65" 4K HDR TV - under £2k

crinkleshoes said:
6 year warranty with Richer Sounds means I'm not bothered if it breaks in the 6 year period :p

The reason we're pushing it is the massive upgrade that the "little" extra money it is over the models you were after.

But nevermind - enjoy the Sony.
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thats the problem, LG are not admitting that losing massive amounts of blue and green calibration is a warranty issue, having had my own issues with what I regard TV breaking faults and LG not honouring warranty its not a risk I am prepared to take

and their view on burn-in is that you should use your oled "responsibly", so if you do get burn in it isn't covered as they will just blame you for using stuff with menus or whatever for too long

nearly a grand over a £2k budget isn't what I would call "little"

and I still wouldn't ever buy an LG again having already been caught out by their non-warranty
 
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Your choice then is clearly a Samsung MU / KS / QF if you want to get value for money (QF less so) and a very competitive picture, or a FAD tv, like Panasonic / Sony offer.

I personally went KS8000 as i'm using it in a brightly lit lounge setting (so LED brightness was best), on a catilever stand (so the weight of a FAD was a problem), primarily with an Xbox One / Sky Q (so it's often paused / on static display, so OLED wasn't worth risking).

You seem unfazed by the weight of a FAD and don't want image retention, nor want to spend an excessive amount... so a middle of the range FAD sounds a good fit.
 
pioneer2000 said:
Your choice then is clearly a Samsung MU / KS / QF if you want to get value for money (QF less so) and a very competitive picture, or a FAD tv, like Panasonic / Sony offer.

I personally went KS8000 as i'm using it in a brightly lit lounge setting (so LED brightness was best), on a catilever stand (so the weight of a FAD was a problem), primarily with an Xbox One / Sky Q (so it's often paused / on static display, so OLED wasn't worth risking).

You seem unfazed by the weight of a FAD and don't want image retention, nor want to spend an excessive amount... so a middle of the range FAD sounds a good fit.
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Thanks, i went for the sony as it included a UHD player and 0% finance which made it an easier sell to the missus

Reading, its not actually full array but edgelit but with some really clever tricks it scores better in reviews than most other full array ones
 
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andybird123 said:
they still aren't under £2k for a 65inch though, no amount of arguing is going to make that true and widespread reports of them going bad

ordered the sony now anyway so its pretty moot
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Congrats on the purchase! I hope you have no problems with it! I was going to buy the Sony A1 OLED my self but i got my OLED on a good deal so it was literally 2x the money of my OLED.

Enjoy it and please keep us updated on how you get on with it. :)
 
Chris1712 said:
You could get a 65ZD9, but personally I'd go for OLED probably B7V/C7V depending on style.
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not for under £2k you can't
I also don't want to suffer through burn-in / loss of blue issues and LG being completely useless when it comes to warranty

have ordered the sony XE930

Absorbentsolid said:
Enjoy it and please keep us updated on how you get on with it. :)
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Will do. Should be here some time next week.
 
Hey. Good call on the XE930. Mine's being delivered tomorrow.

I just rigged up the free UHD player today to my old telly and blimey! It's stunning. Even Amazon prime movies look awesome compared to the old fire TV stick we had. It's also much much quicker to respond.

Guess we'll be watching Inferno again tomorrow night (4k UHD came free in the box - another £20 saved - yay)
 
crinkleshoes said:
If I have any issues, I won't be dealing with LG - I'll be dealing with Richer Sounds - my 6 year warranty is with RS, not LG.
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You might want to re-read the warranty - you may well be dealing with the manufacturer and Richer Sounds will only cover panel defects in line with what the manufacturers warranty would cover. It basically covers catastrophic failure, it doesn't really cover dead pixels, burn-in or calibration drift any more than the manufacturers warranty does.
 
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LG. Is that an acronym for Let's Guess (how long it'll last?)

It's unproven technology whereas Sony have been pushing the envelope with RGB LED for years(it never took off because of the expense of production but a few people saw the potential)

In 2 or 3 years 8k will need nits. The more the better. Current OLED Tv's totally suck in this respect
 
crinkleshoes said:
If I have any issues, I won't be dealing with LG - I'll be dealing with Richer Sounds - my 6 year warranty is with RS, not LG.
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You will be dealing with LG. RS only come in to play if you have a complaint about LG.
I bought a Sony from RS it went wrong and phoned RS number and it put me through to Sony. RS did in the end get my cash back.
 
Boge said:
LG. Is that an acronym for Let's Guess (how long it'll last?)

It's unproven technology whereas Sony have been pushing the envelope with RGB LED for years(it never took off because of the expense of production but a few people saw the potential)

In 2 or 3 years 8k will need nits. The more the better. Current OLED Tv's totally suck in this respect
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i've been saying this for ages about OLED , but hey !
 
If they're a huge improvement in 2-3 years then I'll simply get a new one, you could hang around forever with TV's and what's rumoured to be landing.
 
Ayahuasca said:
If they're a huge improvement in 2-3 years then I'll simply get a new one, you could hang around forever with TV's and what's rumoured to be landing.
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Exactly... and with 6 years warranty, I'm really not worried. And while I'm not worried, I get to enjoy the best home TV solution on the market today.

deuse said:
You will be dealing with LG. RS only come in to play if you have a complaint about LG.
I bought a Sony from RS it went wrong and phoned RS number and it put me through to Sony. RS did in the end get my cash back.
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Yes... so I am still covered by RS, as per my original point.
 
Yes it's a good price for a 65"... but the 6400 has really washed out colours compared to the better models... I would rather have a 55" KS8000/9000/9500 over a 65" 6400 thanks to the improved IQ.
 
wow, some people really take purchase justification to a whole new level, I'm glad people are happy with their purchases no matter how little relation it bears to the requirements posted in the OP, and completely ignoring the reports of burn in and colour shift within 12 months
 
andybird123 said:
wow, some people really take purchase justification to a whole new level, I'm glad people are happy with their purchases no matter how little relation it bears to the requirements posted in the OP, and completely ignoring the reports of burn in and colour shift within 12 months
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I'm not ignoring anything.

I've had mine for 10 months and regularly have a PC Desktop background on it, play PC games, Xbox games, Switch games, PS4 Pro games etc for hours at a time and have never had image retention or burn in.

Not yet noticed any colour shifting either, but like you say - maybe early days.
 
VincentHanna said:
I'm not ignoring anything.

I've had mine for 10 months and regularly have a PC Desktop background on it, play PC games, Xbox games, Switch games, PS4 Pro games etc for hours at a time and have never had image retention or burn in.

Not yet noticed any colour shifting either, but like you say - maybe early days.
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they still aren't under 2k for 65 inch though, are they, and you can't say it isn't a risk factor, given how widespread the reports are
 
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