Answered Maximum budget next end of April, will have £1200 to spend

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I am upgrading from a 500 pound Sony 42 inch lcd purchaseed 8 years ago

Finally I am allowed after weeks of work on the missus to get me a 55 TV.

Uses for thr TV are mainly
standard terrestrial, often
Sky sports, often
Ps3 and ps4 occasionally
Peppa pig dvds, alot of the time
Firestick and other streaming, fairly often.

I was hoping to get TV, and a soundbar for this money plus I will need a bracket also.

I am currently looking at the Sony 55XE9005..

This seems to have plenty of bells and whistles
Is this too much TV for my needs I won't be buying another TV for another 8-10+ years I guess.
Sorry for bold can't see how to turn off.. Lol

I sold an old wired jamo 5.1 set up afew years ago and miss the beefy sound

Any help would be appreciated . Thanks


 
The tv you are looking at is a good starter model for HDR so if you want to use HDR in the near future it's money well spent. Examples would be:

PS4/PS4 pro with HDR games.
Netflix/Amazon/Apple HDR streams
UHD Blu-Ray player and discs with HDR
Sky Q with UHD (2TB plus HD pack only) will support HDR the future.

But yes, right now with your sources I think is spending too much.

I wouldn't worry about future proofing either, only go for that Sony if you have plans for sure too use HDR in the near future.

Hope this helps!
 
This model looks decent aswell, sony kd 55 xd 8596. What do you think to this??

By all accounts it's weak on HDR but great everywhere else . I think I will compare this and the hisense you mention in your best buys to whistles and bells Sony that's over 1k.



 
Do you mean the XE85xx range? XD would be the 2016 model.

They are good TVs yes, great that you have read the guide!
 
Yes they are good TVs, listed in the guide. Maybe on current pricing the Samsung 55MU7000 or Hisense 55NU8700 are better value though. The specs of all those TVs are the same so differences slim.
 
Sounds like I will choose from these models based on prices in afew weeks. Many thanks

Lastly is sound transfer to sound bars any good via Bluetooth. I guess it must be standard these days.
Can you suggest that would match a 55 inch telly. Dont mind a separate bass woofer but don't want loads of speakers. I will have upto 300 quid give or take.
 
Also richer sound have the LG, oled 55,b7v for 1500. Just seen it....
Should I cash up and go for this oled screen. I could find the.cash but in doing so sacrifice soundbar and marital relations for afew daya
 

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