55" - 65" TV whilst buying new house

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Moving into a new house in February and I will want to upgrade the living room tv (55" Samsung UE55H6200AK) so that I can put the current TV in the kitchen/diner. Ideally I'd like 60" or 65" as the viewing distance will be greater than I am used to with the 55" but want to balance size with picture quality.

There will be a 120" projector screen in the room for serious film watching, the TV is for day-to-day TV use and gaming with a PS4 pro.

I'm not in a huge rush but noticed there are some deals about such as:
- Free Sky / Sky Q for 12 months when buying an LG 4K OLED
- £200 cash back when buying a TV and broadband

Is anyone aware of any other offers that are enough of an incentive to buy the TV now? Ideal budget is £1k with a maximum budget of £1.5k. The plan is to have Sky Q straight away in 2-3 rooms.

Current favourites are:

LG 55" C7 with the free Sky / SKy Q for 12 months so £1,499 - £384.
or
Samsung 65" UE65MU7000 at £1,299

What are your thoughts please?
 
If you are happy with 55" then deffo get the B7/C7 as it's an absolutely awesome TV.

If your heart is set on 65" then options:

Sony BRAVIA KD65XE9005
Panasonic TX65EX750B
Samsung UE65MU9000
Hisense 65NU8700

Or go for a beastly 75" ;)

Hisense H75N6800UK

Have you got sound already sorted?
 
Thanks Simmz.

Yes sound is sorted, the TV will never be used for Audio.

My main worry with 55" is that in the old house I sat about 4m from the screen and the new one it'll be more like 4.5m and for the last 6 months whilst we've been between houses I've sat 3m away from it.
 
hisense is 8 bit panel. I'd go with the Sony or the Samsung. I'd also possibly wait for this years QLEDS as brightness is likely to be in the 1500-2000 range.
 
Thing is, if it's just for normal tv watching and gaming, I don't think you will notice too much on the distance, if you plan to use the projector for movies etc.

How are you planning to display the TV, on a wall? Stand? As if on a wall, you could look at one of the mounts where it lays flat on the wall, but also gives you the options to move it away from the wall and tilt etc.
 
Go OLED and never look back. I love mine. Are you sure you can't stretch your budget some for a 65 though? You can get them down to £2300


Where in Notts are you?
 
I'm in Cotgrave Robocod.

Yes the budget could stretch to 65" but it feels like potentially diminishing returns. The main reason I am hesitant though is I was always of the view that as technologies moves on so quickly I'd rather upgrade more frequently at a lower price i.e. I think I only bought the last tv 3 years ago. I also need to at some point get a new TV for the bedroom so am probably better to spend £1.5k max and then a further £500 on a new bedroom TV.

Cheers though everyone, useful thoughts so far!
 
bemaniac said:
hisense is 8 bit panel. I'd go with the Sony or the Samsung. I'd also possibly wait for this years QLEDS as brightness is likely to be in the 1500-2000 range.
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Abyss said:
The TV will be wall mounted so that the projector screen can come down in front of it. Still work in progress but the below image gives you an idea and is a 55" on the wall. Pulling the sofa forward to the position shows keeps it at 4m but leaves a useless gap at the back. Better for the rear soundstage though!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yz0254y1kx0mfoj/living-room.jpg?dl=0
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It would work bud, as the mount stays flat against the wall when not in use.

Have a look here:

https://www.mantelmount.com/

That way you can bring it forward, and close the gap, plus if that’s the layout of your sofas, then You get the best of both worlds as if on the side sofa, can always turn it towards you.
 
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Slight update. I went to look at TVs today with the wife and we sat 4m from a 65" and 55".

We both agreed that buying a decent OLED 55" would be a waste as it's quite small so we will end up using the projector most of the time. In which case we may aswell just buy a £600-£700 LCD and accept that it's only for random TV with any proper series we watch or films put through the projector.

We were however quite impressed with a 65" at 4m and think we would use it a lot more for TV series and reserve the projector for films.

It therefore looks like the choice is spend £700 or spend £2500... So £2.5k it is!

Is the B7/C7 still the best OLED at that price point and 65"?
 
At that price, yes. But just be careful with OLED - burn in IS an issue, and LG don't cover it in the warranty, if I remember correctly. It'll be fine for you if:

  • You don't watch anything like the news with a channel logo for prolonged periods of time.
  • You're not a massive gamer (with the HUD)
  • It's not opposite a window, and therefore needs the brightness cranked

Get as long of a warranty as possible, and make sure the retailer covers burn in. Having worked at JL, I believe it's something they cover.

Definitely look into the top LCD Sony TVs as well - their motion handling was always popular amongst sport enthusiasts, of which there were many in Cardiff with the Rugby.
 
You can get the 65 B7 for £2229 From RS through their telesales and price matching. The difference between the B and C are pretty much just aesthetic. The B is a little more wobbly though.
 
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MrRockliffe said:
At that price, yes. But just be careful with OLED - burn in IS an issue, and LG don't cover it in the warranty, if I remember correctly. It'll be fine for you if:

  • You don't watch anything like the news with a channel logo for prolonged periods of time.
  • You're not a massive gamer (with the HUD)
  • It's not opposite a window, and therefore needs the brightness cranked

Get as long of a warranty as possible, and make sure the retailer covers burn in. Having worked at JL, I believe it's something they cover.

Definitely look into the top LCD Sony TVs as well - their motion handling was always popular amongst sport enthusiasts, of which there were many in Cardiff with the Rugby.
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Plenty of us with 2017 panels, many hours gaming and no burn issues to report.
 
RoboCod said:
You can get the 65 B7 for £2229 From RS through their telesales and price matching. The difference between the B and C are pretty much just aesthetic. The B is a little more wobnly too.
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I would stay away from so expensive TV, 2230 quid is extreme.
Just get something for 800-900 and be happy :D
 
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