Just picked up a
86un8570aud from Sam's Club for
$999.91 ($1,165 / tax + 4 year warranty). This is the 2020 model of their LED TV. This is not a videophile TV but based on the human reviews around the internet this is a "omg let's watch TV on my entire wall this is amazing" type TV at an incredibly reasonable price with positive reviews of other 2020 LGs at similar size ranges. Note that because it's under
$1,000, the Sam's club 4 year extended warranty is $100.
Product Number: 980269220
Price comparisons:Notable features: 4K UHD, HDR, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, 120htz, 86'', Magic Remote, WebOS smart TV UI
Notable lacking: localized dimming, HDR+ (though Dolby Vision is comparable it seems), has IPS panel (personally I prefer these for wide viewing angle but I know it's not supposed to be as nice)
Transport note
Bring a friend, ratchets and a truck. This thing hangs off the end of the flat carts they have! Also in transport, was able to lay it down successfully. Added a photo of it standing up, 3 minutes later it tipped over (its fine). If you don't want to lay it down, consider the instructions in the box tell you to lift it up and lay it over the edge of a table face down so that you can apply the base legs (optional).
Technical reviews / full specsQA Note: Sam's Club website to find store locations http://www.samsclub.com
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For the price and size it's not a bad deal and I still like the TV but it's definitely noticeable. The peak brightness of this model seems to be even dimmer than the one I have (according to RTINGS).
Still though. I paid $600ish for my 70 inch since I was able to use the $300 dell giftcard it came with and had cashback. $1000 is a pretty dang good deal for an 86 inch! You will not find a better UI than LG's webOS when it comes to smoothness imo I use it with a libre-elec media server and it works flawlessly.
There is no Roku TV app and I don't believe AT&T TV, Xfinity or Spectrum are app options either.
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