Bagsofsmoke
Novice Member
Hi,
I need to replace my ageing Toshiba with a new TV. There are a few quirks of its location in our living room however which make the selection of a new model slightly tricky.
Essentially, it will sit in an alcove in a corner of the room, and so ideally needs either a rotating base (like our current Toshiba) or one small enough that the whole thing can be angled towards the sofas without the front of the stand hanging over the edge of the cabinet on which it will sit.
Given the dimensions of the alcove too, a TV bigger than about 92cm probably won't fit, so we're pretty much limited to a 40" set.
I don't want to go crazy price-wise, and I'm not a huge fan of curved screens. As for HD vs UHD, I'm of the view that there's so little UHD content, it doesn't seem worth getting a 4k screen as only a handful of Amazon Prime titles will make use of it. I'm open to persuasion though!
In terms of upscaling, would a 4k/UHD tv handle standard definition TV ok (as that would still account for the majority of content we watch).
I watch a lot of sport, and will also use it for gaming (at present with an Xbox360 but potentially in future with an XboxOne or PS4), so it would need to handle fast-moving pictures reasonably well (and have acceptable input lag).
Any ideas welcome.
I was thinking of the Samsung UE40H6400. Does anyone know if its base swivels? It also seems to be c.2 years old - is there a newer model with similar / better specs?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
I need to replace my ageing Toshiba with a new TV. There are a few quirks of its location in our living room however which make the selection of a new model slightly tricky.
Essentially, it will sit in an alcove in a corner of the room, and so ideally needs either a rotating base (like our current Toshiba) or one small enough that the whole thing can be angled towards the sofas without the front of the stand hanging over the edge of the cabinet on which it will sit.
Given the dimensions of the alcove too, a TV bigger than about 92cm probably won't fit, so we're pretty much limited to a 40" set.
I don't want to go crazy price-wise, and I'm not a huge fan of curved screens. As for HD vs UHD, I'm of the view that there's so little UHD content, it doesn't seem worth getting a 4k screen as only a handful of Amazon Prime titles will make use of it. I'm open to persuasion though!
In terms of upscaling, would a 4k/UHD tv handle standard definition TV ok (as that would still account for the majority of content we watch).
I watch a lot of sport, and will also use it for gaming (at present with an Xbox360 but potentially in future with an XboxOne or PS4), so it would need to handle fast-moving pictures reasonably well (and have acceptable input lag).
Any ideas welcome.
I was thinking of the Samsung UE40H6400. Does anyone know if its base swivels? It also seems to be c.2 years old - is there a newer model with similar / better specs?
Thanks in advance for your advice!