Cheap, big TV

[MichaelAwkward]

Just moved into a new house. Looking for a TV for the lounge. Won't be hooked up to an aerial, just used for catchup through Now TV as well as movie watching and possibly gaming.

Currently can't decide between:

Panasonic TX-40C300B for £259 - only has 16W speakers: http://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/viera-televisions/led/tx-40c300b.specs.html
Panasonic TX-42A400B for £299 - 20W speakers: http://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/viera-televisions/led/tx-42a400b.specs.html
Sharp LC-50CFE5101K for £329 - 16W speakers, but biggest screen for the money: http://www.sharp.eu/av/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/LC-50CFE5101K.pdf

All from Tesco (possibly can get a family member who works there for buy it with their discount).

Or Samsung UE40J5100 - 20W speakers for £339 from John Lewis (for the 5 year standard warranty): http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/tv-audio-video/televisions/hd-tvs/UE40J5100AKXXU

All Full HD, all have Freeview HD for if we want to hook up the aerial and pay TV license in the future.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

i may be wrong (have not checked) but if you are watching catchup services do you not need a tv license? as they tried getting university students to pay for a license even though they watch catchup from their digs?

You are wrong.

Only need a license for live broadcasts.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

So I went for the Sharp 50" in the end. Turned up today, seems great but then I noticed a dark patch in the bottom left corner of the screen... (Yeah, the bottom right corner is dark too and the top right to a lesser extent).

Just rang Tesco to arrange a replacement.

Other than that is seems like a bargain for the price. Combined with the Now TV box 2, it'll be perfect for my use... provided I get one with a decent screen.