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Just moved house an need a new tele. I've used one of those websites that helps you figure out the best size based on the viewing distance and its thrown up 46", given that that's not a normal size 43 seems like it'd be about right. Would like to spend less than £450 really.
Samsung or LG seemed to get the most recommendations on older posts like this. Samsung UE43TU7100 or UE43TU8500 seem to get decent reviews.
Any recommendations?
Should have been posted in Chat not Bike! Balls!
Edit* Turns out you can move it. Who knew!
HotUKDeals can be good for researching this kind of thing. My parents have a Samsung similar to the above and it's decent.
Go for the standard sizes. Closest to 43 is a 42inch. Tbh At that price point go for the one with the biggest discount.
Edit: actually was wrong, 43 is now the standard size.
https://www.avforums.com/threads/my-best-value-tvs-2019-2020-edition.2259070/
This is the best advice you can get.
We got a Samsung UE43RU7400 just after Christmas last year. I really like it. Good picture quality and enough HDMI inputs. All the apps work fine and picture quality is excellent to my eyes. Only minor quibble was not RCA audio output to connect it to the amp. My amp is old so I had to get a cheap DAC of eBay to allow it to connect.
Looks like it's now discontinued unfortunately. I did look at one of the lower spec models UE43TU7100 I think it was. That had fewer HDMI inputs and also the menus and TV guide seemed a bit laggy. So I'd suggest checking that before you take the plunge.
Based on our 43" LG TV, I am not sure I would recommend LG, unless they have improved their Freeview TV guide and stability of their 'smart' features.
Maybe this isn't relevant if you use Sky, or a Fire Stick etc.
On our TV, the guide takes ages to load and it's not just the first time you open it after turning the TV on; it happens every single time.
The guide on our much older HUMAX box is available instantly & is displayed as a transparency over the channel currently being watched. With the LG TV, the screen goes to a loading page & eventually when it decides to open, the current programme is a tiny box in the corner of the screen. It just seems like a real backwards step & although a small thing, is very frustrating.
I also wonder if it doesn't have enough processing power or RAM because apps like YouTube or Disney frequently restart with the notification that the 'app closed to free up memory'. It seems to happen less if you completely turn the TV off periodically, so I wonder if it just doesn't do a good job of clearing the RAM, but again it can be bloody annoying.
We bought this TV unseen from Richer Sounds & I didn't see any mention of this prior to making my purchase. I also say loads of accolades for LG's Smart TV OS, so assumed that would work much better as well.
Next time we'll be going into a shop & trying the TV out before buying to make sure things like the guide actually work as expected.
Aside from that - it's actually a pretty good TV - decent picture & sound, plenty of features etc. but just marred by some annoying frustrations.
As the other thread was closed by drac?
We have a 5.1 surround system. And tbh we barely use it. It does sound much better than the TV but most of the time we just don’t care that much.
How come molgrips? I use mine all the time - just set and forget....it’ll either play stereo if the source is stereo or 5.1/atmos if the source outputs that.
I found the built in sound surprisingly good on our flatscreen but admittedly it is a 65" one (Samsung QLED) 🙂
I was expecting to get a soundbar to go with it but never bothered in the end.
I got a Samsung UE43TU8500UXXU for £400 delivered from Electrical Discount for my parents last month and I’m well impressed with it.
I picked up a Samsung UE43TU8500 recently. With a couple of notable quirks, it's been great. Picture is decent, built in sound is pretty good - it can take a moment for you to realise if it's set to TV sound rather than the AV receiver setup I have.
The quirks are: 1) ads. On the home menu page. Really got on my wick to begin with. There's easy ways to get round it but because of a combination of our ISP and router none worked easily, so I gave up. Still irritating though.
2) Erratic HDMI switching - I initially used it as the HDMI hub as our amp doesn't do 4k (and didn't, I thought, do ARC - despite not actually having as a feature, it does it!) and it was very temperamental about the XboxOne. I even changed to a certified Premium HDMI cable but it was still not having it. Ended up going back to the amp as HDMI hub so don't get 4k/HDR for Xbox but don't really notice it.
3) scheduled recordings sometimes don't work.
Otherwise really happy with it.
I found the built in sound surprisingly good on our flatscreen but admittedly it is a 65″ one (Samsung QLED)
It depends on your room - flat screens rely on bouncing the sound off your rear wall. So the surface shape, distance and material can really affect the sound quality, what works in your room might not work in others. I've also found it's source dependent, something like Family Guy can sound almost as clear as my 5.1 setup dialogue wise but a movie can be a incoherent mess with unclear dialogue.
Honestly, even the cheaper AVR's these days are so good and easy to use, I don't see why anyone who listens to music on separates doesn't bother adding one and running their audio through their decent speakers.
It's more about the cheapish soundbar really (although I appreciate the TV recommendations). I'd just like a simple bar for space and ease of use, but I'm not sure how good any of the sub £150 ones are? As for tv's, we've got an LG one in the kitchen and I'm not that impressed with it. Back in the day, Sony used to be a decent brand. Are they still quite good?
https://www.whathifi.com/best-buys/home-cinema/best-soundbars
JBL Bar Studio - price drop from 150 to 99?