Poll: How often do you replace/upgrade your TV

How often do you replace/upgrade your TV?

  • Every year

    Votes: 1 0.6%

  • 2 Years

    Votes: 1 0.6%

  • 3 Years

    Votes: 2 1.2%

  • 4 Years

    Votes: 5 3.0%

  • 5+ Years

    Votes: 53 32.3%

  • 10+ Years

    Votes: 24 14.6%

  • When it Breaks

    Votes: 52 31.7%

  • When new significant features are added (e.g. 1080P, 4K, HDR, 8K etc)

    Votes: 26 15.9%

  • When any new model is available

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    164
My last TV was 10 years old before I replaced it and bought only my 2nd TV since I moved into my own place 15 years ago.

Child on the way and it gets more use now anyway so I doubt that'll happen again. I've put 5+ years as I aim to get it through the warranty period, so absolute minimum of 5/6 years.
 
Been on average about every five years, latest upgrade has been a 65inch OLED from a 55inch LCD.

Generally, when the newer tech gets down to consumer pricing, I'll bite.
 
Sitting Room

1997: My First TV was a 32 inch Sony Trinitron

2004: I replaced this with a 42 inch Panasonic Plasma the TXP42UT30.

2016: Got my First OLED, with the LG EG55910V and retired the Panasonic plasma.

Computer Room/Home Cinema room/Office

2009: I bought a Pioneer LX5090.

2020: I replaced the Pioneer with an LG 55CX

In the Poll I answered that I replace my TV every ten years or more.
 
My main TV is a 2010 Panasonic plasma (50” V20) which is going to be kept until it breaks!

I have bought a TV for another room (cheap Song 50” LCD) in the interim so not sure if that counts as a replacement. Had a really nice 42” Panasonic plasma bought in 2008, but that was a shared TV with a mate so was sold when we moved house.

I think I’ll look to upgrade the TV if we move to a new house, but not required just yet.
 
5yrs roughly, providing there is some good new tech/features that make it worthwhile. Now days a new tv takes a good 12 months to be fixed/improved with firmwares, so buying a new tv every year is just daft:D

That's why I think it's always better getting the last years model because it been improved or small issues fixed, not that I did that last year as I got the CX, but plan to keep that for the foreseeable.

Also buying a TV every 4-5 years +, you are likely to see and appreciate any improvements much much more, than seeing very minor improvements buying a tv every year or two.
 
1998 Panasonic 32" CRT - very heavy!
2010 Samsung 46" LN46C750 - still using it nice picture
2022 XXXXXX OLED 65" - planned purchase

I like to get my money's worth!
 
krooton said:
2004 - 28" CRT
2008 - 32" 720p Panny LED
2010 - 42" 1080p Panny Plasma
2014 - 40" 1080p Sammy LED
2019 - 50" 4k Hisense LED
2021 - 65" 4k Hisense HDR LED
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Was there an issue with your Panny plasma in 2014? otherwise I'm surprised you opted for a downgrade and then plunged into the world of hisense who do have some decent models but majority are garbage.

I replaced my panny plasma with a Sony FALD. It's a side grade IMO where the Sony has 4k and HDR. It will never compete with the deep blacks even with FALD or the individual pixels lighting up themselves.

I'm waiting for OLED to mature some more or a competitor to arrive.
 
2009 - 32" LG
2012 - 32" Samsung EH5000 (still going, relegated to bedroom TV)
2013 - 42" Samsung F5000 (died in 2018)
2018 - 43" LG UJ630V

Have just replaced the backlit on the LG which should hopefully keep it going until the next upgrade, which like most will probably be OLED, but I imagine it'll be some time before they are in my price range.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
Was there an issue with your Panny plasma in 2014? otherwise I'm surprised you opted for a downgrade and then plunged into the world of hisense who do have some decent models but majority are garbage.

I replaced my panny plasma with a Sony FALD. It's a side grade IMO where the Sony has 4k and HDR. It will never compete with the deep blacks even with FALD or the individual pixels lighting up themselves.

I'm waiting for OLED to mature some more or a competitor to arrive.
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It was a 42" mid-range plasma (S20) and was attached to the wall of the flat.

I split up with my gf, and left it there, as I didn't have room in a house-share for such a big tv.

And the first Hisense was an absolute bargain (£250) and was to tide us over when we moved in to our house (I sold the 40" Sammy for £200).

The current one is a very decent U8Q that I got at a good price (I'm more than happy with mid-range tvs)
 
I replaced my 2010 Panasonic 42" plasma 18 months ago with a 55" Panasonic OLED. The plasma went down my shed and then decided to pack up so have just put a mid range 50" Hisense down there. Its not bad for a Cheap £400 TV but not a patch on the OLED!
 
1993 - 28" CRT (no name from Currys)
2003 - Panasonic TX-36PD30 (80kgs of CRT goodness)
2012 - Panasonic TX-P50GT30B (still in use)

Waiting for OLED/4K to be slightly more sensible money before making the switch from plasma.
 
I skipped the plasma stage, I couldn't get over the flickering on my parent's Panny and models I saw in shop, it was horrible. I assume this got better as the tech matured over time or required some setting tuning to get rid?
 
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