Spec me a TV for under £400 ASAP

[Daze]

Looking to buy a new TV as the current one has just popped its clogs. Nothing too fancy as it'll only be used occasionally.

Budget £400
43" or thereabouts
Doesn't have to be 4K but 1080p at least
Picture quality paramount
Few features such as Netflix etc would be cool

Currently looking at the LG 43UH603V - opinions?

Cheers

 

[Psycho Sonny]

You cannot go wrong with that LG tbh. I have the model above it the UH750V iirc and it's brilliant. very fluid OS, amazing built in sound. I'm impressed and the 4 panels I had before it were all high end premium sets.

 

[kissenger]

I'm also looking for a new TV in the sub-£500 market, so I thought I would ask in this thread rather than start a new one.

I've considered the 43UH603V too, but then I read it's only an 8-bit panel, so quite an inferior 4K TV. People have even said you would be better with a higher spec 1080p than the 43UH603V.

 

[Vertigo]

I'm also looking for a new TV in the sub-£500 market, so I thought I would ask in this thread rather than start a new one.

I've considered the 43UH603V too, but then I read it's only an 8-bit panel, so quite an inferior 4K TV. People have even said you would be better with a higher spec 1080p than the 43UH603V.

Unless you're sitting less than 5 feet away from it, there's little point in a 4K 43" set and yes, you'd be better off getting a better-specced 1080p one.

I have a Sony 43WD752 in the bedroom and it's very good indeed but about £430 so over the OP's budget.

 

[kissenger]

I'm having second thoughts now anyway. I doubt I'd be able to significantly improve on my old Panasonic plasma without buying OLED, which is out of my price bracket anyway.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

I'm also looking for a new TV in the sub-£500 market, so I thought I would ask in this thread rather than start a new one.

I've considered the 43UH603V too, but then I read it's only an 8-bit panel, so quite an inferior 4K TV. People have even said you would be better with a higher spec 1080p than the 43UH603V.

lot of rubbish it's 8 bit with dithering. there is no such thing as a high spec 1080p brand new these days they have all been phased out and i think the last one sold brand new was about 2-3 years ago.

4k is the only way to get a high spec tv these days. also 8 bit with dithering isn't hugely inferior to 10 bit, yes it's not as good but it's not hugely inferior.

8 bit with dithering isn't as good as true 10 bit however it's better than just 8 bit on it's own.

the LG sets are very good for what they are. i should know I own one and I also own 2 top of the line 1080p tv's. a pany plasma and a top of the line sony before they ditched the high end 1080p market.

Unless you're sitting less than 5 feet away from it, there's little point in a 4K 43" set and yes, you'd be better off getting a better-specced 1080p one.

I have a Sony 43WD752 in the bedroom and it's very good indeed but about £430 so over the OP's budget.

rubbish. first of all it gives you access to the 4k streams which are a lot better in terms of IQ than 1080p streams. so you would notice a difference straight away on UHD streams regardless of the size / distance of the tv.

that sony also only has a 60hz refresh rate

http://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/d78f456

this is the sony I own

http://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/9bbe143


also I have a 43" tv and i can tell the difference from 10 feet away. so again distance means nothing with smaller sets unless your ridiculously stupid distances away. your eyesight plays a huge part in this. i can spot a fly walking on my grass in my back garden from the upstairs spare bedroom >20 feet away.

 

[Vertigo]

also I have a 43" tv and i can tell the difference from 10 feet away

Hahaha, now who's talking rubbish?

A 43" 1080p screen at 10ft would have a pixel width of 0.5mm which equates to about 34 arc seconds. Normal human vision has a resolving power of approximately 1 arc minute, so you'd need to have double this resolving power just to distinguish pixels on a 1080p display and thus even begin to benefit from 4K.

But of course, like everyone who spouts such rubbish, you have superhuman vision, the like of which science has never encountered

 

[Psycho Sonny]

maybe you should go look at the test avforums did a while back with a 4k tv and a 1080p tv where the people had to stand behind a line / physical barrier xx feet away.

i can tell the difference. as i have a htpc connected and then go onto youtube and select 1080p then select 4k.

i also have 4k files and the difference is extremely noticeable.

 

[TALON1973]

I'll give a perspective of someone with damaged eyes. My left eyes shot to hell but my right eyes pretty good. I can tell the differnce in a 4k picture compared to 1080p on a 40" easily at 10 ft. And the streaming is miles better as well .

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Hahaha, now who's talking rubbish?

A 43" 1080p screen at 10ft would have a pixel width of 0.5mm which equates to about 34 arc seconds. Normal human vision has a resolving power of approximately 1 arc minute, so you'd need to have double this resolving power just to distinguish pixels on a 1080p display and thus even begin to benefit from 4K.

But of course, like everyone who spouts such rubbish, you have superhuman vision, the like of which science has never encountered

try it for yourself rather than quoting stuff off the internet. proof is in the pudding and you need to try it with your own eyes.