LG 43UH668V

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I don't suppose anyone has the LG 43UH668V TV? My current 32" HD TV is starting to play up so I'm looking to get a new TV and thought during the current sale period/Black Friday would be a good opportunity.

The LG 43UH668V is currently available for £400. I wasn't specifically going to go for a 4K TV but at this price would it be too good an opportunity to pass? it also has Freeview HD/Play which I like and since I have Netflix and Amazon Prime would have a source for 4K content.
 
ZeroG said:
I don't suppose anyone has the LG 43UH668V TV? My current 32" HD TV is starting to play up so I'm looking to get a new TV and thought during the current sale period/Black Friday would be a good opportunity.

The LG 43UH668V is currently available for £400. I wasn't specifically going to go for a 4K TV but at this price would it be too good an opportunity to pass? it also has Freeview HD/Play which I like and since I have Netflix and Amazon Prime would have a source for 4K content.
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I was looking at the 49" version.

So far It's not clear to me if the panel is true 4k? (some mention of previous shenanigans from lg in that regard).
I suspect it is 8 bit hdr.
Some places list it without ethernet i.e. wifi only, although I suspect it has ethernet.

Tempted but I think a trip to the shop is probably required, though the staff are often clueless, unless someone has good experience/knowledge of it here?
 
stewski said:
I was looking at the 49" version.

So far It's not clear to me if the panel is true 4k? (some mention of previous shenanigans from lg in that regard).
I suspect it is 8 bit hdr.
Some places list it without ethernet i.e. wifi only, although I suspect it has ethernet.

Tempted but I think a trip to the shop is probably required, though the staff are often clueless, unless someone has good experience/knowledge of it here?
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I looked it up on a computer planet site and it's in stock at the store nearest to me so I guess it's a possibility to go and see the actual thing. A lot of people say you don't really notice 4K unless you are 50"+ but I'm not sure if this is true or not. I often find it quite hard to judge differences in a brightly lit store.
 
ZeroG said:
I looked it up on a computer planet site and it's in stock at the store nearest to me so I guess it's a possibility to go and see the actual thing. A lot of people say you don't really notice 4K unless you are 50"+ but I'm not sure if this is true or not. I often find it quite hard to judge differences in a brightly lit store.
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In terms of 4K, the most I've done is nose around a few stores.
Based on that I wouldn't worry about 4K below 49"ish sets.

Also, in store, generally they use good quality 4k HDR sources which is unlikely to be the case for common use.

This LG interested me as I saw it reported as a very good upscaler of SD/HD content and obviously the current prices are attractive.

If I had a silly budget the picture quality of large screen OLED was clearly a bigger step than 4k/HDR on it's own, but the truth is I don't care enough about the quality of the image to pay that kind of money.

While we are at it, there seem to be a never ending list of gotchas on TV's at the moment.

8 v 10 bit HDR
HDCP 2.2 on HDMI 2.0 ports or Not
cheapo tvs sometimes with only HDMI 1.4 but 4K screens
Panels that are not actually 4k but marketed as such
120Hz that isn't actually 120Hz but marketed as such
Interfaces that do stupid things (read that one sony had insane number of clicks to change mode to game/source)
Smart TV OS's that only support very limited apps
Wifi but no 1gb ethernet
response time

Partly the reason I'm tempted to pick an amount of cash, stand in a store and take a punt at a lowish cost TV, rather than attempt too much research and buy overly expensive new tech.
 
The problem with the cheap LG 4K sets is that they're all RGBW, not RGB. It does make a a difference...

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-l...-rgb-vs-rgbw-lcd-4k-ultra-hd-designation.html

The 8-bit vs 10-bit argument really doesn't matter THAT much unless you're talking about a 10-bit panel at twice the price. As far as I'm aware, the only 10-bit panel anywhere near this price range is the Sony XD80, but it's not that great vs 8-bit by most accounts, and an 8-bit panel with a wide colour gamut is going to be just as good.
 
I usually take forever comparing anything and try get as much as I can for my money but then I never end up using half the features of what I do end up buying. Also with things like TVs and laptops there are so many that are almost identical but have different model numbers.
 
Legend said:
The problem with the cheap LG 4K sets is that they're all RGBW, not RGB. It does make a a difference...

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-l...-rgb-vs-rgbw-lcd-4k-ultra-hd-designation.html

The 8-bit vs 10-bit argument really doesn't matter THAT much unless you're talking about a 10-bit panel at twice the price. As far as I'm aware, the only 10-bit panel anywhere near this price range is the Sony XD80, but it's not that great vs 8-bit by most accounts, and an 8-bit panel with a wide colour gamut is going to be just as good.
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Excellent link, based on that, I'd definitely need to confirm that the panel in question is RGB 4K before parting with my cash.

on 8bit 10bit for £400-£500 4K 43"-49" I probably wouldnt grumble about this either.

From what I've read WebOS is very slick/usable and supports the big apps for 4K streaming.

If the review I read is correct and this model is a very good upscaler I'd probably suggest that should be it's number one selling point for a good few years to come.

However for me if it doesn't have ethernet jack (although I think it should) I'd make that a deal breaker.

I've got to admit I'm very tempted at the 49" £500 price point, assuming it is proper UHD RGB.
 
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