What 48 (ish) TV for £450/500

Musty Pie · 3 May 2016 at 09:30

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.

Musty Pie · 3 May 2016 at 19:21

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?

Musty Pie · 3 May 2016 at 19:26

well i was just amusing the 1080p panels would be better in other areas vs a cheap 4k panel?

Musty Pie · 3 May 2016 at 21:34

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.

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 · 5 May 2016 at 09:49

ebilcake said:
How is that clarification?

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.

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 · 5 May 2016 at 12:04

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)

Yeah which is what I was thinking anyway.

I will probably order it this weekend.