot these days. The one brand I knew did IPS panels was Panasonic, who subsequently stopped doing it. The best bet now would be LG since they make IPS and OLED panels for TVs and monitors.