juliushibert
Novice Member
TL-DR Looking for recommendations on a 43” for my living room. I currently have a LG 32LN540V which is rather old now and I’m upgrading because the backlight has started to break in places, I think it's edgelit. Not sure if it's a VA or IPS panel.
My budget could stretch to around £800, as I’d rather buy a TV and keep it for 5+ years. The TV sits on a wooden sideboard so looking for a 43" so it fits and doesn't dominate the room. Current TV has a thick bezel, so ideally looking for a TV that has a thin bezel and looks good as well.
Already pulled together a bit of a shortlist. Open to other suggestions:
In line with the questions on this post by Dodgexander, here's my info:
Initial questions
Viewing Angles
My current TV
Please rearrange the following PQ attributes, in descending importance:
- Biggest thing is making sure the TV is viewable during the day and it's sunny outside.
HDR Brightness
SDR Brightness
Blacks
SDR Colour Saturation
SDR Colour Accuracy
HDR Colour Accuracy
HDR Colour Saturation
Local dimming
Now for bugs, tell us your possible pet hates related to TVs, in descending order:
-- I've put the below in an approx order. But very lose as not too bothered about most.
Loss of detail in dark areas
Bad screen uniformity, Dirty Screen Effect, Clouding, Light Bleed, Blooming
Reflective screens
Haloing
Motion Blur
Motion Judder
Motion stutter
Temporary image retention
Soap Opera Effect
3:2 Pulldown Judder with 24hz movies. See: Judder-Free 24p on TVs
Colour banding. See: Gradients on TVs: Color bit depth (warning this is not the same as vertical banding, for vertical banding see bad screen uniformity)
Now which is most important to you?
1. Connections -- looking for min 3x HDMI, 4x HDMI ideally. Also freesat would be an added bonus
2. Wide Viewing angles
3. HDR PQ
4. Price
5. TV look -- one with a thing bezel preferably.
6. SDR PQ
7. Smart TV (which apps)?
8. Sound
My budget could stretch to around £800, as I’d rather buy a TV and keep it for 5+ years. The TV sits on a wooden sideboard so looking for a 43" so it fits and doesn't dominate the room. Current TV has a thick bezel, so ideally looking for a TV that has a thin bezel and looks good as well.
Already pulled together a bit of a shortlist. Open to other suggestions:
- Samsung 43Q60R / Samsung 43Q60T -- Most expensive, but most feature rich and QLED probably best? I've seen the 2019 / Q60R for £400 but on some 3rd party unknown retailers.
- LG 43UN73006LC, lg-43un81006lb -- Direct LED backlit, lg-43un81006lb looks a bit ugly with a really thick bezel.
- SONY BRAVIA KD43XG8096BU / Sony BRAVIA KD43XG8196U
- LG 43UM7100, LG 43UM7390PLC, LG 43UM7400PLB TV -- these probably seem the best value, but lacking with only 3x HDMI IMO and I think the 43UM7400 looks a bit ugly with a really thick bezel.
In line with the questions on this post by Dodgexander, here's my info:
Initial questions
- Kodi - 4k, 2k and 1080p movies and TV - 50%
- UK catchup services and live TV from Freeview and Freesat UK - 40%
- Amazon Prime / MUBI - 10-20%
- All of the above via a FireStick 4k
- I have 76mbps fibre broadband and a BT Homehub 5Ghz wifi system.
- I mainly watch TV and movies. I only occasional watch action or comic book / blockbuster style movies.
- I never watch sports.
- I occasionally play PS4 games (1-2 a month).
Viewing Angles
- Viewing about 2-3m away. Depending on the sofa
- View at about 0-40degrees off straight on, depends which sofa sat on. I'm guessing this means an IPS panel would be best?
- View it both day and night. The TV sits in a large bay window which often gets sun from 12noon onwards and can get quite bright behind TV. Once it's dark outside and watching movies, then I'll tend to dim the lights.
My current TV
- Currently have an LG 32LN540V. It's quite old now and the backlight has started to break. It's paired with a Samsung soundbar.
- Not sure if I should be bothered about motion blur enhancements. Probably not, as I don't watch sports.
Please rearrange the following PQ attributes, in descending importance:
- Biggest thing is making sure the TV is viewable during the day and it's sunny outside.
HDR Brightness
SDR Brightness
Blacks
SDR Colour Saturation
SDR Colour Accuracy
HDR Colour Accuracy
HDR Colour Saturation
Local dimming
Now for bugs, tell us your possible pet hates related to TVs, in descending order:
-- I've put the below in an approx order. But very lose as not too bothered about most.
Loss of detail in dark areas
Bad screen uniformity, Dirty Screen Effect, Clouding, Light Bleed, Blooming
Reflective screens
Haloing
Motion Blur
Motion Judder
Motion stutter
Temporary image retention
Soap Opera Effect
3:2 Pulldown Judder with 24hz movies. See: Judder-Free 24p on TVs
Colour banding. See: Gradients on TVs: Color bit depth (warning this is not the same as vertical banding, for vertical banding see bad screen uniformity)
Now which is most important to you?
1. Connections -- looking for min 3x HDMI, 4x HDMI ideally. Also freesat would be an added bonus
2. Wide Viewing angles
3. HDR PQ
4. Price
5. TV look -- one with a thing bezel preferably.
6. SDR PQ
7. Smart TV (which apps)?
8. Sound
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