Flat screen TV advice

[CatmanV2]

5g is a BIG worry of mine and quite a few scientists! It hasn't come to us yet, and hope it never does, but not sure I'll win that!

Out of curiosity, could you link to some of those scientists?

C

 

[rockits]

I take it you don't have a microwave, rect phone, brain etc. etc. etc. as they all generate plenty of waves.

 

[hunta]

Go to Currys, take your wallet, job done.

You need to see them to assess picture quality, which isn't difficult, and if there's one thing teenagers can talk about it's tellies. And class A drugs.

 

[Davidt99]

IMO Samsung and LG make the best TV's at present, the best places to buy a TV are either John Lewis or Richersounds for the aftersales and long guarantees.

 

[CatmanV2]

Go to Currys, take your wallet, job done.

You need to see them to assess picture quality, which isn't difficult, and if there's one thing teenagers can talk about it's tellies. And class A drugs.

Problem is they'll all be set up for maximum clarity in a bright store with some HD animation....
...apparently

C

 

[safrane]

Keep in mind that all the showrooms use UHD inputs to their screens and due to layout, you are only a foot or so from the screen when you view them so you see all the clarity.

Stand back and look at the screen at the same distance you would at home and you won't see it 1/4 as good.

Our TV is 17' away from the sofa, and the definition on my old 42" is no worse that those at John Lewis etc when you are that far away. I also still use a 5.1 surround sound unit for output... and have a coax input... we don't watch much TV!

 

[safrane]

As C said a few minutes before me.

 

[mjheathcote]

Our 40 inch LG plasma is ace, but to go bigger would have to be OLED for 4K for the quality.
The plasma is dumb, couldn't see the point in smart with using it through our onkyo surround system which is fed with amazon Tv/BT tv/sat/bluray etc.
So I would like to go bigger, but would like really just the basic panel.
Annoyed me when we bought a smart 32 inch Panasonic a few years ago, nearly all the apps have disappeared.

 

[D Walker]

Problem is they'll all be set up for maximum clarity in a bright store with some HD animation....
...apparently

C

You are correct, set up totally different to your viewing at home..

Matt, visit AV Forums, they have yearly awards for different tv’s for different uses and budgets...

 

[cheshiremaserati]

Much of the promotion is marketing cr@p.
The images are on an endless loop DVD using a high end DVD player with very costly interconnects thst you'll not use, extremely high definition clip created in a studio. You'll not get that at home. Ask how much content is transmitted at 4k or UHD, who provides it, what you need to receive it snd how much it costs in subscriptions.

Go buy What Hi Fi magazine and go off their reviews. Personally, its Samsung for me at 55" with a stand-alone Yamaha 5.1 amp, and Tannoy 5.1 speaker system with powered 10" sub woofer for that cinematic experience.

Forget sound bar. That is not 5.1 and very over-priced for what it is.

Richersounds is a good place for advice. I auditioned 3 Home Cinema set ups before settling for my Blu Ray DVD player, Yamaha Amp and Tannoy Speaker System from them.

 

[Ryandoc]

Another LG fan here, new OLED 55 for lounge and old LG 4K moved to sun room - had LG for years and can't fault them. Need to pick up a sound bar for the lounge

Exactly what I did this year. Definitely a fan of LG’s

 

[Felonious Crud]

Our 40 inch LG plasma is ace, but to go bigger would have to be OLED for 4K for the quality.
The plasma is dumb, couldn't see the point in smart with using it through our onkyo surround system which is fed with amazon Tv/BT tv/sat/bluray etc.
So I would like to go bigger, but would like really just the basic panel.
Annoyed me when we bought a smart 32 inch Panasonic a few years ago, nearly all the apps have disappeared.

Most apps will only run on TVs from within the last two years. As the firmware constantly evolves, the cost of supporting apps on TVs older than that just isn't worth it. Either run your TV off a third-party box, such as Fire TV, or be willing to update your TV a lot. I use a fire TV box and my 2014 LG works perfectly well.

Also, Panasonic is a long way down the list of popular screens, so companies investing in TV apps don't prioritise it. LG, Samsung, Android and Fire TV are the more popular targets.

 

[Wanderer]

Anyone recommend an end of bed cantilever type TV stand, standalone, for a 65" Bravia I have in my crib in Dublin? I prefer one that can be raised quite high, and tilt down. Not fussed about swivel.

Telly is not state of the art, but it was cheap and decent, 4k, no HDR, but looks good to me and it's just for me to send me off to sleep in my sordid little Northside grief hole. Use Apple TV so app side is covered, as I said SmartTV and Android is woeful for me, even the Amazon HD Fire is pathetic compared...

Only got a 2' 6" space at end of bed and I still need to walk by it so clearance is important, hence a cantilever style arrangement. Found a few, not many can lift high enough for pillow-height viewing or offer the tilt option.

Prefer to get it will I'm here in UK for Xmas etc...

 

[Wack61]

I bought a 65" LG oled from costco the 4k hdr demos on youtube have that much detail in them it's like you're looking at the real thing rather than a TV picture , though there's not much broadcast material to watch yet and not much planned on terrestrial tv.

I found out with 1080p not all panels are the same, for a kitchen I'd buy a high end 1080p set rather than a low end 4k if they were similar money

 

[philw696]

Blimey you lot scare me I'm still using Radio Rentals

 

[CatmanV2]

Blimey you lot scare me I'm still using Radio Rentals

I just don't care enough about 'TV'. Neither time, nor inclination to make time, to watch much.

Movies OTOH....

C

 

[Wanderer]

I just don't care enough about 'TV'. Neither time, nor inclination to make time, to watch much.

Movies OTOH....

C

TV is the new movies honestly. There's nothing to crave for anymore in movies as such whereas the latest BBC/Netflix etc which is like telly+ blows the socks off anything I've seen in the cinema for a long time.

I think people have moved on from 90 mins of eating popcorn in a theatre to 6 hours or either bingeable or chunkable in their living rooms or bedrooms.

Like Garlic Bread, it's the future....

 

[CatmanV2]

Everybody says this, and you must watch this, or that.
And I try.
And (almost) without exception I give up half way through episode two
Line of Duty
Chernobyl
The Capture (borderline)
Dublin Murders (real let down at the end) are all I can recall from this year.
Oh, and Cobra Kai S2 (but for very different reasons)

Looking forward to the new Silent Witness

C

 

[Wack61]

Have you tried breaking bad ,The Sopranos , Boadwalk Empire, Band Of Brothers, The Pacific

All of these have a cinematic production values , especially band of brothers, arguably the best TV series ever made

Though everybody I speak to raves about peaky blinders , I've had three goes at season one and still haven't made it to the end.

 

[CatmanV2]

Have you tried breaking bad ,The Sopranos , Boadwalk Empire, Band Of Brothers, The Pacific

All of these have a cinematic production values , especially band of brothers, arguably the best TV series ever made

Though everybody I speak to raves about peaky blinders , I've had three goes at season one and still haven't made it to the end.

Yes (thought it was ****) Yes (un-impressed) No (no interest in subject), not heard of it.
Tried Peak Blinders, made one episode <shrug>

C