First off, forgive me if I'm a noob at this - I've had my current LG 42LB5500 for about 8 years now and I'm just looking to upgrade.
I went to Curry's tonight with the intention of buying a new TV. I had done a ton of research and settled on the LG 50UP78006LB. IVA had a ton of LGs and had no issues, and I really like the magic remote of the newer models.
I asked the salesman to buy the LG and he essentially said no - Don't buy that one, it's terrible. All LGs newer panels are rubbish except the OLEDs, so they're all really dim and if you're watching a dark scene in a film you won't be able to see what's going on. He then directed me towards a Hisense model 50A7GQTUK saying it has much better brightness and is a much better TV for slightly less money.
Is there truth to any of this? The LG looked fine to me screen-wise in the shop - Maybe fractionally dimmer than some others but I doubt it would be a major issue.
I did wonder if maybe Curry's are on a commission from Hisense to sell more units as I heard him saying basically the same thing to another customer right before me.
Alternatively, can someone give me some guidance? I don't need anything too fancy, but a good, solid 4K TV that'll last a while somewhere around the £500 mark. I'd prefer to go no bigger than 50in as I think anything else would look stupid in my living room!
Cheers,
Ewan
I went to Curry's tonight with the intention of buying a new TV. I had done a ton of research and settled on the LG 50UP78006LB. IVA had a ton of LGs and had no issues, and I really like the magic remote of the newer models.
I asked the salesman to buy the LG and he essentially said no - Don't buy that one, it's terrible. All LGs newer panels are rubbish except the OLEDs, so they're all really dim and if you're watching a dark scene in a film you won't be able to see what's going on. He then directed me towards a Hisense model 50A7GQTUK saying it has much better brightness and is a much better TV for slightly less money.
Is there truth to any of this? The LG looked fine to me screen-wise in the shop - Maybe fractionally dimmer than some others but I doubt it would be a major issue.
I did wonder if maybe Curry's are on a commission from Hisense to sell more units as I heard him saying basically the same thing to another customer right before me.
Alternatively, can someone give me some guidance? I don't need anything too fancy, but a good, solid 4K TV that'll last a while somewhere around the £500 mark. I'd prefer to go no bigger than 50in as I think anything else would look stupid in my living room!
Cheers,
Ewan