Tomgone
Standard Member
Good evening all,
Been following a number of threads here as we are looking for a new main screen for living room. We have a nice, large, dark coloured and dedicates wall, so 75-77" seems to be a good place to look (could even take larger screen). We have not been in a hurry and following some advice on here I was hoping to wait until sales in a couple of months when hopefully the current models drop in price. However, current telly (50" Panny plasma which have done us great) is playing and seems to be on its last legs up so might have to accelerate the buying process
Seating positions are 3-4m from the screen and sound is "not important" as we have both Sonos and a separate AV setup - screen would be wall mounted. Sources are SkyQ, Netflix, Amazon Prime and DVD (will be replacing DVD player as well) - all 4k and have fibre so streaming is no issue. Primary watch is either movies or sport, so motion quality is key. Movies are normally watched at night so a fully dark room, but of course sports are normally daytime - room is quite bright. Younger parts of family watches Netflix/Prime series but they are happy with anything
Budget wise - happy to spend "enough" to get a good quality set which will ideally last us a few year (appreciate "future proof" is not easy ). Having following a number of discussions etc. here shortlist is probably something like;
LG 77" C9 - still expensive but seems to tick all boxes - a few places have the 77" C8 (C9 £6999 and C8 £4699)
Samsung 75" Q90R - really like the One Connect concept and much keener price (£3999)
I have been able to view both of these side by side, but the setup was not great so couldnt really see much difference between them and shop was busy so could have a proper look. Had a quick look at a Sony (they didnt have the 75" AG9 but a few others) but couldnt glean how user friendly Android was.
Other potential is the Samsung 75" Q950R (£5399) which seems to get good reviews but again not been able to view it - 8k though....
Trying to find a place where I can get to do a proper viewing of at least LG and Samsungs.
In the meantime welcome any views/suggestions/recommendations - is it "worth" spending the extra on the C9, is the 8K Samsung an option, am I missing any obvious options, etc After reading many threads clearly there is an element of "eye of the beholder"
Many thanks and have a good evening
Tom
Been following a number of threads here as we are looking for a new main screen for living room. We have a nice, large, dark coloured and dedicates wall, so 75-77" seems to be a good place to look (could even take larger screen). We have not been in a hurry and following some advice on here I was hoping to wait until sales in a couple of months when hopefully the current models drop in price. However, current telly (50" Panny plasma which have done us great) is playing and seems to be on its last legs up so might have to accelerate the buying process
Seating positions are 3-4m from the screen and sound is "not important" as we have both Sonos and a separate AV setup - screen would be wall mounted. Sources are SkyQ, Netflix, Amazon Prime and DVD (will be replacing DVD player as well) - all 4k and have fibre so streaming is no issue. Primary watch is either movies or sport, so motion quality is key. Movies are normally watched at night so a fully dark room, but of course sports are normally daytime - room is quite bright. Younger parts of family watches Netflix/Prime series but they are happy with anything
Budget wise - happy to spend "enough" to get a good quality set which will ideally last us a few year (appreciate "future proof" is not easy ). Having following a number of discussions etc. here shortlist is probably something like;
LG 77" C9 - still expensive but seems to tick all boxes - a few places have the 77" C8 (C9 £6999 and C8 £4699)
Samsung 75" Q90R - really like the One Connect concept and much keener price (£3999)
I have been able to view both of these side by side, but the setup was not great so couldnt really see much difference between them and shop was busy so could have a proper look. Had a quick look at a Sony (they didnt have the 75" AG9 but a few others) but couldnt glean how user friendly Android was.
Other potential is the Samsung 75" Q950R (£5399) which seems to get good reviews but again not been able to view it - 8k though....
Trying to find a place where I can get to do a proper viewing of at least LG and Samsungs.
In the meantime welcome any views/suggestions/recommendations - is it "worth" spending the extra on the C9, is the 8K Samsung an option, am I missing any obvious options, etc After reading many threads clearly there is an element of "eye of the beholder"
Many thanks and have a good evening
Tom