I held onto a Panasonic 65” plasma up until 3 years ago, also owned several others since the late 90s. First one was a 42” EDTV that I paid more than the current 2018 LG 65” C8 OLED cost, in late 90s dollars
As nice as plasmas were, blacks were never truly black because there’s a graininess and noise even on a totally black screen. Never mind that it the 65” drew over 600 watts at the wall.
I bought the 65 B7 OLED about a month ago. It’s the first TV I’ve owned that I have nothing more wanting. I actually rearranged my entire room to so justifice to this TV, reran all my surround sound wires around the room for a 5.1.2 Atmos setup. I am set for the next 10 years. I have a high end 2015 Sony 55” dedicated to my game stuff. It looks horrible compared to the OLED, even my kids who don’t yet appreciate this kind of stuff notice the dramatic difference of the OLED.
OLED or bust. An LCD with pixels covering a backlight will never look as good as the pixels being the light themselves.
PS my bro in law netted the 65 C7 for $200 using his credit card price protection. They gave him $500 credit (maximum per claim) twice by mistake. So jealous since the card I used does not have price protection. I’m still extremely happy having paid $1700.