TV, £1500, 50"-55”?

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Hello,

My dad is in the market for a new TV, his budget is ~£1500. It’ll be used for mainly TIVO (Virgin) / BluRays and some .mkv’s via a WDTV viewing.

He has a AV AMP so sound quality isn’t an issue. He’s looking for a 50"-55”, anyone recommendations given the above?

Thanks (I’m completely out of touch with TV’s at the moment)
 
I really like my 51inch F8500. Got it from John Lewis for £1100. Great Plasma quality and brighter than the Panasonic range
 
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The most expensive Sony LCD from John Lewis in that price range.

No other manufacturers need to be discussed and plasma is now sold out everywhere unless you want a 60" LG, so pointless discussing them especially samsung/panasonic models unless your wanting to buy second hand and dig through forums, gumtree and ebay, etc..
 
I'd go for a Sony KDL-55W905A for £1500 or, as SCOTTRS said, a KDL-55W829B for £200-300 less. I use the former as it's great for blu-rays, mkvs etc.
 
Thanks all, he's off to John Lewis shortly to have a look at the:

Sony Bravia - kdl55w955
Samsung - ue55f7000

face to face, i guess you can't go wrong with either?

Warbie, do you know if your TV plays .mkv with DTS sound?

Thanks,
 
ssmacc said:
Thanks all, he's off to John Lewis shortly to have a look at the:

Sony Bravia - kdl55w955
Samsung - ue55f7000

face to face, i guess you can't go wrong with either?

Warbie, do you know if your TV plays .mkv with DTS sound?

Thanks,
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forget samsung tell him to just look at all the new sony models
 
Hello, My dad is in John Lewis and my mum want one of the new curved screens (I'm not a fan), anyone have any views on the:

Samsung UE55H8000

This is £2200, so opens up some other models I guess?

Cheers,

PS. He normally goes for Sony, at the £2200 price range is it worth throwing in extra and going 4K (seems pointless to me given no 4k material)
 
Warbie said:
I'd avoid the newest Sony w955 - they're using a lesser panel.

http://www.avforums.com/review/sony-w95-w955-kdl-55w955b-3d-led-television-review.10150
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I can't get over seeing that review for a 2014 set. 628:1 contrast ratio and blacks higher than 0.15cd/m2 :o Let alone the over saturated CMS.

I don't think Sony has adjustable CMS? I wonder if colour control would track better with 75%A/75%S.



I can never understand why so many people rave about edge lit. Bought one back in November 2012, will be first and last. How people can put up with dirty screen effect I'll never know.

Thankfully though calibration to 75%A/75%S and screen massaging horizontally/vertically with 0 black level pattern has nearly eliminated it. It used to be like looking through a grid with fast panning shots on football/golf courses.


bjsound said:
I returned my set due to bad colour and panel quality and lot of other people are returning there's too. quality on this is worse then there R range for the price and performance.
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:o



Loopthrough said:
It's funny to see Sony - once champions of VA panels with Samsung - now resorting to LG IPS panels while Panasonic, once the IPS flag-bearers have moved over to VA from Innolux. Funny old business, Japanese TVs!
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ssmacc said:
Hello, My dad is in John Lewis and my mum want one of the new curved screens (I'm not a fan), anyone have any views on the:

Samsung UE55H8000

This is £2200, so opens up some other models I guess?

Cheers,

PS. He normally goes for Sony, at the £2200 price range is it worth throwing in extra and going 4K (seems pointless to me given no 4k material)
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My opinion is that it's best to go for bang for your buck than buy expensive.

4K and OLED, then 8K around the corner and things would just get insanely expensive very fast.

TV technology is moving really fast atm and it's probably best to buy cheaper than to blow a lot of cash on something that will depreciate massively within a few years.

I would say you should be upgrading your tv once every 5-10 years to get the best out of the tv before major advances have been made and become cheap enough to get more for your money when you decide to buy again.

Unless your very affluent then I would cap spending at £1K, you can easily get a brilliant 50" TV for that kind of money, if you really want 55" then cap it at £1.5K. Spending more means the law of diminishing returns kicks in and your spending more for very little improvements.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
My opinion is that it's best to go for bang for your buck than buy expensive.

4K and OLED, then 8K around the corner and things would just get insanely expensive very fast.

TV technology is moving really fast atm and it's probably best to buy cheaper than to blow a lot of cash on something that will depreciate massively within a few years.

I would say you should be upgrading your tv once every 5-10 years to get the best out of the tv before major advances have been made and become cheap enough to get more for your money when you decide to buy again.

Unless your very affluent then I would cap spending at £1K, you can easily get a brilliant 50" TV for that kind of money, if you really want 55" then cap it at £1.5K. Spending more means the law of diminishing returns kicks in and your spending more for very little improvements.
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I tend to agree, but my folks old TV has just developed a fault and needs replacing, my mum has also decided a curved TV is the way forward, with that in mind can anyone recommend one? I'll be honest i know nothing about newer TV's (I have a old samsung which does me for the news etc. and a Projector for films, so well behind on the latest TV tech.)

Thanks,
 
ssmacc said:
I tend to agree, but my folks old TV has just developed a fault and needs replacing, my mum has also decided a curved TV is the way forward, with that in mind can anyone recommend one? I'll be honest i know nothing about newer TV's (I have a old samsung which does me for the news etc. and a Projector for films, so well behind on the latest TV tech.)

Thanks,
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curved tv's is a new concept, they are therefore currently majorly overpriced being new, much like OLED and 4K sets are.

your best bet is to put in some time researching over at avforums about curved sets, it's not something I have looked into personally because to me they are a gimmick.

there is a spec me a tv section on avforums as well, just stick the budget and type of usage (sky hd, blu rays, gaming?) and the environment of the tv and they will tell you the best tv for you and your environment.
 
Thanks all...bottom line, I'll advise spend a max £1500 and buy again in 3-4 years (4k or OLED should be a few generations in by then)

Cheers
 
Last week I saw a sony 55 w905 in currys for 1250. No brainer. Still one of the best lcds going including this years models. Even better if you can get JL to price match it with their 5 yr warranty.
 
I've just picked up a 55w955 after looking at the 955 & 905 side by side. I did get it for £660 thou which helps :)
 
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