Sub £400 55" TVs

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Just finished decorating our spare room, to turn into a Cinema/xbox/chill out room.

I've not brought a TV for about 7 years. Any recommendations for a sub £400 55" TV.

Hisense looks to be good value, and there are also offerings from LG, Toshiba, Panasonic, Samsung and so on. Sound quality is not an issue, I will be using external speakers
 
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A little smaller than you were after but I’m looking at this for my bedroom and it only
Comes in at £329


LG 49UK6300PLB 49" Smart 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and Freeview Play
 
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It's not elitism; it's objectively true; at least in terms of buying new.

For that money, you'd do well with a used Pioneer plasma.

pioneer plasma? seriously. its 2019.

i wouldn't recommend anything less than 4K. even if it's a crap panel.

a pioneer could last 10 mins before it blows up. hardly worth risking £400 over
 
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pioneer plasma? seriously. its 2019.

i wouldn't recommend anything less than 4K. even if it's a crap panel.

a pioneer could last 10 mins before it blows up. hardly worth risking £400 over

Blu-ray is 1080p so what is the point of 4k? 4k movies are more expensive. Games consoles don't do true 4k a pc at 4k is going to be expensive.

And unless you get a huge screen then you won't tell difference between 1080 and 4k.

Plus.my pioneer plasma looks acr
 
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Thanks for pointing out it is objectively true, I didn't realise that.

In most qualitative metrics which go into image quality: Black levels; contrast ratios; viewing angles; colour reproduction -all that good stuff- televisions coming under the £400 mark are going to be at the lower end of what is considered acceptable (if they can be considered acceptable). You largely get what you pay for.
 
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The Hisense H55A6200 reviews reasonably well for a cheap TV, recently got one at work and was pleasantly suprised at the quality for such a cheap bit of kit.
 
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