New TV advice

[SilverFox2]

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.

You are so right ref weight and depth. Flat screens simply regained space to a wall.
Incidentally viewing distance is surprisingly short in that you multiply screen size say 60 inch by 1.2 to give. 72 inches.
So view it ideally from 6 feet away.

 

[discopop]

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

A little over budget and I have shopped at Richer Sounds.

Thoughts and feedback appreciated

 

[Kompany Car]

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.

Dont know if you can remember the back projection tvs of the early 90s. You could get fairly big screen sizes on those, but in all but the darkest of rooms the colour production was terrible.
Not sure if id fancy a 70" CRT the 25" ones were heavy enough and for every inch of TV tube size, the voltage on the on the back of the tube went up by 1kV so a 70" TV would have had 70,000V at the connection to the tube. Very clever pieces of kit CRTs for their time

 

[Kompany Car]

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

A little over budget and I have shopped at Richer Sounds.

Thoughts and feedback appreciated

Yeah thats the one I listed, its a good TV and LG for a long time were/are the front runners in OLED technology. OLED for that price is a pretty sweet deal rest of them are around 1k minimum. Its probably due to it being last years model which makes bugger all difference.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

You are so right ref weight and depth. Flat screens simply regained space to a wall.
Incidentally viewing distance is surprisingly short in that you multiply screen size say 60 inch by 1.2 to give. 72 inches.
So view it ideally from 6 feet away.

Where did you get 1.2?

This site…

TV Size To Distance Calculator (And The Science Behind It)

Choosing a new TV for your room can be a daunting challenge. The market has never been more complicated, with dozens of new models released each year and a mountain of marketing jargon to work through.

www.rtings.com

…says 1.6, which seems to make more sense to me, but there’s a chart/slider to help you choose correct size.

1.2 sounds far too close.

 

[SilverFox2]

Where did you get 1.2?

This site…

TV Size To Distance Calculator (And The Science Behind It)

Choosing a new TV for your room can be a daunting challenge. The market has never been more complicated, with dozens of new models released each year and a mountain of marketing jargon to work through.

www.rtings.com

…says 1.6, which seems to make more sense to me, but there’s a chart/slider to help you choose correct size.

1.2 sounds far too close.

Sorry I must have misread it just did a quick Google search which gave a couple of extractions which said 1.2.

 

[Centurions]

Dont know if you can remember the back projection tvs of the early 90s. You could get fairly big screen sizes on those, but in all but the darkest of rooms the colour production was terrible.
Not sure if id fancy a 70" CRT the 25" ones were heavy enough and for every inch of TV tube size, the voltage on the on the back of the tube went up by 1kV so a 70" TV would have had 70,000V at the connection to the tube. Very clever pieces of kit CRTs for their time

There was quite literally just the 2 channels available when I was born so yes, I can remember the 90s ;)

They were more an American thing the back projection TV's were they not?

Edit: good point about the voltage for CRTs, I do recall that they weren't something you really wanted to be taking the back off.

 

[Summerbuzz]

Good looking on your choice, that's pretty much what I would have taken. My budget was a lot less so I scraped together enough for a year old LG QLED. They're good TV's. I do hate the menus and stuff, complicated and fiddly, but that's largely because I'm just getting too old for this stuff, and they keep making it harder.

 

[Kompany Car]

There was quite literally just the 2 channels available when I was born so yes, I can remember the 90s ;)

They were more an American thing the back projection TV's were they not?

Edit: good point about the voltage for CRTs, I do recall that they weren't something you really wanted to be taking the back off.

That puts you prior to 1964 then, which is when BBC2 launched.

 

[bluemanchester]

Dont know if you can remember the back projection tvs of the early 90s. You could get fairly big screen sizes on those, but in all but the darkest of rooms the colour production was terrible.
Not sure if id fancy a 70" CRT the 25" ones were heavy enough and for every inch of TV tube size, the voltage on the on the back of the tube went up by 1kV so a 70" TV would have had 70,000V at the connection to the tube. Very clever pieces of kit CRTs for their time

Remember back projection screens as I bought one from Comet. Luckily I took out extra warranty on it, I always found Comet to be fair with their extra warranties. Unfortunately I had a lot of trouble with it and eventually they told me they couldn't get parts to replace the broken parts so they gave me a 55inch Panasonic plasma. This is now nowhere near the picture quality of modern TVs so I am looking for a replacement at the moment. Nothing to do with the thread but its Sunday afternoon and I am bored;-)

 

[Blue Maverick]

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

A little over budget and I have shopped at Richer Sounds.

Thoughts and feedback appreciated

If you can stretch to this get it mate OLED are the best TVs on the market, however they do reflect things on tv so if it’s facing a window it won’t be great viewing during the day.

 

[discopop]

If you can stretch to this get it mate OLED are the best TVs on the market, however they do reflect things on tv so if it’s facing a window it won’t be great viewing during the day.

Ta for the advice, we should be ok.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

If you can stretch to this get it mate OLED are the best TVs on the market, however they do reflect things on tv so if it’s facing a window it won’t be great viewing during the day.

I have the LG c2 65” oled an amazing tv I’m so happy with it :)

 

[bluesince76]

It was the 70" bit I'd highlighted.

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

I'm pretty sure the small screen at the Roxy was smaller than that. Just wish the house was big enough for one to fit!