Recommend a Black Friday TV

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

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Hi everyone I am thinking of getting a new TV and black Friday seems like the sensible time to do it.

Don't really have a fixed budget but looking to spend up to £600. Happy to pay less e.g curries have one for £400 atm. I'd want 4k and HDR. Built in free view HD and basic apps like Netflix (doesn't need to be Skype or games). I'd much rather skip that extra stuff and get better image quality.

I see there are different types of HDR. Is there a proper standard yet or is it like Blu Ray vs HD DVD.

I'd be using it for tv and films and occasional gaming. We're not film buffs or TV nerds hence not needing the best of the best.

We're coming from a 6 year old 32" LG 1080p TV so anyway will be a big leap (I hope!). We want 43" to 55".

What do you recommend?

Edit - it would be beneficial if it had a real SCART, composite /composite connection too!
 
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Mallers said:
Related question, does cyber monday result in any reduction over black friday for tv's, or do they keep the same price?
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how long is a piece of string?

retailers make the decision and it will depend on if they hit their targets on black friday.

some tv's may sell out. do you really want to take the risk to save a few quid?
 
almoststew1990 said:
Hi everyone I am thinking of getting a new TV and black Friday seems like the sensible time to do it.

Don't really have a fixed budget but looking to spend up to £600. Happy to pay less e.g curries have one for £400 atm. I'd want 4k and HDR. Built in free view HD and basic apps like Netflix (doesn't need to be Skype or games). I'd much rather skip that extra stuff and get better image quality.

I see there are different types of HDR. Is there a proper standard yet or is it like Blu Ray vs HD DVD.

I'd be using it for tv and films and occasional gaming. We're not film buffs or TV nerds hence not needing the best of the best.

We're coming from a 6 year old 32" LG 1080p TV so anyway will be a big leap (I hope!). We want 43" to 55".

What do you recommend?

Edit - it would be beneficial if it had a real SCART, composite /composite connection too!
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I went from a 1080p to 4k and unless you are watching high quality DVDs the difference isn't mind blowing, if you were going to OLED and willing to spend £1300 it would be a big leap, I don't think you are going to get that leap you are hoping for going for a 4k £600 TV if I am honest, will it be better than your 1080p yes but you'd be better saving for another year and making the jump to OLED
 
Its a shame they are not doing the C8 for the same as the B7/C7 was last year.
The B8 has taken the "entry level" price that the B7/C7 enjoyed :(
 
Hisense 6200 (whatever your preferred size is) is a total bargain at the moment. Direct lit LEDs too.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
it's not a 4k tv
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To not leave @TALON1973 hanging and confused; even though the panel has a resolution of 3840 x 2160, it is a RGBW panel, so 2880 pixels are RGB and 960 are W(hite). The white pixels make the screen brighter but obviously don't help with the image. So you have R,W,G,W,B,W,R,W,G,W,B,W and so on.
 
My parents don’t know the difference anyway lol. Having setup the LG last night it’s not to bad to be fair. Does hdr10 and the bbc HLG so any 4K content on iplayer will work .

@ £329 it’s more than good enough for them. Heck I paid £400 on the 32” panny 3 years ago. This is a massive leap up
 
I went to curries and upped my budget to £600. The tickets don't tell anything about the models, and show different characteristics for each TV, different videos on each TV (some low quality where the signal has been split so many times and some with underscan or ovetscan going on) and the salesman told me there is no differenvce between different 4k types, hdr10+ is about the framerate and I'd need a £40 cable to continue to use my non hdr, 1080p PS4 on the TV lol. Off to John Lewis now
 
almoststew1990 said:
Do I need the dolby hdr for real hdr? What is the difference between hdr10+ and the real one?

The dolby one as you say is simply going to be it of my price range
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fake HDR is a tv that will accept a HDR signal and process it but the panel itself cannot display the HDR picture.

a tv that can show HDR is one that has a 10 bit panel and has a certain level of nit brightness. only more expensive panels can do this.
 
MatsyLR said:
Its a shame they are not doing the C8 for the same as the B7/C7 was last year.
The B8 has taken the "entry level" price that the B7/C7 enjoyed :(
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Just got the 55" C8 for £1419.10 a few hours ago from Richer Sounds, Martin Dawes are giving 10% off today with code C810 - I didn't even have to tell the guy on the end of the phone who I was asking for a price match with, the moment I gave him the model number he just said we're beating Martin Dawes by £20
 
almoststew1990 said:
I went to curries and upped my budget to £600. The tickets don't tell anything about the models, and show different characteristics for each TV, different videos on each TV (some low quality where the signal has been split so many times and some with underscan or ovetscan going on) and the salesman told me there is no differenvce between different 4k types, hdr10+ is about the framerate and I'd need a £40 cable to continue to use my non hdr, 1080p PS4 on the TV lol. Off to John Lewis now
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Ideally you need to be doing your research at home first (use the retailer websites to see what models are available), and only then go into store with a shortlist and see the models in person. There's far more info on the internet than there ever will be in-store.
 
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