What TV should I buy?

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I'm very out of date on what makes a good TV nowadays. Is anyone here up to speed?

What brands and what tech specs should I look for for £500-£1000?

Our 11 year old 46" Sony Bravia (£1k back then) has served us faithfully until this morning when our 5 year old repaid that service by coughing his full mouthful of tea directly over it from about a foot away.

Insurance company says their system considers the like-for-like replacement to be a £500 50" 4k HDR Philips. This looks decent on paper, but I don't know whether Philips are any good, and what there's some no-brainer specifications I should make sure the replacement has.

Thanks to anyone who can offer some help.

 

[Deleted member 68110]

Rtings

Thanks. Bookmarked.

These cheap TV are much of a muchness IMO. If you have a £1k budget you can get a far better TV than the phillips. You are almost into 55" OLED territory. I'm sure by black Friday you could pick up a 55" LG BX for that price.

If you have to buy now the Sony is a very good TV https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/all-tvs/sony-bravia-kd55xg9505bu.html

But bear in mind much better deals are only weeks away.

Thanks. This backs up what I've read elsewhere, so you've helped make up my mind to hold fire for a bit. OLED is worth it then? Are there OLED brands to look out for. Last time I looked was years ago, and I think it was just LG that offered OLED.

I bought a 65 inch TCL QLED one and its really good but the operating system and apps are pretty slow as they cheaped out on the processor.

We might well just use our Fire Stick, so OS speed isn't too much of a worry. I've not heard of TCL. I'll have a look. Thanks.

I always stick with Bravias they seem to last. One in front room is 8 years old, HD only but great picture and sound

Ours has been great. 9 years (not 11 like I originally thought) without any problems.

 

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Just to update the thread... I ended up buying a 55" Samsung Q95T that popped up in a decent Black Friday deal (£992 and with a bundled in sound bar). Very pleased, and a big improvement on what it replaced.

Thanks for the tips and advice.

 

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Very highly rated TV.

Very good price too. Especially if you got a soundbar included.

I paid £1k for my 55" xf90 for the bedroom a couple of years back and yours should be significantly better in terms of led zones iirc.

A very good choice for the budget if not the best.

Yes, it was a weird deal that popped up on HUKD for a couple of hours early in the morning. So far the set seems fantastic. Thanks a lot for recommending Rtings - I'd not come across them before and since you mentioned them they've become my go-to source of info.