tempura
Novice Member
40-43 inch smart TV recommendations?
I previously had the excellent Toshiba 39L4353D, which had nice picture, acceptable sound, lots of connectivity (even an MHL port), and functional-but-slow Smart TV capabilities. It's display died after 4 years (within the John Lewis warranty period, so I got the full £360 back), so I'm looking for a replacement, from either John Lewis or Richer Sounds.
My shortlist:
LG 43UH603V (£399)
Samsung UE40MU6100 (£439 with pricematch)
Samsung UE40MU6400 (£479 with pricematch)
LG 43UJ635V (£479)
My requirements:
Mainly watching Sky HD TV. A lot of IPlayer, Youtube, Netflix and catch-up services, so the smart services should be good. I don't have much use for 4k but figured "might as well", given their not more expensive than regular FullHD TVs. Although I figure at this size, picture quality differences are not so discernible, right? Problem is, there are only 2 professional reviews of the MU6100 online, and none for the others.
I read that Samsung has better picture quality than LG at this price range, so was almost set to go with one of the Samsungs, but have discovered a firmware update disaster being raged about on the Samsung forums that seems have bricked all the 2017 MU range TVs and has still not been fixed after a week:
TV not working after software update - Samsung Community
They also recently removed Youtube from their pre-2014 TVs. Even my cheap Toshiba had it still working to the day it failed.
Maybe an indicator that Samsung is on the decline? I also browsed around the LG forums, and while they also have problems, they don't seem so severe. I want the TV to last the at least 5/6 years.
Any recommendations from this list (or other similar alternatives)? Thanks!
I previously had the excellent Toshiba 39L4353D, which had nice picture, acceptable sound, lots of connectivity (even an MHL port), and functional-but-slow Smart TV capabilities. It's display died after 4 years (within the John Lewis warranty period, so I got the full £360 back), so I'm looking for a replacement, from either John Lewis or Richer Sounds.
My shortlist:
LG 43UH603V (£399)
Samsung UE40MU6100 (£439 with pricematch)
Samsung UE40MU6400 (£479 with pricematch)
LG 43UJ635V (£479)
My requirements:
Mainly watching Sky HD TV. A lot of IPlayer, Youtube, Netflix and catch-up services, so the smart services should be good. I don't have much use for 4k but figured "might as well", given their not more expensive than regular FullHD TVs. Although I figure at this size, picture quality differences are not so discernible, right? Problem is, there are only 2 professional reviews of the MU6100 online, and none for the others.
I read that Samsung has better picture quality than LG at this price range, so was almost set to go with one of the Samsungs, but have discovered a firmware update disaster being raged about on the Samsung forums that seems have bricked all the 2017 MU range TVs and has still not been fixed after a week:
TV not working after software update - Samsung Community
They also recently removed Youtube from their pre-2014 TVs. Even my cheap Toshiba had it still working to the day it failed.
Maybe an indicator that Samsung is on the decline? I also browsed around the LG forums, and while they also have problems, they don't seem so severe. I want the TV to last the at least 5/6 years.
Any recommendations from this list (or other similar alternatives)? Thanks!