New TV

[McDaniel]

Hey All,

Looking to get a new TV in a couple of months when I move to my new house.

I have a budget of around £2500 (I can save ~8% at Currys due to a work scheme too). I will be sat around 3.5m from the screen and it will be used for Gaming and Films mostly so input lag is important.

At the moment I've got my eye on LG OLEDs. I've noticed the B6/C6 are both at £2.8k and with my discount will sit around my budget.

C6 as I understand it has passive 3D and the LG chipset over the B6 otherwise the same. The curve is the other feature C6 has, I am not adverse to C6 and I am the primary user, with the odd bit of company (heyooo).

What are peoples views on curve (won't be wall mounted) - anyone have a C6/B6 that can share any insight?

Any other TV's I should consider?

Oh finally 65" is minimum for me, I'd love a 75 but realise for my budget I'd lose a lot of quality for the size with something like the Hisense

Thanks Y'all.

 

[McDaniel]

Why not wait for the inevitable discounts around the spring as the new TVs from CES 2017 start to get released to the public. I remember my Sony x85 in 2014 went from a £2000 set to £999 just months later because of this. Made me re-think the timing of future purchases.

I'll be buying late March / early April - when I move I wont actually have a TV but can happily wait till then, just doing research now

Regardless of the TV the best advice you will get is this. Ignore your work scheme, spend the 8% more if needed and buy from John Lewis or Richersounds for the 5/6 year warranty and hassle free returns/swaps/customer service/buyer's remorse.

This is a really good point thanks.

 

[McDaniel]

Does it have to be an LG/OLED? Reason I say is that a Panasonic DX902b is one of the best LED tv's ever made and can only be bettered by the Sony Z9D which is a lot more money?

Agree about RS and JL, only two places that I will buy a TV from. 5/6 Years cover and excellent customer service when things go wrong!

Not at all, just the OLED were in budget and seemed to tick a lot of boxes

 

[McDaniel]

Cool, RS have the 65" DX902b for £2349, this set is superb for the price and has the best colour accuracy of any TV. It does have a bit of Halo and slightly aggressive lighting but it is great.

If in no rush see how much the new 2017 tv's come out at as these will knock the prices down as well considering LG, Sony and Panny are all now doing OLED

I'll do some reading on that TV, thanks for the suggestion.

I won't be buying to late Mar/early Apr not sure when 2017 range are out but hopefully will knock current prices even more!

 

[McDaniel]

Oh wow, imagine dropping a couple grand on a TV and getting that!!