I haven't been posting much lately. I got engaged a few months ago, and we moved together last month so there's been all that.
That of course was a good reason to buy a TV. Sony X950H 55" LCD. Can't say I enjoy the stuttering, but it seems all LCDs are like that these days, and OLEDs are even worse. Also got Panasonic UB420 UHD (modded region free) to go with it.
(temporary table. I prioritized TV, sofa and UHD player. New table coming when budget allows, haha)
Now I finally have Toei Channel at my own place. Before I had it at her family's place and had them record me a couple of movies every month. Yeah, I'm really happy I don't need to ask her mom to record me pink films anymore
Speaking of recording, I also had to buy a BD recorder (these are very common in Japan) so that I can save my stuff from TV. It's possible to save on an external HDD too, but the encryption is impossible to break. Only by using a BD recorder and burning on a disc you can break the encryption and have the files playable on other devices.
Toei Channel costs about $20 a month, but you can take a 5 channel pack for $24 so we took that. One drama channel for her and a few movie channels for me. Nothing spectacular, but there's some nice stuff. Already recorded new 4K mastered versions of Re-animator and Zatoichi (1989). Godzilla (1954) was on as well, Toho's new 4K. These were all broadcast in 2K, though.
On free TV there's almost nothing worth your time (I didn't even bother setting my TV in my previous place, so this is the first time I'm watching TV in almost 10 years aside those Toei recordings) but there are a few free 4K channels. Very few movies, but Back to the Future trilogy was on in real 4K in the last three Sundays so we caught those.