leeb-1977
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I've mentioned this in a previous comment but thought id open up a thread to help me brain fart my way around this whole buying a new TV debacle.
Basically - I've got a currys voucher with me now (£369 on it) which pretty much ties me into them.
I've no issue adding some cash - although as I've a wedding to pay for the motto of less is more is certainly one id like to live by
Currently have a Samsung LE40a656 so its a little old hat, although I'm more than happy with the picture quality and motion processing from it. We've just moved the room around and now I have a blank wall and a TV bench that's 1.8m wide... so the old 40" is looking a little forlorn.
Add to this the fact that I have an xbox one x and a ps4 pro, and its obvious that its time to upgrade.
The bigger the better is the order of the day - ideally a 65" but im fast realising that I need to temper my expectations and ive been looking at 55" with a heavy heart.
my only hope is that currys price match - and ive been keeping my eyes on Ao.com and John lewis / argos to see whats going on with them.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
Ive read the budget 2017 recommendations thread with keen interest - and the standout seems to be the Hisense H55n6800UK at £649... infact if it were a little bigger I wouldn't even post, but somehow I just cant get over that 60"-65" thing in my head.
I notice the Panny 58ex700b is the same price.... but im struggling to find any reviews.
To compound matters more - a walk into currys this morning on my break gave me the opportunity to see the Sony xe8596, and Samsung q6 Qled for around the £800 mark (also the Samsung MU8000).... all very impressive to my eyes, but still in that 55" bracket.
For what its worth the tv will be used for Gaming, 4k Bluray and streaming (Netflix and amazon) and general tv via a TiVo box - and as you can see by the avatar I do like my premiership footy so motion processing is of importance. Id love some hald decent HDR functionality too.
Im just looking for something that will give me a bit of wow factor over my aging Samsung set from 2008.
Can anyone help me out of this brain spin ive got myself into?
Basically - I've got a currys voucher with me now (£369 on it) which pretty much ties me into them.
I've no issue adding some cash - although as I've a wedding to pay for the motto of less is more is certainly one id like to live by
Currently have a Samsung LE40a656 so its a little old hat, although I'm more than happy with the picture quality and motion processing from it. We've just moved the room around and now I have a blank wall and a TV bench that's 1.8m wide... so the old 40" is looking a little forlorn.
Add to this the fact that I have an xbox one x and a ps4 pro, and its obvious that its time to upgrade.
The bigger the better is the order of the day - ideally a 65" but im fast realising that I need to temper my expectations and ive been looking at 55" with a heavy heart.
my only hope is that currys price match - and ive been keeping my eyes on Ao.com and John lewis / argos to see whats going on with them.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
Ive read the budget 2017 recommendations thread with keen interest - and the standout seems to be the Hisense H55n6800UK at £649... infact if it were a little bigger I wouldn't even post, but somehow I just cant get over that 60"-65" thing in my head.
I notice the Panny 58ex700b is the same price.... but im struggling to find any reviews.
To compound matters more - a walk into currys this morning on my break gave me the opportunity to see the Sony xe8596, and Samsung q6 Qled for around the £800 mark (also the Samsung MU8000).... all very impressive to my eyes, but still in that 55" bracket.
For what its worth the tv will be used for Gaming, 4k Bluray and streaming (Netflix and amazon) and general tv via a TiVo box - and as you can see by the avatar I do like my premiership footy so motion processing is of importance. Id love some hald decent HDR functionality too.
Im just looking for something that will give me a bit of wow factor over my aging Samsung set from 2008.
Can anyone help me out of this brain spin ive got myself into?
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