Spec me a new TV for under £700

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So my TV is playing silly beggars again and John Lewis have decided it is beyond economical repair and so are giving me a pretty much full refund.


I've got a budget of £700 and would ideally like to stick with John Lewis as the 5 year warranty provides comfort.

My current set is the Panasonic TX-50DX700B so I'd like to stay around the 50" mark as it's for the living room.

So what would you guys recommend?
 
Sadly £700 is my absolute limit atm I may be able to get john Lewis to price match though, not sure if its cash I've got or a voucher. As Ive had the tv over 2 years.
 
Right now, no I can't.

Sorry missed your previous post, atm I have my daughters christening to pay for so I don't have any disposable cash atm.
 
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That's a no from me then, I've had enough of problematic tv's...

Just wish I wasn't locked in to John Lewis as they don't seem to have as good a deal as some of their competitors.
 
Isn't the Nu8000 let down by the 60hz panel though?

Spoke to John Lewis today again to see what they recommended and they've offered an additional £50 to help me find something, very nice of them but I now find myself looking at the Panasonic TX-50GX800B at £749 but really uneasy about another Panasonic after all the faff I've had. Plus I can't seem to find reviews as I think it's quite new.
 
@Psycho Sonny Very true, to be fair the one I've got when working as intended is a cracking TV. Excellent picture quality for the money.

I guess I'm just struggling to pick something, usually because when I come to buy something like this usually I've spent quite a bit of time looking at different options and have been mobile enough to actually go look at TV sets in the real world and decide what I like best. Here I'm pretty limited, options wise considering I'm having to replace the unit via John Lewis and it's come at a not so great time for their line up.

Out of curiosity which unit would you pick?
 
@MrRockliffe I guess I could get the Hisense and then a semi decent sound bar. The problem is I've seen quite a few reviews saying the Hisense TV's have lots of problems.
 
What wasn't wrong with the Panasonic would be easier to write about. Most prominently though was persistent black screens, or videos displaying in weird and wonderful ways. It would go away, get fixed and do the exact same things again.

The missus just wants it sorted out as going for what could be up to a month without getting our money back and without a TV when you've got kids etc isn't going to fly! As such none of my current options are particularly stand out at this price bracket and I don't want to get into any debt.
 
@Destination thank you mate, the main thing putting me off was the 60hz of the 49" but am much more interested in the above.... hopefully be able to get them to match the sound bar offer too
 
JL have been really good albeit a little slow to get to this point.

So I'm actually really happy now! I was able to convince John Lewis to give me the cash after showing I could get much better deals with some of their competitors. I still had the roughly two weeks to wait for a refund so the mother in law has graciously loaned us the £700 until we get our refund.

That said I was able find a Samsung QE55Q6FN with a very reputable smallish high street retailer and haggle them down in price to £700 which includes a 5 year manufacturer warranty. It's a pity JL weren't able to match the offer and they really did try, even phoning their retail stores to try and find the same tv as a possible clearance item.
 
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