What TV do you own?

[Charger]

Well with Black Friday just around the corner I've been pondering about bying a new tv.

So I thought I'd ask you guys what tv's you have are you happy with them?

I've mainly had Samsung's in the past and been pretty happy with them. Good quality but maybe not the best possible picture quality.

Been thinking about a 43" (since that's the absolute max size that fits my tv corner) smart tv....mid price range.

Any suggestions?

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Ha! Been thinking something similar, my current one is over 11 years old now (32" Sony Bravia). I'd prefer a named brand but some of the lesser known brands are good value and have good reviews.

[Charger]

Yeah the cheaper lesser known ones can be good too...but usually one thing is against them and that's the fact that they are pretty slow to start and can have very slow and sluggish menus and such...

Also a lot of those non name brands are actually the same tv with just different brands and slightly different looks.

[Thelemech]

I have a 32 inch Insignia 720p TV. It is the home brand for Best Buy and it is actually a great TV for the price I paid for it. Very nice picture with some very good color spectrum. It is about 7 or 8 years old now and I want a new one as well but I just do not have the room in my apartment for anything bigger.

[Typhon]

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I have several televisions that are all more than 10 years old.  I have no plans to buy anything newer.  Why?  I stick with Samsung and Panasonic, and they last a long time.  They are not the cheapest brands, but the cheaper ones use cheaper electronic parts, so they don't last as long.

Between the sets I own (2 Samsung and 2 Panasonic), I would give a slight edge to Samsung.  The picture quality is close to equal, but both remote controls of the Panasonics have commonly used buttons that wore out and stopped working, like volume and channel up/down.  Fortunately my Blu-ray player's remote had extra buttons for those TV controls, so I can use that one for those functions.

[Charger]

You guys got good old tv's I see... My bigger Samsung is about 5 years old and my smaller one is touching 10 years now. Both still work fine.

But I do want a proper smart tv because I'd like to get Amazon Prime so I can watch The Grand Tour...and that's something I can't have with my current one.

There are two brands that might be the ones to choose from LG and Samsung.

Panasonic has gotten some great reviews here for picture quality. But they mainly have bigger models nowadays. Philips is another possibility but some say that it too suffers from being bit slow and sluggish on the menus and streaming.

Normal tv functions are probably about the same regardless of the brand but the streaming speed seems to vary quite a bit from what I've read.


And yeah I think Typhon has a point about cheaper models and manufacturers using cheaper parts as well...so luck plays a bit bigger role in those tv's...also picture quality might diminish over time more than on more expensive ones...

[Thelemech]

You guys got good old tv's I see... My bigger Samsung is about 5 years old and my smaller one is touching 10 years now. Both still work fine.

But I do want a proper smart tv because I'd like to get Amazon Prime so I can watch The Grand Tour...and that's something I can't have with my current one.

There are two brands that might be the ones to choose from LG and Samsung.

Panasonic has gotten some great reviews here for picture quality. But they mainly have bigger models nowadays. Philips is another possibility but some say that it too suffers from being bit slow and sluggish on the menus and streaming.

Normal tv functions are probably about the same regardless of the brand but the streaming speed seems to vary quite a bit from what I've read.


And yeah I think Typhon has a point about cheaper models and manufacturers using cheaper parts as well...so luck plays a bit bigger role in those tv's...also picture quality might diminish over time more than on more expensive ones...

I thought you had a PS4 - you should be able to get Amazon Prime on that. I know because I use to have it for my PS4 Pro and my Xbox One S.

[Thelemech]

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I have odd hours and I am usually up around 3 or 4 am my time.

[Charger]

I thought you had a PS4 - you should be able to get Amazon Prime on that. I know because I use to have it for my PS4 Pro and my Xbox One S.

Yes I do. But my PS4 is connected to my small bedroom/office tv and I rarely watch tv from that...

Honestly though I did NOT know you could get Amazon Prime on PS4. So that'd be cool then I could watch it from both tv's if needed.

[Typhon]

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I have odd hours and I am usually up around 3 or 4 am my time.

What do you, go to bed at 7:00pm?   

[Zzzptm]

I've got a Samsung that's 42" and two LG 72" screens. Very happy with all three, use the 72" for movies, get a great picture and sound.

[Tyr66]

I've got a Philips TV LED Full HD 47 " . Good tv . 7 yrs old if I'm correct.

[Thelemech]

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I have odd hours and I am usually up around 3 or 4 am my time.

What do you, go to bed at 7:00pm?   

  LOL!! In the Winter I go to sleep when it gets dark, so yes actually around 6 to 7 pm.

[Jack the Stripper]

I have an LG Oled 4K Tv. It’s about 2 years old. Make no mistake LG oled is the best technology on the market. I did a lot of homework and comparisons before buying and for picture quality stood head and shoulders above the other brands. I was sceptical about the LG brand at first but they’ve come along way in the last 10 years to be top of the market and invented the oled technology. Other brands have tried to copy them but just not as good

Only issue you might have is that they are pricey and don’t think they’re available in anything under 55”  Might be the same for a for the other major brands with their oled’s and Samsung Qled which is utter shit.

Sony is probably the next best but if you want the latest tech you won’t get one in 42” and below.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

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I have wondered about LG but I don't know much about them, so that's useful advise. They do a 43 inch model:

LG 43UN71006LB 43 Inch UHD 4K HDR Smart LED TV

... Amazon UK don't have any 43" ecxept from 3rd parties, but they have the 49" version on Prime.