I only ever upgrade when my current one dies.
Samsung LE40B650T2W is my current sort and its about 5 years old now I think. Having used the AVF picture perfect set up instructions Im still really pleased with the picture, although I went to a friends over the weekend and they have a projector and screen which is FRICKIN AWESOME! (not 16:9 a proper movie screen shaped one, dont know the ratio) So now looking at those.
I'm in exactly the same boat although I've got the 55" version of the Sony. Am now interested in one with HDR too but as I use it for Xbox and PS4 gaming to I need it to handle that well. Not fussed about curved . What ones are making your shortlist ?
I only upgrade when I believe it will give a better picture than existing so I went from a 32" philips crt in 2003 to a 37" Panasonic plasma and then when I moved house to the presnt one a Pioneer LX5090 50" and that was early 2009.I dont think I'll be upgrading for a long time and sky did not help with their lastest Q offering.All I know is next tv will be ultra HD which in effect will be back to where HD was when I bought the Pioneer!!
I'm a great follower of the technical improvements but have to admit to only upgrading when there is a compelling reason. My current 32" Panasonic TV is just coming up to 11 years old and was quite expensive when it came out but to my mind still has an excellent picture which is aided by the perfect very wide viewing angle which many much newer TVs fail to match. Of course when the time comes to upgrade I will do crazy research.
My Panasonic TV recorder sadly didn't have the same longevity as the TV (lasted 6 years) and the TalkTalk TVplus box (3.5 years old) I now use has just started playing up (randomly failing to respond to the remote and randomly failing to record - engineer coming out next week to investigate).
I love upgrading my TV as often as possible. Unfortunately my wife doesn't she doesn't understand it. She drives me mad saying she can't even tell the difference between standard definition and HD.
Like Spacecat I have only updated from the 9th gen Pioneer Kuro PDP-LX to a second hand KRP-600M that I got for a song. The picture quality on the LX was, and still is, just superb. The KRP only just betters it.
As I am not too interested in the smart TV technology and only watch SkyHD plus the occasional BluRay it will work for me until it dies, and then I will probably fix it and keep going. I have not seen anything yet to visibly better the Kuro KRP.
Oh and btw, my PDP-LX6090 is for sale in the classified section if anyone is interested!
2004 Sony KV28FX68
2008 Samsung LE40A656A
2012 Samsung PS51E6500
2015 Samsung UE55JS9000
Only upgraded last time due to Sammy plasma getting the dreaded vertical lines and being replaced under warranty£1000 from me for the upgrade data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Best upgrade was going to my first 1080p, astonishing difference in hd quality.
Next time will be more reserved though, probably chinese, probably hisense.Family changes have dictated so.Hopefully years to go this time.
I replace TV when it dies or after 1-2 years after a new technology emerges so it gets a little more mature and prices drop. That it if i have the budget to replace it of course. I've been using a Samsung UN60F8000 since beginning of 2014 so upgrading for at least a 60inch set is quite expensive.
i seldom upgrade now as there is less i want to watch on the
tv even with having multi channels
i find i would rather watch things on youtube via an app
I currently own a Panasonic 65" VT50, which still has excellent color and awesome skin tones. While viewing Qled and Olded, the LG technology is still the best thing on the market ever since surpassing the blackness of the high end plasma models. Most likely will keep this set for around 6 years, and then get the LG OLED.