Brian Oblivion
Novice Member
Hi, have enjoyed this forum whilst looking for a new TV and would appreciate thoughts and advice on a new TV, in particular size.
We have a Panasonic TX-L42 E5B IPS TV sat on top of a Cambridge Soundbase Audio TV5 V2which sits on a TV cabinet in the alcove between the chimney breast and outside wall. The maximum width of the alcove is 1.3m.
There's a Sony Blu Ray player, Chromecast and Fire TV dongle along with a foreign satellite Strong unit and WD player feeding into it. Will be signing up to Virgin next month.
We watch a mix of catch-up and live UK and European TV, mainly in HD.
We would like to watch some films and documentaries in 4k res. and HDR quality.
Not into sport TV or gaming but son who is a pc gamer keeps hinting at XBox. If it was purchased, it would be a secondhand model, not the latest.
We sit looking at the TV straight on to about 30 to 35 degrees. Distance is 6'6" to 7'6" dependent on where the telly is. Looking at centre of TV it is slightly elevated above eye level. The window faces north, has a good blind and we have a big light and a table lamp. We watch in the evening with a table lamp on and in the day natural light or the big light on. It's not a bright room. Most watching is from 4pm to 1:00am.
Looking for an upgrade in picture quality and to get a wow factor when watching movies, drama, documentaries and the like. There's nothing wrong with current TV if the input is colourful but any sci fi film looks a bit dull if there's lots of dark scenes.
Been to see new TVs at Curry's and impressed with the OLEDs and good LED models.
Problem I see is that the best value seems to be at 55 inch which would mean a width of about 1.25m leaving 2.5cm to spare either side of wall. I'm concerned it might look out of proportion shoehorned in like that. Been looking at Hisense, TCL, LG oled, Panasonic Oled, LG oled. Sony KD 9505?
So I have also looked at 48 inch OLEDs in particular the new Philips and LG. The other models don't seem to be high quality at this size.
Any recommendations and thoughts regarding models and size?
Thanks
We have a Panasonic TX-L42 E5B IPS TV sat on top of a Cambridge Soundbase Audio TV5 V2which sits on a TV cabinet in the alcove between the chimney breast and outside wall. The maximum width of the alcove is 1.3m.
There's a Sony Blu Ray player, Chromecast and Fire TV dongle along with a foreign satellite Strong unit and WD player feeding into it. Will be signing up to Virgin next month.
We watch a mix of catch-up and live UK and European TV, mainly in HD.
We would like to watch some films and documentaries in 4k res. and HDR quality.
Not into sport TV or gaming but son who is a pc gamer keeps hinting at XBox. If it was purchased, it would be a secondhand model, not the latest.
We sit looking at the TV straight on to about 30 to 35 degrees. Distance is 6'6" to 7'6" dependent on where the telly is. Looking at centre of TV it is slightly elevated above eye level. The window faces north, has a good blind and we have a big light and a table lamp. We watch in the evening with a table lamp on and in the day natural light or the big light on. It's not a bright room. Most watching is from 4pm to 1:00am.
Looking for an upgrade in picture quality and to get a wow factor when watching movies, drama, documentaries and the like. There's nothing wrong with current TV if the input is colourful but any sci fi film looks a bit dull if there's lots of dark scenes.
Been to see new TVs at Curry's and impressed with the OLEDs and good LED models.
Problem I see is that the best value seems to be at 55 inch which would mean a width of about 1.25m leaving 2.5cm to spare either side of wall. I'm concerned it might look out of proportion shoehorned in like that. Been looking at Hisense, TCL, LG oled, Panasonic Oled, LG oled. Sony KD 9505?
So I have also looked at 48 inch OLEDs in particular the new Philips and LG. The other models don't seem to be high quality at this size.
Any recommendations and thoughts regarding models and size?
Thanks