What 48 (ish) TV for £450/500

Musty Pie

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Help me you educated Audio visual lot!

I am after a replacement TV for my living room as my old Samsung has finally started to panel degrade (dark patch)

I don't have a massive budget no more than 450/500 and only really want 1080p (as I am guessing i can get a much better 1080p panel vs a cheap 4k panel?)

The one i have been looking at (and basically want to buy) is the Samsung UE48H6400.

I use the TV for Xbox One/Virgin Media (HD) and normal TV and movie playback via NAS.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
Thanks all!

Yeah i was looking at getting from RS - never been a customer there before but hoping they are as good as everyone says they are!

wonder if there are any discount codes i can use?
 
There are a few 49" 4K displays on sale for under £500, I know you said you don't want 4K but I have to question why.

They work just fine for gaming with consoles and generally scale 1080p really well.

I play games on my HTPC connected to a 4K Sony TV at 1080p and it's beautiful, no complaints at all.
 
I'd definitely get the H6400 for 1080p. If you want 4k you'd need to pay considerably more for a decent 4k panel than £500. There's more to a good panel than pixels.
 
wellibob said:
I'd definitely get the H6400 for 1080p. If you want 4k you'd need to pay considerably more for a decent 4k panel than £500. There's more to a good panel than pixels.
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thank you - this is kind of the clarification i was after!

Ill order the H6400 i guess and I know i will be happy!
 
Musty Pie said:
well i was just amusing the 1080p panels would be better in other areas vs a cheap 4k panel?
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Take a look at the Sony KD-49X8005C, they were on offer last week but price has gone up a little, might be able to get for less if you look.

They've had these on display in quite a few shops, or even the LG-49UB8500, can't speak for the quality of this one though.

Worth considering before assuming the quality.
 
I've been putting off making a simlar purchase for about a year now. All research for this price comes to the UE48H6400 so I'm gonna do it tomorrow. Sod it. Haha. This threads fault.

Any reccomendations for a tilting wall mount?

EDIT: Purchased!
 
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Musty Pie said:
thank you - this is kind of the clarification i was after!

Ill order the H6400 i guess and I know i will be happy!
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How is that clarification? :D

Enjoy whatever you buy dude.

From my own experience some of the 4K displays for around £500 are much better quality than two year old Samsung 1080p TV's.

Some of these were going for £800+ not that long ago.
 
ebilcake said:
How is that clarification? :D

Enjoy whatever you buy dude.

From my own experience some of the 4K displays for around £500 are much better quality than two year old Samsung 1080p TV's.

Some of these were going for £800+ not that long ago.
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These are my points, which I understand I might not be the most well educated in screen technology and features - which is why I am seeking recommendations...

Is the upscaling technologies on one of the cheaper 4K sets going to be better image quality than the 1080p set? For the content I watch/use (Blu ray/Xbox One/Virgin Media HD)?

I don't have any 4K content currently and undoubtedly will not have any for a long time either - so is a 4K set still worth it to me?
 
Musty Pie said:
These are my points, which I understand I might not be the most well educated in screen technology and features - which is why I am seeking recommendations...

Is the upscaling technologies on one of the cheaper 4K sets going to be better image quality than the 1080p set? For the content I watch/use (Blu ray/Xbox One/Virgin Media HD)?

I don't have any 4K content currently and undoubtedly will not have any for a long time either - so is a 4K set still worth it to me?
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The H6400 will be great for 1080p its a superb set and now at the price of £439 which is a bargain it will be a lot better then a cheap 4k set. You will not need a 4k set for at least for another 2 years when the content maybe more Available and by that time the cheap 4k sets that are around now. They will be something better and as cheap as the set if you was to buy one now. Go with the H6400 for the price and Great for BluRays you cannot go wrong that will last you good few years until 4k is more Available if you wish to go the 4K route in the future
 
You can dither all day long on this "do I need a 4k set". Imho the good 4k ones are North of 700 quid and native on any LCD screen I've seen always looks best . Another way is by the time 4k content is readily available and surpasses 1080 is many many years away. I'll grab a 4k TV when there is something to watch on it (a lot) and given how screen technology is spoon fed like all other technologies this wait will get me a good 4k set for my 500 notes in the future (inflation not applied)
 
wellibob said:
You can dither all day long on this "do I need a 4k set". Imho the good 4k ones are North of 700 quid and native on any LCD screen I've seen always looks best . Another way is by the time 4k content is readily available and surpasses 1080 is many many years away. I'll grab a 4k TV when there is something to watch on it (a lot) and given how screen technology is spoon fed like all other technologies this wait will get me a good 4k set for my 500 notes in the future (inflation not applied)
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Yeah which is what I was thinking anyway.

I will probably order it this weekend.
 
wellibob said:
You can dither all day long on this "do I need a 4k set". Imho the good 4k ones are North of 700 quid and native on any LCD screen I've seen always looks best . Another way is by the time 4k content is readily available and surpasses 1080 is many many years away. I'll grab a 4k TV when there is something to watch on it (a lot) and given how screen technology is spoon fed like all other technologies this wait will get me a good 4k set for my 500 notes in the future (inflation not applied)
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1080p looks pretty good on 4K displays regardless, it's exactly 4 times the number of pixels so the quality doesn't degrade like you might expect.

Add to that the improved contrast, deeper blacks, less backlight issues and better colour reproduction with a good upscaler which most 4K displays have and the end result is pretty nice.

It's something you need to try, just stay away from cheapo brands.

I have two 4K TV's in the house, both connected to my HTPC.

4K content is limited to Netflix, Amazon and youtube currently, legally anyway.
 
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