BigBee
Established Member
Hello – am after a bit of advice please.
We bought a Panasonic TX-P42GT30B plasma about six years ago for about £ 800(!) and are extremely happy with it (in fact, we love it), however we are about to move house where the lounge will be much bigger but the TV is probably going to be too small. We currently sit about 8’ away and I think in our new lounge we’ll be about 14’ – 15’ away (lounge is 20’ x 17’ in all)
A bit of background… When we originally went to buy a TV six years ago, we actually never intended to buy a plasma TV, we had a Samsung LCD at the time and just wanted something a bit bigger so demoed a newer Samsung (LED I think, but am not sure). We played our Planet Earth blu-ray on it and there was a scene where the camera panned over some icebergs and the judder was absolutely horrendous. The chap in the shop fiddled with the settings to try and minimise it but the end result was that it just looked blurry and frankly quite awful so it was then that a plasma set was mentioned. I’d always shied away from plasmas as I game quite a lot and was nervous regarding burn in and the like - but thankfully this has never been an issue. Have had image retention but that went really quickly.
So, back to the present – we’re now looking for a 65” TV. We might be able to get away with a 55” but the missus reckons not J. As I say I game quite a lot and although I don’t own a 4k / HDR compatible games machine at the moment (I have an originaI PS4 and XB1), I certainly will at some point. Whether sooner with a PS4 Pro / XboxX, definitely later when the next gen is released. Other than gaming, we watch films and mostly HD (but some SD) TV channels – all we have is freesat and freeview (no Sky etc). We’ll be sitting about 14’ – 15’ away and the room is south facing, although we will be investing in some very good ‘blackout’ curtains.
We’ve been to our local John Lewis and checked out some lovely new TVs, mostly for silly money and am kind of edging towards OLED as I gather that’s the way to go in terms of image quality. I’m in love with the Sony A1 but I really can’t bring myself to spend £4500 on a TV – so consequently am seriously considering the LG B7. One problem I have though is the issue of screen burn – is this a problem with OLEDs? The chap in John Lewis was certainly suggesting that it very much is, but then again he was trying to sell us a Samsung QLED at the time! On the subject of which, the Samsung 65” Q8 is very nice, we’ve also been considering the Sony XE9305 and possibly ZD9. Too many choices! Are any Panasonics worth considering? As I say we are very happy with our plasma. Is the cost of OLED over LCD worth the additional outlay? I guess the budget is around £ 3000 but I’d really rather not have to spend that much if poss. As the lounge is south facing, would brightness be an issue despite the curtains - I gather LCDs are much brighter than OLEDs? Is either option a better choice when it comes to judder? A TV that can make a half decent job of displaying SDTV would also be helpful. TV sound is not an issue as we have a 5.1 B&W system for that. If necessary we are happy to wait a few months before purchasing, I have read on here that best time to buy is spring.
Sorry for all the questions but we really want to get this right as we want to future proof ourselves a bit (if that is even possible!) and don’t want to have to buy another TV for a good few years yet – particularly in view of the cost involved.
Thanks for reading and for any help / advice you can offer.
We bought a Panasonic TX-P42GT30B plasma about six years ago for about £ 800(!) and are extremely happy with it (in fact, we love it), however we are about to move house where the lounge will be much bigger but the TV is probably going to be too small. We currently sit about 8’ away and I think in our new lounge we’ll be about 14’ – 15’ away (lounge is 20’ x 17’ in all)
A bit of background… When we originally went to buy a TV six years ago, we actually never intended to buy a plasma TV, we had a Samsung LCD at the time and just wanted something a bit bigger so demoed a newer Samsung (LED I think, but am not sure). We played our Planet Earth blu-ray on it and there was a scene where the camera panned over some icebergs and the judder was absolutely horrendous. The chap in the shop fiddled with the settings to try and minimise it but the end result was that it just looked blurry and frankly quite awful so it was then that a plasma set was mentioned. I’d always shied away from plasmas as I game quite a lot and was nervous regarding burn in and the like - but thankfully this has never been an issue. Have had image retention but that went really quickly.
So, back to the present – we’re now looking for a 65” TV. We might be able to get away with a 55” but the missus reckons not J. As I say I game quite a lot and although I don’t own a 4k / HDR compatible games machine at the moment (I have an originaI PS4 and XB1), I certainly will at some point. Whether sooner with a PS4 Pro / XboxX, definitely later when the next gen is released. Other than gaming, we watch films and mostly HD (but some SD) TV channels – all we have is freesat and freeview (no Sky etc). We’ll be sitting about 14’ – 15’ away and the room is south facing, although we will be investing in some very good ‘blackout’ curtains.
We’ve been to our local John Lewis and checked out some lovely new TVs, mostly for silly money and am kind of edging towards OLED as I gather that’s the way to go in terms of image quality. I’m in love with the Sony A1 but I really can’t bring myself to spend £4500 on a TV – so consequently am seriously considering the LG B7. One problem I have though is the issue of screen burn – is this a problem with OLEDs? The chap in John Lewis was certainly suggesting that it very much is, but then again he was trying to sell us a Samsung QLED at the time! On the subject of which, the Samsung 65” Q8 is very nice, we’ve also been considering the Sony XE9305 and possibly ZD9. Too many choices! Are any Panasonics worth considering? As I say we are very happy with our plasma. Is the cost of OLED over LCD worth the additional outlay? I guess the budget is around £ 3000 but I’d really rather not have to spend that much if poss. As the lounge is south facing, would brightness be an issue despite the curtains - I gather LCDs are much brighter than OLEDs? Is either option a better choice when it comes to judder? A TV that can make a half decent job of displaying SDTV would also be helpful. TV sound is not an issue as we have a 5.1 B&W system for that. If necessary we are happy to wait a few months before purchasing, I have read on here that best time to buy is spring.
Sorry for all the questions but we really want to get this right as we want to future proof ourselves a bit (if that is even possible!) and don’t want to have to buy another TV for a good few years yet – particularly in view of the cost involved.
Thanks for reading and for any help / advice you can offer.