Bought a new TV this week.
This is my new addition, its a SMART Board 8084i that I picked up at a company auction this week. 
Specs
- 84" of UHD goodness
- 4K Resolution (3840 x 2160)
- 280Hz
- RS232 control
- Motion Sensors to turn the display on and off
- Touch sensitive with multi touch (requires no drivers)
A few unknown facts, SMART uses the 4K LG display for this set. The LG version has some features that have been removed to make the user experience easier for SMART users. There are a few of these features that I really want back.
The LG TV is capable of playing UHD media directly off a hard drive plugged into USB port on the screen. When this is tried on the 3 USB ports on the outside edge of the SMART display it never presents the option to play these videos. The trick is using the USB service port that's buried in the bottom beside the display port connector. Then use the input button on the remote to bring up the LG onscreen display. You will now see a USB stick picture on the input list that you can select to see the files on that HDD.
Many of the other features of the LG firmware can also be unlocked by pressing the Menu button on the remote, selecting the picture heading (don't go into it) and hit the 1 button on the remote 7 times. (might be 5 times, I cant remember). You will then be prompted for a 4 digit password. I cant tell you that password but if your determined you will figure it out eventually. Once into that menu you can change EVERYTHING about the display, including settings that will render your TV inoperable so be careful.
Using my gaming PC I set the resolution to 3840x2160 and loaded up Bioshock Infinite. IT LOOKS AMAZING. Unfortunately my Radeon 6970 cant keep up 30 frames/second at this resolution but it still looks amazing as it stutters though scenes. The oddest thing that I noticed is that portions of the loading screens are pre-rendered, I assume to load faster. These pre-rendered screens are only rendered at 1080P and don't look anywhere as good as the scenes rendered in real time.
After that I started looking for some 4K movies to watch, I was able to find 1o+ short videos of panning cityscapes along with 100+ UHD backgrounds that look amazing. There are also a lot of YouTube Videos in 4K. The only full length movie I was able to find was a documentary called TimeScapes. this documentary costs a whopping $89.96
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