Which entry level 4k screen

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Can't decide between these two. Both available for same price but which is better screen please?

SAMSUNG UE50HU6900 vs LG 49UB820V

Looking for a new screen around 50" and thought these look nice with a bit of future proofing with them being 4k.
 
I have to say, I'm not convinced by the case for cheap 4K TVs.

The 4K bit of it isn't justification on its own. There's not enough content to warrant spending the extra over a good 1080p TV. So the real justification in my book is where the 4K TV has great motion processing and outstanding picture quality. But that's not the case with the budget 4K sets. If anything, they're a step backwards because of all the compromises and corner-cutting to put a 4K panel in to what's really a £400~£500 1080p chassis.

Good 1080p is better than poor 4K. Upping the game to something like the Panny 802 really shows the benefit. It's going to take a while for that kind of picture quality to filter down to the £700-£800 market.
 
Absolutely this.

4k is still in it's infancy so buying a budget screen at the moment would be mad IMO. You really are much better spending equivalent money on a 1080p screen.

HDTVtest said:
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The Samsung UE55HU6900 is a case of you get what you pay for. Yes it’s 4K, but only when the picture on screen is mostly still. Once the camera starts panning, resolution drops away quite noticeably, and unfortunately there’s no motion-enhancing technology available on the set to reduce blurring.

We’re not entirely convinced the 55in HU6900 is the best choice on which to spend £1500, especially considering its lack of native 24p playback and Netflix 4K streaming. Buy it only if you’re going to view 4K photos most of the time.
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Digitalversus said:
Although, on the whole, the Samsung HU6900 boasts a natural and contrasted image, it unfortunately has several faults. We're referring especially to the poor responsiveness of the screen, which causes loss of detail in tracking shots. A bona fide motion compensation would have improved the output, but the CMR200 has to make do with the screen's native 50 Hz interpolation
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If you are buying in to 4k, spend big or don't bother.
 
No such thing of future proofing 4K atm in my opinion.

Just get a decent 50" 1080P (which can be achieved for £5-600 these days).

Your £xxxx 4K will be worth £xxx before you can actually make the most of it.
 
Buy yourself decent 1080p set instead i would not touch either of those models you have mentioned either :p

I recently considered a 4K tv but when you really give it some thought its pointless at the moment there is no content to make the most of it and probably wont be for a long time.

I ended up buying a 1080p tv the sony 50" w829 and its great:D
 
^As above, went down the route of getting a decentish 1080p (also went for the Sony KDK50W829) and will get a 4K in a few years time when we've actually got some content and technology/price would have improved.
 
I know I shouldn't really have as next year the tech will have moved on even more, but I really wanted 4k gaming on the bigscreen so Panasonic 58AX802b is arriving Friday.
 
as others have said , its the lack of 4k content.
I don't think we'll see much until 2016, which will be driven by the olympics and euros footie.
 
I just bought a Sony 4K BRAVIA KD49X8505BBU and its the best set I have ever owned and I have owned many high end sets. The detail and clarity is staggering even on 1080p material due to the decent 4k upscaling chip and 4k is jaw to the floor :eek:
 
I bought a Panasonic TX-48AX630 on the weekend and love it.

A few reviews have said it had the best contract/black levels of any 4K set they've tested.

Bargain at £850 too!

As an entry-level 4K TV, you would struggle to do better than the AX630. It boasts a winning combination of great blacks, accurate colours, excellent screen uniformity and generally superb video processing, on the picture front, and a host of well implemented Smart TV features as icing on the cake. Yes, there’s no 4K Netflix but there will be a raft of affordable Ultra HD media players along soon enough and the (comparative) price of the AX630 is such that you can factor in that outlay as part of your budget. The other thing to consider is the screen size in relation to UHD content and there’s no doubt you will get more benefit by going bigger but that’s something for your own eyes to decide. In short we were very, very impressed by this TV – more than we expected to be, in all honesty!
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