Which 65in TV?

Bipolar Kittens

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Hi All,

As per the thread title really, i'm looking for recommendations for a new TV for my man cave, it needs to be a minimum of 65 inches and will be used for PS4 and films. Budget is around £3-4k.

Thanks
 
oli collett said:
Well, mine is nearly a year old but I'm not sure much beats the Panasonic VT65 Plasma? Calibrated it really is stunning
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Or look for the ZT60 - yes it is only 60" but you may find the picture improvements over the VT65 worth those 5"

Or why not go for a 65" 4k set that can be found for ~£3-4000 for the sets that came out last year.
 
FrankJH said:
Or look for the ZT60 - yes it is only 60" but you may find the picture improvements over the VT65 worth those 5"

Or why not go for a 65" 4k set that can be found for ~£3-4000 for the sets that came out last year.
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theirs only 1 small difference between both panels.

both are very hard to find as well.

I would personally pick a VT65 if i had to choose between both as it was available for far cheaper but if i had that kind of money to spend now I would be looking at a 50-55" sony LCD then spank the rest of the budget on a projector and screen.

it's madness to spend £3-4K on a tv IMO when a projector and tv can do the best of both worlds for cheaper.
 
Thanks guys, a projector and a screen is out of the question as we're moving into a rented property and can't go attaching screens to walls and hanging projectors from ceilings, hence to need for the mahoosive TV
 
Bipolar Kittens said:
Thanks guys, a projector and a screen is out of the question as we're moving into a rented property and can't go attaching screens to walls and hanging projectors from ceilings, hence to need for the mahoosive TV
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there's not that many tv's which are 65 inches, just buy whatever you can get by a reputable make I doubt the likes of samsung, panasonic or sony made a crap 65 inch £4000 tv.
 
Have had a 55" for a couple of years, but as daft as it sounds, it can still get lost in a bigger room. Moved to a new house where the man-cave was a bit smaller but the viewing position was a bit closer, and s 55" is the sweet spot for the new room. Been hankering after a projector for the main room before I moved in but a spot-on viewing distance has made me not bother so far.
 
woppy101 said:
If your spending that much I would seriously consider the 55" LG OLED, you will not get a better picture than what it produces, I have seen one calibrated in my mates house and it blows all other tvs out of the water including Panasonic's flagship ZT60
Here is the review
http://www.avforums.com/review/lg-ea980-55ea980-curved-1080p-oled-tv-review.9969
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Mmm, perfect black! I'd love to see mavity and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on that. Those inky blacks must be mouth watering. Even for something like Tron Legacy.
 
woppy101 said:
If your spending that much I would seriously consider the 55" LG OLED, you will not get a better picture than what it produces, I have seen one calibrated in my mates house and it blows all other tvs out of the water including Panasonic's flagship ZT60
Here is the review
http://www.avforums.com/review/lg-ea980-55ea980-curved-1080p-oled-tv-review.9969
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until a Panny OLED comes out that is.....because you're not comparing like for like right now :cool:

i wouldn't buy any other OLED than a Panny, because Panny are the Rolls Royce of TVs.....LG is your Ford Escort, this LG OLED is bound to be good because it's the 1st of the OLEDs, which is a far better technology anyway.

as regards OLEDs, you're best waiting until all the rest comes out and the price starts dropping.
 
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Mal X said:
because Panny are the Rolls Royce of TVs
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Perhaps the Rolls Royce of plasma. They've never been particularly good with LCD/LED, that falls to Sony and Samsung, or projectors, that's JVC and Sony, and there's no reason to think they'll be the daddy with OLED either :p
 
Mal X said:
until a Panny OLED comes out that is.....because you're not comparing like for like right now :cool:

i wouldn't buy any other OLED than a Panny, because Panny are the Rolls Royce of TVs.....LG is your Ford Escort, this LG OLED is bound to be good because it's the 1st of the OLEDs, which is a far better technology anyway.

as regards OLEDs, you're best waiting until all the rest comes out and the price starts dropping.
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Is going to be at least 3 years until the panny OLED comes out and at least 2 years until samsung rerelease, buy that time LG will be miles ahead. Nothing even comes close to the LG OLED and won't for at least 18-24 months.
And before you accuse me of being a LG fan boy I currently own a panny 55dt65 and am getting a new sony 55W829 in a few weeks.
 
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Warbie said:
Perhaps the Rolls Royce of plasma. They've never been particularly good with LCD/LED, that falls to Sony and Samsung, or projectors, that's JVC and Sony, and there's no reason to think they'll be the daddy with OLED either :p
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No mate Pioneer were the rolls Royce of plasma (wish I never got rid of my LX5090) panny were shocking for their DFC ( dynamic false contouring) hence the reason I went from LX5090 to GT60 to VT65 to DT65
 
The new Samsung 2014 TVs are being released,

This is currently available for £4k

http://www.trustedreviews.com/samsung-ue65hu8500_TV_review

The release of this has made last year's UE65F9000s drop in price.

The UE65hu8500 that I linked has caught my eye but I'm giving it a few months to see what else comes in this years line up. I note this is an '8500' series so I'm guessing there will be a new '9000' series offerings plus maybe some flat (instead of curved) options incase the latter is a bit of a gimmick.

Mike
 
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