bluenova
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I previously had a 12 year old LG 47" IPS 1080P TV. We have holiday money that we are now not going to use and decided to invest in a new TV and sound system instead. The sound system is sorted but I am stuck with the TV. My budget is £600 but could push to £750 at a stretch.
Viewing arrangements: We have a long living room with TV wall mounted in centre, so viewing angles are quite important. I estimate widest viewing angle to be 45 degrees. In the evening we have the room lights very dim. We sit about 2.5m from the screen.
Content: Majority of content is via Amazon Fire TV stick 4K which is capable of HDR with some Amazon content. We also watch Disney+ and Netflix through it, though I have read HDR does not work with Netflix on this device. We also have a PS4 and Nintendo Switch. We do not watch terrestrial, satellite or cable TV but use catch-up services on the Fire TV stick.
Sound: Not important as the sources will go via a Denon AVR.
So I was drawn in by Philips Ambilight. My Dad had an Ambilight TV years ago and I liked the effect. We also have Philips Hue colour bulbs in our living room and were looking forward to using them with the TV. I did some research and settled on the 58PUS8505. The specs looked ok for my needs and it was in my budget. I read some reviews which seemed positive. I now have the TV and the picture is terrible. I have tried all sorts of settings from the PUS8505 mega thread on here but none of them have helped. Bright pictures look amazing, especially 4K HDR on Youtube. Shadows are terrible, they are blocky and green, especially in Netflix. This was never an issue using the same source on my 12 year old LG. As I said HDR looks great on Youtube but on any other service it is terrible with pale grey faces and a strange haze to the picture. I've tried loads of different picture settings to no avail. The fact that Youtube HDR looks really good and all other sources are rubbish leads me to believe the panel is quite good but the processing isn't. The viewing angles are also abysmal, as soon as you move 10 degrees of centre the colour washes out and the screen becomes hazy. I knew they would be worse with a VA panel but wasn't expecting them to be that limited.
So I am still in my 14 day distance selling cooling off period and am going to exchange the TV for something else. I've been looking all over trying to find something but have drawn a blank and am worried about issues with the next set. I thought possibly the Panasonic TX-58HX800, LG 55NANO86 or Hisense 50U7QFTUK but am really not sure, maybe something else would be better?
Apologies for the long post but if anyone with more knowledge on what's out there can give some recommendations it would be much appreciated.
Viewing arrangements: We have a long living room with TV wall mounted in centre, so viewing angles are quite important. I estimate widest viewing angle to be 45 degrees. In the evening we have the room lights very dim. We sit about 2.5m from the screen.
Content: Majority of content is via Amazon Fire TV stick 4K which is capable of HDR with some Amazon content. We also watch Disney+ and Netflix through it, though I have read HDR does not work with Netflix on this device. We also have a PS4 and Nintendo Switch. We do not watch terrestrial, satellite or cable TV but use catch-up services on the Fire TV stick.
Sound: Not important as the sources will go via a Denon AVR.
So I was drawn in by Philips Ambilight. My Dad had an Ambilight TV years ago and I liked the effect. We also have Philips Hue colour bulbs in our living room and were looking forward to using them with the TV. I did some research and settled on the 58PUS8505. The specs looked ok for my needs and it was in my budget. I read some reviews which seemed positive. I now have the TV and the picture is terrible. I have tried all sorts of settings from the PUS8505 mega thread on here but none of them have helped. Bright pictures look amazing, especially 4K HDR on Youtube. Shadows are terrible, they are blocky and green, especially in Netflix. This was never an issue using the same source on my 12 year old LG. As I said HDR looks great on Youtube but on any other service it is terrible with pale grey faces and a strange haze to the picture. I've tried loads of different picture settings to no avail. The fact that Youtube HDR looks really good and all other sources are rubbish leads me to believe the panel is quite good but the processing isn't. The viewing angles are also abysmal, as soon as you move 10 degrees of centre the colour washes out and the screen becomes hazy. I knew they would be worse with a VA panel but wasn't expecting them to be that limited.
So I am still in my 14 day distance selling cooling off period and am going to exchange the TV for something else. I've been looking all over trying to find something but have drawn a blank and am worried about issues with the next set. I thought possibly the Panasonic TX-58HX800, LG 55NANO86 or Hisense 50U7QFTUK but am really not sure, maybe something else would be better?
Apologies for the long post but if anyone with more knowledge on what's out there can give some recommendations it would be much appreciated.
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