NexxCat
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Hey everyone.
I know there are a lot of threads here asking for similar sized TVs, so I hope you don't mind me asking as well
My current TV is a Panasonic TX-40DS500B, purchased refurbished, 4 years ago, for £250. It's used in my bedroom, almost exclusively with a darkened room (at night, or with blind drawn during the day). I don't use any external amp or speakers and I have paired it with a 4k Fire TV stick for all the smart features I need (the Panasonic apps struggled with some 1080p content). It still serves me just fine, but I've got an itch to upgrade to something bigger.
I'm currently window shopping for a potential upgrade:
I know there are a lot of threads here asking for similar sized TVs, so I hope you don't mind me asking as well
My current TV is a Panasonic TX-40DS500B, purchased refurbished, 4 years ago, for £250. It's used in my bedroom, almost exclusively with a darkened room (at night, or with blind drawn during the day). I don't use any external amp or speakers and I have paired it with a 4k Fire TV stick for all the smart features I need (the Panasonic apps struggled with some 1080p content). It still serves me just fine, but I've got an itch to upgrade to something bigger.
I'm currently window shopping for a potential upgrade:
- Viewing distance from TV whilst in bed is 2.4M.
- My absolute maximum budget would be ~£700, but something around £500 would be preferable (and keep me out of the dog house )
- Primary use is movies over Netflix / Amazon Prime and videos from YouTube.
- Secondary use would be gaming on my PS4 (non-pro and no desire to get a PS5 any time soon).
- HDR isn't a requirement. I'd be far happier with a TV which performs really well in SDR content, than one which has good HDR but subpar SDR.
- My current TV is wall mounted. The centre of the mount is 62cm from the edge of a wall and the centre of the TV can sit 5cm either side of that. Meaning a TV could be a maximum of ~130cm wide.
- Preferably a VA panel. I've used both VA and IPS in the monitor world and prefer VA.