WHEN my child cracked the family's Sony A8 65" OLED in 2021 by throwing the remote, I was unable to replaced it with a similar size dahil wala nang maayos na kita noon (the epidemic still claiming lives and many livelihoods uncertained). I was compulsed to take a Sony A9 55" from Carousell for a liquidation value (October na noon and they wanted to get rid of the outgoing model) - now this is a downgrade for me as 55" is now too diminutive for ageing eyes. When I saw this year that Samsung offers a 77" OLED with a price thats not going to beggar me, napaisip ako, maybe this is the only size that could at least "replaced" the ageing but still working Marantz DLP projector for that epic-size picture. Pero di maaasahan ang Samsung, sa US daw ito yung pinaka-notorious na brand sa saulian because of quality/reliability issues. I wanted to sticked to Sony because I already had Sony OLEDs previously (the A1 lasted for only two years, though, so my thought is that even if its a Sony its not exempted from planned obsolescence) - but I can't afford either the 65" or the 77", Sony pricing has become unattainable, post-pandemic. So thats out of the question now.
Then my ageing mother spoke of getting a TV na maaari daw niyang utusan thru the remote of what she likes to watch when resting. Naisip ko I better give the Sony 55" to her rather than let them buy something thats a smart TV but still a plain vanilla, non-OLED mediocrities. What will be the likely replacement for the 55" - thats whats intriguing me towards the S95C. Kung masira man siya after one year, I will lost something like P130K placing a bet on a brand whose durability is hit or miss, but at the same time I will get to see for the first time how a 77" appears on a modest home, and verify if all those glowing reports on Picture quality alone - are indeed true....
