Moving into a new house and its time for a new TV. It will be 55" as that's the biggest size the space it can go will allow.
Its just me in the house 99.9% of the viewing time and I'll be set directly opposite about 2.5m away.
I will be watching Sky Q (not the UHD box), Apple TV (not the 4K box but I may get one in a few months), Netflix (no 4K subscription), Amazon Prime, NHL TV and occasional iplayer, 4OD etc. Also some DVDs and Blu Rays but that's occasional. Watch a fair amount of sport, probably a third to half of my viewing. 4 - 6 hours total viewing in a day wouldn't be unusual.
Have a Sony CT90 sound bar which to be honest I've hardly used as I'm worried about annoying the neighbours! House I'm moving to is 1930s build with 22cm thick walls so hopefully more scope to make noise.
Its not a money no object situation but at the same time I don't want to spend the best part of a grand and then regret not buying something better.
I started off looking at LG 55SM8600PLA. Seems to have good reviews but then some say its not great and suggest stepping up to LG OLED 55B9PLA. From there you get into a bit of a chasing the dragon situation and before you know it you're looking at the E9. Not wed to LG by the way, have also looked at a Samsung QE55Q80R which seems good.
So I'm now totally confused. With the sources I'll be viewing is the 55SM8600PLA all I really need. How noticeable a difference will there be moving up the range, is going top end with an E9 just burning money for no reason?
Its just me in the house 99.9% of the viewing time and I'll be set directly opposite about 2.5m away.
I will be watching Sky Q (not the UHD box), Apple TV (not the 4K box but I may get one in a few months), Netflix (no 4K subscription), Amazon Prime, NHL TV and occasional iplayer, 4OD etc. Also some DVDs and Blu Rays but that's occasional. Watch a fair amount of sport, probably a third to half of my viewing. 4 - 6 hours total viewing in a day wouldn't be unusual.
Have a Sony CT90 sound bar which to be honest I've hardly used as I'm worried about annoying the neighbours! House I'm moving to is 1930s build with 22cm thick walls so hopefully more scope to make noise.
Its not a money no object situation but at the same time I don't want to spend the best part of a grand and then regret not buying something better.
I started off looking at LG 55SM8600PLA. Seems to have good reviews but then some say its not great and suggest stepping up to LG OLED 55B9PLA. From there you get into a bit of a chasing the dragon situation and before you know it you're looking at the E9. Not wed to LG by the way, have also looked at a Samsung QE55Q80R which seems good.
So I'm now totally confused. With the sources I'll be viewing is the 55SM8600PLA all I really need. How noticeable a difference will there be moving up the range, is going top end with an E9 just burning money for no reason?