New TV: 4k or 1080p?

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I'm looking at upgrade my old 55" set to 65" and don't really want to spend more than £1300-1400.

I've had a look and it seems my only two options are:

LG 65UF770V 4K WebOS 2 - £1299
Sony KDL65W859CBU 1080p Android TV - £1199

I know there isn't a lot of 4K content around and input lag on some 4K sets are horrifically bad, the LG has about 75ms of lag.

I can't shake the nagging feeling that buying a 1080P set when there are 4K sets out for the same price is a silly move.

Which would be the best way to go?
 
I doubt I'd be able to get OLED in 65" for £1400. I don't play the wait till the next model game.

I'm giving my old set to my dad who desperately needs one so I'd rather not wait.
 
TLOM, I've just been through the same quandary with the same brands (though I was limited to the 49" versions due to recess size). My heart was set on the Android Sony, colours etc is great but too many people mentioned the slowness of it with regards to the smart ui and menus sides of things. Webos 2 seems pretty quick and to be fair the LG 4k screen is pretty cool, up there with the Sony in my opinion.
I ended up going with the LG, waiting for Oled is great if you are a pure contrast and colour fanatic but my experience of oled screens so far has been poor, each pixel fades over time, certainly my Samsung galaxy note phones, each generation has suffered screen burnesque shadowing and dullness.
 
TheLegendOfMart said:
Did you read the thread?

I can get the 65" LG 4K or the 65" Sony 1080P.

Does a 4K TV make sense at the moment, would I be silly going for 1080P?
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He replied to your question...

If you aren't going to watch 4k content any time soon, or know your broadband wouldn't be able to support such content streamed, then why bother with a 4k if you already prefer the 1080p TV?
 
I'm an advocate of 4k if you have a use for it (PC Gaming/Netflix)

But at 65" you need to be spending a decent wedge of money for a good 4k TV.

Hence, go 1080p at your budget...

Plus CES announcements mean new batch of TV's are still 4-5 months away and you need it quick. HDR is the new thing this year.
 
Get 4k if your budget allows, just make sure 1080p/720p and SD look ok. Make sure the OS on the TV is snappy. Sadly most are NOT (android based tv's and LG's Web OS). Absolutely test the TV before purchasing it, you can feel if the responsiveness of the OS is OK and you can see non 4k content on it. From what 4k tvs I've seen, yeah some content is very good. Unfortunately it is some and it'll make up 1% of your viewing material for a good few years. Me I went for the best 1080p big TV (with a fast OS) I could get back in August. Don't regret it at all. It's an absolute must for more 4k content bit it's years away, years. Upto you but by the time decent regular 4k content is out the TVs will be light years ahead of what's available now. Another feature is my 1080p samsung has a decent response time so it can be used for gaming very easily and when I turn down the sharpness can actually have a useful windows desktop, albeit very big. Definitely look heavily before purchasing.
 
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1080P it is then. I guess I could wait a few years for the tech to mature, content to come out and OLED prices to drop.

I know my budget is relatively small and I'm not going to get an amazing TV but I have the money to upgrade and my father needs a TV so...
VincentHanna said:
I'm an advocate of 4k if you have a use for it (PC Gaming/Netflix)

But at 65" you need to be spending a decent wedge of money for a good 4k TV.

Hence, go 1080p at your budget...

Plus CES announcements mean new batch of TV's are still 4-5 months away and you need it quick. HDR is the new thing this year.
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Thanks, sorry I took your first post the wrong way, thought you were being a snob at the amount of money I wanted to spend.
 
Not at all, I've wasted enough money on TV's over the years to not get snobby over it.

They are only just firming up the final '4k' specs at the moment, so my Panasonic 58" AX802B is already on the virge of being obsolete.
 
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so my Panasonic 58" AX802B is already on the virge of being obsolete.
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You see I do not look at it like that.

Mine has been excellent I have watched some small amount of 4k content on it not much but some and then TV shows (almost exclusively High Bit rate HD rips as I no longer watch almost any broadcast TV).

At no point did I think I paid massively over the top for it or that I would be better waiting a year for OLED or whatever.

At the moment the 802 plays Netflix and amazon in 4k and will of course support the new Blu ray standard so even bought today would still be an ok choice (a good choice at sub £1000 imo) and has a very decent picture.

I think buying a 1080 TV today is just going to leave that niggle that you have bought obsolete (the obvious exception being OLED, but even then 4k OLED).

I can understand the argument if it was a VT65 vs X in 4k but it is not.

How much cheaper is a 1080 set than a 4K set and is the 1080 actually on a par at 1080 content ?
 
OK, not obsolete but it doesn't fully support the official 4k ratified spec even though it does have HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2

I'm really happy with it for what I paid for it (£1649) with 5 year warranty and I use it for 4k gaming nearly everyday.
 
They have only just completely finalised the UHD spec, getting a UHD TV that isn't fully compliant doesn't seem like a good idea to me. I'd wait a little before going UHD.
 
wellibob said:
Get 4k if your budget allows, just make sure 1080p/720p and SD look ok. Make sure the OS on the TV is snappy. Sadly most are NOT (android based tv's and LG's Web OS). Absolutely test the TV before purchasing it, you can feel if the responsiveness of the OS is OK and you can see non 4k content on it. From what 4k tvs I've seen, yeah some content is very good. Unfortunately it is some and it'll make up 1% of your viewing material for a good few years. Me I went for the best 1080p big TV (with a fast OS) I could get back in August. Don't regret it at all. It's an absolute must for more 4k content bit it's years away, years. Upto you but by the time decent regular 4k content is out the TVs will be light years ahead of what's available now. Another feature is my 1080p samsung has a decent response time so it can be used for gaming very easily and when I turn down the sharpness can actually have a useful windows desktop, albeit very big. Definitely look heavily before purchasing.
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Can always plug in apple tv/ fire tv if the OS isn't good. Thats what I plan on doing when I get my new tv soon.
 
I agree plugging in a Fire tv or whatnot is easy and often better but the tv's OS needs to operate fast enough when you turn the damn thing on. Waiting 10 seconds to change a input source is beyond a joke and you'll be surprised how many new TVs simple cannot do that until it's fully booted up and settled. Test before purchasing any tv period. Saves a lot of hassle.
 
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