Mid range 65" TV for PS5 and films as primary use, Hisense/TCL, others?

Relentless81

Relentless81

Relentless81

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Hi,

I currently have a 7 year old Philips 55" TV, it has no ARC port, its limited to 4k/60 and no console supporting features, it also has the most basic HDR which to my eyes doesn't do anything. Its also already been repaired once and the same fault is slowly returning but its now out of warranty.

I'm looking to move up to a 65" with an £800 budget, so I'm looking at the Hisense U7N and the TCL alternative (cant remember the model, C755?) both are £900 but I hope they will have discounts over the next week or so, both support all the PS5 features. Gemini seems to think the TCL has the edge due to better screen uniformity or something and better motion handling for gaming

I'll be pairing the TV with a Fire TV Cube as well so not really bothered about what the OS is like

What I was wondering is if there are any similar alternatives I should also consider in that price range? I'm not looking to increase the budget for OLED or anything so the budget is pretty firm but if there is an obvious choice for a bit more then I could potentially stetch to it.

I'm also looking to pair with a soundbar but I think I'm pretty settled on the Amazon Fire Plus soundbar due to the clear voice feature and single remote use with the Fire TV unless there is a glaringly obvious alternative for sub £200

Open to any comments or suggestions please, cheers
 
While you're not planning to increase the budget for OLED, if you're open to one within budget, this seems to come in stock below £800 periodically:


Edit: if you ask someone in chat very nicely, you might even get a 10% off code, and if you create/have an LG account, you can get a further discount - I ended up paying just over £700 for mine
 
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Haggisman said:
While you're not planning to increase the budget for OLED, if you're open to one within budget, this seems to come in stock below £800 periodically:


Edit: if you ask someone in chat very nicely, you might even get a 10% off code, and if you create/have an LG account, you can get a further discount - I ended up paying just over £700 for mine
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Interesting thanks I'll look into this a bit more
 
TCL/Hisense use the same screen. Had one die in 3 years and it's replacement developed dead pixels with 5 days.
The second one was a 144Hz Freesync Premium Pro 'gaming TV', with ALLM etc etc, laughably bad ghosting and swearing!
Absolute garbage, never again!
 
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I would be interested on how you got on @Relentless81.

I'm in a similar situation. I want to replace an aging telly in a room that gets quite a lot of sunshine and has windows along the entirety of two adjacent walls. The room is 4m x 4.5m (13' x 14.7') so convincing the other half that a 65" was ideal was a hard sell, but annoying her with facts about field of view and size to distance bored her in to submission :D.

Looking for the ideal screen for this room has been an exercise in FOMO, specification creep and a reluctant expansion of budget which I'm sure this will be familiar to all here. First I started with a £600 budget (so ignoring OLED completely) and started looking at LED screens from the usual suspects. I soon realised that mini-LED would be best suited to the room so started looking at models from Hisense and TCL with the thought that you get more for your money when comparing these with LG and Samsung.

Then the road to madness started - first considered the TCL C6KS at £629 but that's only 60Hz and I want at least 100Hz. Then the Hisense E7Q Pro at £749 but that's direct lit LED, not mini-LED. Next up the list is the Hisense U7Q at £799 or the TCL C7K at £849 but both have a measly 2 year guarantee. Now the Hisense U7Q Pro at £949 is looking the most appealing with it's far better specification than anything before it and it's 5 year guarantee. But now Hisense's mini-LED range topper U8Q wants a word at £1,399 as well as LGs QNED86 and QNED93 at similar price points (but lesser warranty).

At this point I kinda stopped looking, I'm now in the realm of budget OLEDs, dammit. Am I right in thinking that budget OLEDs aren't as good as the best mini-LED?
 
So my fridge freezer decided to break at the weekend taking out a load of food with it so the trip to buy a new appliance on Sunday was not one of new TV excitement but of the boring fridge freezer variety

To be fair to curries the new one was installed and old one taken away by 9am Monday morning so fair play but now my TV budget is gone along with the dream of a shiny new TV until at least after Christmas

I wasn't aware of the short warranty, I got 6 years I think with richer sounds on my last one not sure if they still do that, I'm going to revisit after I have the money again but yeah, choosing a TV is PITA so in some ways I'm glad to put it in the back burner for a bit, loads of other stuff going on
 
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That sucks about the fridge freezer, needs must though.

The warranty thing with TCL is a surprise when comparing to Hisense although a few Hisense models only come with 2 years as well. LG is worse and a bit confusing. It's a standard 1 year unless the retailer is doing a special such as Richer Sounds with 6 years on some models. My brief look on LGs website was torturous and full of out of date info.

I'm almost convinced on the Hisense U8Q but maybe I need more-sense and should look at something else.
 
Mysterae_ said:
At this point I kinda stopped looking, I'm now in the realm of budget OLEDs, dammit. Am I right in thinking that budget OLEDs aren't as good as the best mini-LED?
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For a brightly lit room, definitely, OLEDs excel in darker rooms, and the budget ones certainly don't get as bright as LED lit
 
Mysterae_ said:
Thanks for the confirmation. I don't think I'm ready (to spend) for OLED right now with that in mind.
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Re going more expensive for spec, just forget it and stick strictly to your original £600 budget, it will make your choice easier. Your budget is your budget. Buy the TV and I'm sure it will be at least OK. If it's not, then start saving for a better TV, but only buy it once you have the budget available.
 
I bought an

Hisense 65E7NQTUK PRO from Richer sounds for £699.00 with 6 year guarantee and paired it with​

Samsung Q930F 9.1.4ch Q-Series Soundbar with Subwoofer & Rear Speakers from Amazon for £539 together really good, for gaming it has 144hz refresh rate.
 
radderfire said:
Re going more expensive for spec, just forget it and stick strictly to your original £600 budget, it will make your choice easier. Your budget is your budget. Buy the TV and I'm sure it will be at least OK. If it's not, then start saving for a better TV, but only buy it once you have the budget available.
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The budget I set was quite arbitrary. I had no idea what £600 got you with TV technology nowadays so it was more of a starting point truth be told. The last big TV I bought was in 2009 I think and that was the legendary Pioneer Kuro KRP-500A for £2.8k and it's still our main telly today. It refuses to die, not that I want it to as it's been such a great screen. I'm tempted to put the Kuro in the brighter room and get an OLED for the darker room. What I'm trying to say is I don't mind spending more if I can justify it :cry:.
 
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