New TV advice

[discopop]

Hi Fellow Mooners

The disco clan are in the market for a new telebox preferably not a coin op one.

We have a budget of around £750 with a max screen size of 70”

For the record we are Costco card holders and I know they are normally excellent customer service wise

Advice greatly welcomed.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Richer sounds for me. Free 6 year warranties.

 

[Gaz76]

John Lewis sale is on, some decent bargains in the cheadle one today

 

[denislawsbackheel]

JL warranties are crap.
Richer sounds are new for old. JL isnt.

 

[bluenova]

Hi Fellow Mooners

The disco clan are in the market for a new telebox preferably not a coin op one.

We have a budget of around £750 with a max screen size of 70”

For the record we are Costco card holders and I know they are normally excellent customer service wise

Advice greatly welcomed.

We truly live in glorious times.

 

[heslops barnet]

JL warranties are crap.
Richer sounds are new for old. JL isnt.

Richer sounds great……my tv broke a couple of weeks before guarantee ran out, no quibble upgrade replacement

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

What use are you looking to get out of it?

Worth noting Samsung TVs can stream games without need for any other device.

 

[discopop]

What use are you looking to get out of it?

Worth noting Samsung TVs can stream games without need for any other device.

No gaming

 

[discopop]

We truly live in glorious times.

Not sure I understand, seriously wasn’t joking about coin op teles I’m of a certain age where you put money aside for stuff.

 

[bluenova]

Not sure I understand, seriously wasn’t joking about coin op teles I’m of a certain age where you put money aside for stuff.

It was the 70" bit I'd highlighted.

How insane is it that we have TVs that size at home :)

 

[Bill Walker]

It was the 70" bit I'd highlighted.

How insane is it that we have TVs that size at home :)

My son has a 90 inch. Too big for me. I'm more than happy with my 65 inch.

 

[urban genie]

get a fire tv so thry can watch you as well as listen

 

[Centurions]

For £750 max you're not going to get a great quality picture at 70". Which would you prefer, a great picture or just a big screen? What size would you go down to? What about sound? Do you have a decent soundbar or are you relying on the built in sound (not always a good thing).

Are you plugging in a VM or Sky box or using Freeview/Freesat with catch-up apps?

 

[discopop]

For £750 max you're not going to get a great quality picture at 70". Which would you prefer, a great picture or just a big screen? What size would you go down to? What about sound? Do you have a decent soundbar or are you relying on the built in sound (not always a good thing).

Are you plugging in a VM or Sky box or using Freeview/Freesat with catch-up apps?

Not going to beusing any external boxes, we have a decent enough sound bar, as for size 70 was absolutely max so under that is not a problem probably down to 55 at a pinch, it’s not going to be used for watching much sport on.

 

[Centurions]

Not going to beusing any external boxes, we have a decent enough sound bar, as for size 70 was absolutely max so under that is not a problem probably down to 55 at a pinch, it’s not going to be used for watching much sport on.

In that case the TCL Roku TVs are decent (relatively) cheap options as you can get the QLED 65" for £600 on Amazon at least. They also do a £500 LED 65" version. The Roku platform looks to be pretty good as a clunky interface just frustrates.

Amazon product ASIN B0BZZMT7FN
Amazon product ASIN B0BJF91JHP

 

[SilverFox2]

It was the 70" bit I'd highlighted.

How insane is it that we have TVs that size at home :)

Mainly because the ideal size for distance could not be achieved via cathode ray tubes.
Modern screens sizes have simply adjusted to be correct.

 

[bakerdave76]

Decent price

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2658845

 

[discopop]

In that case the TCL Roku TVs are decent (relatively) cheap options as you can get the QLED 65" for £600 on Amazon at least. They also do a £500 LED 65" version. The Roku platform looks to be pretty good as a clunky interface just frustrates.

Amazon product ASIN B0BZZMT7FN
Amazon product ASIN B0BJF91JHP

Can’t say I had heard of the brand, some decent reviews, cheers

 

[Kompany Car]

TVs tend to go 65" then 77". It comes down to personal preference but unless your room is big it will dominate it. Our room lounge is 7m x 6m and 65" feels ok but still pretty big.

If you want the full home cinema experience then you do need a TV that is around the sweet spot for your viewing distance, but I would recommend you consider all viewing positions rather than just the furthest one.

So around 65" you're not gonna get OLED or micro LED, so go for TVs with Full Array Local dimming over everything else as this will give you better HDR which you will notice far more than any other feature.

At 65" you're going to be looking at either Hisense...

Buy Hisense U7 Series 65U7HQTUK 65" 4K ULED Smart TV | Marks Electrical

Hisense 65U7HQTUK, 165.1 cm (65"), 4K Ultra HD, Smart TV, Wi-Fi

markselectrical.co.uk

I posted the M&S link as they currently have a £50 discount code for Hisense TVs

or the TCL ones similar to those posted above by @Centurions.

At 55" if you can stretch an extra £49 one of these would be good assuming you dont have lots of ambient light directly on the screen and its OLED...

LG OLED55A26LA

Shop for LG OLED55A26LA 55 inch OLED 4K Ultra HD HDR Smart TV with Richer Sounds for a 6 Year Guarantee, expert advice and Lowest Prices Guaranteed

www.richersounds.com

 

[Centurions]

Mainly because the ideal size for distance could not be achieved via cathode ray tubes.
Modern screens sizes have simply adjusted to be correct.

I think it's more to do with having to have living rooms 4x our present sizes in order to fit in a 70" cathode ray tube TV. Not to mention a forklift truck to put it in position and removable walls as the doors would be too small.