Spec TV for a ftb.

Lighters

Lighters

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Current owners, perspective may be changed due to angle. 50 inch I think.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gg208btr1hauehy/Screenshot_2015-11-25-18-04-38.png?dl=0away.

Sky+HD
Netflix
Amazon prime
Plan to be streaming local high quality content.

Can people link some good bargains / recommended TVs

Looking around 50-65 inch, preferably the sweet spot for IQ and size.

.is this worth getting?http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/son...roid-tv-479-98-costco-2411496?page=5#comments

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-KD-49X8307C-49-inch-UltraHD-Freeview/dp/B00VOAMS5A let down by android tv, it does have an upscaler.

Is this the 1 to go for? http://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-...etime-freeview-hd-and-built-in-wi-fi/p1929846

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4558912.htm#pdpProductReviews seems a steal of a price? Have chromecast/amazon firetv so shouldnt be an issue?
 
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Thanks for the reply, looks like I'm taking out either big bang Virgin package or fibre plus big family package with sky. Gf absolutely must have pause rewind and record options.

Is there an alternative to paying sky/Virgin this?

Can you record freeview and how?
 
Ok so as these threads usually go, ignore all the advice provided j/k

I managed to get an excellent deal with the
sky family package (All tv except movies/sports) £0
Unl fibre bb (40) £10/20
Line rental £11.31

£21.31 pm for 6 month then
31.31 pm for the remaining 6 month.

So now I have installation for Wed...

As I can get a 4k TV for just a little bit more than 1080p will it always look better?
I have read reviews 4k tvs playing sd can look very bad due to poor upscaling. (Do they mean worse than 1080p tvs?) Hows that possible with more pixels per inch?

So im kitted with the above:
Chromecast
Fire TV Stick
I need a DVD/BLURAY player and then speakers?
Any other hardware that would be useful? external storage or something to play my files across the network? is this possible?
 
Lighters said:
As I can get a 4k TV for just a little bit more than 1080p will it always look better?
I have read reviews 4k tvs playing sd can look very bad due to poor upscaling. (Do they mean worse than 1080p tvs?) Hows that possible with more pixels per inch?
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Yes worse than 1080p.

The reason is that you are taking a very low resolution picture (720x576 resolution) and running it on a very high resolution screen (3840 x 2160)

So the original source video is basically zoomed in to fill that resolution and ends up looking pretty bad.

SD on my 1080p plasma (bedroom) looks much better than SD on my 4k TV in the lounge.
 
Makes sense, thanks for that information :)

So if I'm planning to use HD / 1080P / 4K content then it would be better for a 4k TV on the higher quality content.

It will rarely be used to SD/HD tv as thats all the G/F will use. I will mainly be streaming very high quality sources :) Netflix, Amazon prime etc

Whats the best /easiest way to play external content that netflix/amazon doesnt have such as local .AVI files etc?
 
Very high quality sources? Netflix and Amazon?

Sorry but they are not that great IMO.

Unless your running 4k blurays then a 4k TV is a waste of money currently and a selling point. 1080 is where you still want to be.

Best/easy way depends on the TV. USB hard drive, SD card, using a server, console etc.
 
If the layout for the room that you posted on drop box is what your going for your really not going to see any benefit from 4k ;

The tv is as far from the seating positions as possible and even with a 50" you'd struggle to tell the difference between good 720p and 1080p HD let alone 4k.
 
Personally I would bust a gut to change the layout of the room.

Otherwise I'd certainly be looking at how big i could get for your budget - even recommending you the 'best' image quality 50' 1080p Oled set feels a bit of a waste because you'll be sat too far from it to get much benefit.
 
We could always mount the TV above the fireplace but than could make it awkard angle/problems with conecting stuff wouldnt it?

The room cant really be moved around.
 
Lighters said:
I managed to get an excellent deal with the
sky family package (All tv except movies/sports) £0
Unl fibre bb (40) £10/20
Line rental £11.31

£21.31 pm for 6 month then
31.31 pm for the remaining 6 month.
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How did you get the deal? I know Currys have a deal but not had a chance to go in store. Thanks
 
Completely understand that begbie, afterall its justifcation of the money they spent. Its likely to be either glorified or horrible as they had a problem so want to report it.

It was through purchasing their fridge but I think if you called them direct they may match it.

This was the original deal, i extended on it as I got a friends code. (1 off)

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sky...-for-16-31-currys-pc-world-store-only-2414698
 
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