Please Spec me a TV - OLED/QLED 55 inch under £850 - Big Disappointment with New TV

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I just bought a Hisense 55U7QF but the motion is awful - almost like I'm watching 10fps at times. It's somehow worse than my 2016 55M3300 Hisense even though it's a 2020 model with better specs.

Really upset and disappointed, going to post it up for sale this week.

Hisense has let me down with this one :(




When looking online it's a big confusing minefield out there with TV's


Can anyone recommend me a good 55 inch TV for under £850?

I'm not too bothered about anything too fancy, would love an OLED but I guess this is out of my price range and screen burn scares me.

I only watch youtube and Netflix and USB content, gaming sometimes but it won't be used for gaming. I leave that to the GSYNC monitor on my desk.

but would be nice to use it as a second monitor or for gaming when friends are round for a larger screen.

again though don't need a gaming TV though

The main thing is:

60hz smooth panel or 120hz if possible
Good blacks
Good colour
55 inch
Decent OS


don't need but would be nice:

Dolby Atmos
Bluetooth
The best OS
GSYNC



any help would be much much appreciated!

thanks guys!
 
I'd wait for the reviews of sky glass tv to pop up seeing how you can buy it out right for that price and also has the sound bar built in. If in a rush however, the Philips oled dropped again. Older model but solid TV for the price - Philips Ambilight 55OLED705.
 
Simmz said:
I'd wait for the reviews of sky glass tv to pop up seeing how you can buy it out right for that price and also has the sound bar built in. If in a rush however, the Philips oled dropped again. Older model but solid TV for the price - Philips Ambilight 55OLED705.
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Hi buddy thanks for your reply,

I've not seen the sky glass, they look amazing but can't find much spec-wise on them, like I say I'm just after great motion and true blacks.

I was looking at the Phillips but was told they aren't as good as they make out to be (when compared to LG) and a lot of people have been having issues with them.


I keep steering towards the LG CX, any thoughts?
 
andicole0 said:
Is gsync really necessary? Adaptive sync has standardise somewhat I thought.
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Yes, GSYNC is much smoother than freesync and anything else (as long as you have a GSYNC GPU powering it)

GSYNC is an actual chip inside the TV doing work while freesync is just built into the TVs software
 
DomBruv said:
Hi buddy thanks for your reply,

I've not seen the sky glass, they look amazing but can't find much spec-wise on them, like I say I'm just after great motion and true blacks.

I was looking at the Phillips but was told they aren't as good as they make out to be (when compared to LG) and a lot of people have been having issues with them.


I keep steering towards the LG CX, any thoughts?
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I would have said the LG CX, it's the TV I have. But you said you want something for under £850... Which for what you are asking for spec wise isn't going to happen. So you either up your price or will have to lose some features unfortunately.
 
Simmz said:
I would have said the LG CX, it's the TV I have. But you said you want something for under £850... Which for what you are asking for spec wise isn't going to happen. So you either up your price or will have to lose some features unfortunately.
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I've seen a few of the 55inch versions hit that price on sale mate, also seen them second hand for around £600 - but that screen burn does scare me off a little as I do have TV on for long periods of time in the background while working
 
Hmm, never seen the CX drop below a £1000 myself and second hand ones at that price will probably have faults. Most have the classic visible line going down the screen. While screen burn can happen, if worried buy from JL who will cover it.

Have you checked to make sure your Hisense isn't faulty. What's the actual issue?
 
DomBruv said:
Yes, GSYNC is much smoother than freesync and anything else (as long as you have a GSYNC GPU powering it)

GSYNC is an actual chip inside the TV doing work while freesync is just built into the TVs software
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Your first statement isn't true at all.

Second statement is also false. There are no TV's with a Gsync module inside, they are Gsync compatible.

And Freesync isn't just built into the TV's software, it's a hardware and a software solution.
 
Simmz said:
Hmm, never seen the CX drop below a £1000 myself and second hand ones at that price will probably have faults. Most have the classic visible line going down the screen. While screen burn can happen, if worried buy from JL who will cover it.

Have you checked to make sure your Hisense isn't faulty. What's the actual issue?
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the issue is with the motion, there is too much sutter and screen tearing - common issue with them apparently


I really want the LG CX but for around 1k I'd expect at least 4 years of every day use with no screen burn, JL don't list them at the moment.
 
DomBruv said:
LG OLED55C14LB I've found for £900 with 5 year guarantee.

seems to be on par with the CX?
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Where have you found a 55" C1 for £900? That sounds too cheap

CostCo are normally pretty cheap, usually at least in line with other retailers offers etc. and they're only at £1,230 at the moment for that model.
 
Kenai said:
Where have you found a 55" C1 for £900? That sounds too cheap

CostCo are normally pretty cheap, usually at least in line with other retailers offers etc. and they're only at £1,230 at the moment for that model.
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John Lewis mate, with a discount code I've found online. +5 year warranty

Never been or bought anything from CostCo before but I'll check them out.
 
DomBruv said:
the issue is with the motion, there is too much sutter and screen tearing - common issue with them apparently
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What motion setting do you have enabled? I have the 65" version of that TV and haven't experienced any issues with it, but I hate all the "true motion" rubbish on modern TVs and turn it off straight away because it looks terrible and whoever invented it should be shot :p
 
DomBruv said:
John Lewis mate, with a discount code I've found online. +5 year warranty

Never been or bought anything from CostCo before but I'll check them out.
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Fair enough, it's listed on JL at £1299, so can't knock it if you've got a voucher that'll get you £400 off, that's a fantastic discount :eek:
 
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