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Hello everyone, big time lurker first time poster. I'm in big dilemma regarding which TV to choose. Went to store, look at the LG 65 B8 OLED with the wife, got ''blown'' by the image quality,decided that's gonna be. Then I stared reading from owners here in the forum regarding OLED burn ins, exchanging panels in Currys etc. and decided to not proceed with OLED, I don't need another ''child'' to babysit, one is enough at the moment. And knowing we will watch same programs every day, NetGeo Wild HD will be permanently burned. I have read a lot of info on this board - thank you for that,and had though I made my mind going for LED LCD Sony 65FX9005, very nice TV,picture quality, colors, viewing angles, went to 3 Curry stores to look at all 3 TV's, because some didn't have the LG or the Panasonic displayed. So once in the store I really liked the picture quality of the LG 65SM9000 and Panasonic 65GX800, and here comes my big dilemma. Which one to choose? My budget is flexible up to £1500 for the TV, will get soundbar for the sound on separate budget. Two days ago I found a youtube channel Quantum tv, who pretty much said a lot of today TV's are rubbish and you pay for marketing and badge, the one he recommends Samsung Q8FN is nowhere to be found being 2018 model. He trashed a lot of the rating channels I've seen so far like Rtings and so on. From reading reviews on new Samsung's I'm left with the impression that they are not good for model year 2019. Also all employees at Currys I spoke to said to avoid 2019 Samsung model, way to overpriced for what they offer. They also said the Sony is one of the best, but also LG are on par with it...
Now I'm thinking what the hell do I buy(excuse my language), all 3 TV above are in the range of £1400-1500, can I buy £1000 TV and sill be good for my need or do I need the newest top of the range LCD. Just found out Richer Sounds has last year LG 65SK9500 for £1099, is that the best option? Or can I go cheaper knowing my current TV is probably 5 times ''worst'' then entry level Sony,LG and Panasonic. I do have time, TV will be purchased in the next couple of months.
I just need normal modern TV, capable of delivering good picture, which is going to last lets say 5 years. I'll be using it for watching SD and HD content satellite tv, netflix, youtube, films from laptop via hdmi, hopefully 4K as well, no games whatsoever. TV will be watched from 3 meters away both straight on and from small angle.
Any advice is much appreciated.Sorry for the long post.
P.S. My current TV is 2013 Samsung 46F5000. I've not owned smart TV before. |
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