StevieR
Novice Member
Newbie looking for some advice here. On the verge of purchasing an upgrade from what now appears to be our relatively tiny and dated Samsung telly. I watch a fair bit of World Cinema Blu Rays & DVDs and, as anyone of a certain age will know, the subtitles are getting much, much, smaller. Santa is also bringing the youngest a new PS4 (though he doesn't know that yet of course, well, Santa does obviously). Most general viewing is provided by the Virgin Tivo box and sound played through an LG home cinema system; LG BH6430P, which still sounds pretty good to me so no plans to change this.
I'm pretty much strapped for cash at the moment and will be for the next wee while (if you're reading this Theresa, no thanks from me for your hollow concern and no, we're not all in this together) so budget has to be strictly limited to £500.
Having fairly limited wall space I've determined that 50" is about as big as I can accommodate, with viewing range from as close as my boy can get to the screen without his eyes permanently crossing and up to about 8 feet.
I've done a wee bit of homework and from what I can tell from my very limited knowledge it seems that the best sets available at £499 are as follows; (though one was previously £449 at Argos until they upped the price by £50 as part of their Black Friday 'deal'. Perhaps they may bring the price down again once their Cyber Week Winter Giveaway Madness promotion or whatever they call it is over?)
LG 49UH661V
LG 49UH661V | LG Electronics UK
HISENSE 50M5500
TVs | M5500 - Hisense
PHILIPS 49PUS6401
Buy the Philips 6000 series 4K Ultra Slim TV powered by Android TV™ 49PUS6401/12 4K Ultra Slim TV powered by Android TV™
http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/49PUS6...ith-ambilight-2-sided-and-pixel-plus-ultra-hd
The list isn't set in stone by any means as I'm only now beginning to get my head around some of the technical aspects so by all means if there are better ones out there I'd gladly accept your advice. Otherwise, which of the these would anyone recommend or is it really much of a sameness at this price?
Thanks in advance.
I'm pretty much strapped for cash at the moment and will be for the next wee while (if you're reading this Theresa, no thanks from me for your hollow concern and no, we're not all in this together) so budget has to be strictly limited to £500.
Having fairly limited wall space I've determined that 50" is about as big as I can accommodate, with viewing range from as close as my boy can get to the screen without his eyes permanently crossing and up to about 8 feet.
I've done a wee bit of homework and from what I can tell from my very limited knowledge it seems that the best sets available at £499 are as follows; (though one was previously £449 at Argos until they upped the price by £50 as part of their Black Friday 'deal'. Perhaps they may bring the price down again once their Cyber Week Winter Giveaway Madness promotion or whatever they call it is over?)
LG 49UH661V
LG 49UH661V | LG Electronics UK
HISENSE 50M5500
TVs | M5500 - Hisense
PHILIPS 49PUS6401
Buy the Philips 6000 series 4K Ultra Slim TV powered by Android TV™ 49PUS6401/12 4K Ultra Slim TV powered by Android TV™
http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/49PUS6...ith-ambilight-2-sided-and-pixel-plus-ultra-hd
The list isn't set in stone by any means as I'm only now beginning to get my head around some of the technical aspects so by all means if there are better ones out there I'd gladly accept your advice. Otherwise, which of the these would anyone recommend or is it really much of a sameness at this price?
Thanks in advance.