55" / 60" TV - Features Advice?

[blitzwing85]

Bought a 47" Sony 3D, Smart TV in November and it's a great TV. However, it's just too small for my living room.
I'm taking it, and the PS4 upstairs as I prefer gaming in the bedroom as it's nice and out of the way.

This will replace a 42" Samsung which I'll just keep in the spare room as a spare.


I need a 55" or 60" TV for the living room.
1 thing I've found on the Sony is that the repsonse time for menu's is rather slow.
For the living room, it'll just be used to watch movies/tv and nothing more. I do not need it to be 3D, nor Smart.


So, regarding features - are there many non Smart or 3D TV's available these days? The main store sites I've looked on all have these features.

I don't have a budget specifically but at the same time I like to get the best value - especially as I just bought an expensive TV so recently. So i'd rather not pay for features I'd never have a need for.

Any advice on the best value 55"+ TVs on the market right now? (for non-gaming)

 

[Jase]

Just because the TV has features you don't have to use them the price difference would be minimal really.

When I change my main TV, I think I'll go for one of the Sony 4K's.

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronic/bravia

I must stop think about it otherwise I'll just end up buying one sooner.

 

[blitzwing85]

Yeah I guess I just wondered if many TV's were sold without those features for a cheaper price. I don't go shopping so no idea about smaller shops around town centres etc - just whatever is online and most big retailers only sell SMART TVs now.

Thing is, I think adding Smart feature makes the TV less responsive so if I'm not going to use it I'd rather not have it. I have about 10 internet based devices in the house I don't need another one.

Either that, or the 2-3 Smart TVs I happened to have tried have just been generally slow anyway.



There were loads of non-Smart TVs when I looked back in Oct/Nov 2013...but doesn't seem to be any about now


4K would be nice. lol. Not spending those prices on a TV yet though. Saying that, LG have a 55" one for £2000 already.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

as soon as you make the jump from 50" to 55" the price jumps up a large amount, and then again for 60"

there is no such thing as a budget 55" or bigger TV all of them come at a premium because they are large TV's which are a lot harder to manufacture, transport, store, etc, etc.

all decent 55" tv's will cost good money. the only thing I can think of is a projector tbh which would be a "budget" option as in you could put one together for the same money as a 55" but the size will actually be 120" or whatever you can accomodate.

so it won't be cheap but it will be HUGE and well worth the money unlike the jump to a 55-60" currently.

I would then use your 42" tv alongside the projector tbh for when you don't need a big screen.

 

[blitzwing85]

I'm not specifically looking for a budget TV. Don't want to sound like a git but affordability isn't really an issue. Just thought if there was £100 or so reduction by finding one without Smart feature then it'd be worth it.

But your point about the jump in cost pretty much sums up what I'm finding. By the time you get to 55", they only sell the high spec models and they are all Smart Tvs.

I'd love a projector for movies but the room isn't big enough for that unfortunately. It's about 16' long but there is a massive window bay so the TV distance is on the smaller length of about 12'

So 60" would be about right, with 55" being sufficient.

I guess I'll just have to have another Smart TV then as they all include it. Not a big deal...bit annoying I can't get one without but as you say if they cost more, and they sell less then they are not going to offer such a varied range

 

[Psycho Sonny]

if affordability isn't an issue then all you should be doing is going to avforums and asking them what is the best 60" 1080P LCD currently on the market, the difference between the cheapest and the best will be so little there's no point skimping in that price bracket tbh. it would be like going into a ferrari showroom and asking if you can get them to throw in a tank of petrol for free.