Mark Ward
Prominent Member
I'm looking for a new 55-65" TV for my 85 year old father.
#1 Priority is the picture & sound quality from a lower resolution source. His previous (now broken) 42" Samsung did ok with the picture, but had poor sound when turned up in his big room.
He's in Cyprus & gets his UK TV channels from a local service that use an HDMI connected IPTV MAG TV box. I'm not even 100% sure what that is, but I don't think many of the channels are HD, mainly 480p. He insists he wants a bigger TV next time, but I'm concerned the picture will be even worse than he had with his old 42" TV.
Should I persuade him to stick to the smaller 42" TV? He has room enough for a very large TV
He says he'd like the TV to be easy to use, but in reality all he watches is from the little box, and that experience obviously won't change. We got him a 40" No Brand AndroidTV for another room & the length of time that takes to boot up drives him to distraction, he doesn't't use any of those features on either TV. We use them when visiting though.
Any advice/help appreciated.
Thanks.
He won't use local Satellite or Terrestrial channels, but will probably use Netflix from time to time.
Which of the major brands do the best job of upscaling lower resolution sources?
#1 Priority is the picture & sound quality from a lower resolution source. His previous (now broken) 42" Samsung did ok with the picture, but had poor sound when turned up in his big room.
He's in Cyprus & gets his UK TV channels from a local service that use an HDMI connected IPTV MAG TV box. I'm not even 100% sure what that is, but I don't think many of the channels are HD, mainly 480p. He insists he wants a bigger TV next time, but I'm concerned the picture will be even worse than he had with his old 42" TV.
Should I persuade him to stick to the smaller 42" TV? He has room enough for a very large TV
He says he'd like the TV to be easy to use, but in reality all he watches is from the little box, and that experience obviously won't change. We got him a 40" No Brand AndroidTV for another room & the length of time that takes to boot up drives him to distraction, he doesn't't use any of those features on either TV. We use them when visiting though.
Any advice/help appreciated.
Thanks.
He won't use local Satellite or Terrestrial channels, but will probably use Netflix from time to time.
Which of the major brands do the best job of upscaling lower resolution sources?