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TV experts help me out, I'm looking to replace our 32" sharp.
I think I'm down to these hisense 43b7100 or samsung UE43RU7100
But I cant tell which is better or why?
Sound is not an issue as i have a separate amp and speakers.
Thoughts?
I bought a UE43RU7400 last month. Great picture quality and apps. Only downside for me was that it only had an optical audio output and my amp is old so needs RCA inputs. Cheap DAC from Amazon solved that.
Oddly though the sound on terrestrial TV is a lot quieter than iPlayer or Netflix
Does the Samsung have baked in ads that you can’t disable like some do? Screw that if so.
AV Forums is your place to go to research.
Without doing any myself, off the top of my head, I'd be inclined to go Samsung. Their TVs are usually up there with the best and I'm a Samsung fanboi
I have got a Hisense TV (50" U7A) and its a great TV, well made, decent picture and easy to use menus and SMART features, Its not perfect though the viewing angles aren't great (but nothing is coming from a Panasonic Plasma TV)and the Amazon Prime app can be a bit flakey, I'd still recommend it though.
My experience of Samsung TV's(from when I used to work for Sky so saw alot of TV's)is there fine when there working but did come across a awful lot that had connectivity faults and power issues, however that was several years ago so things may have changed.
Just had a quick google on both and spec wise there fairly similar, noted there is about a £70 price difference (Samsung £319/Hisense £249).
The Hisense is the entry level model, so you could spend a similar amount to the Samsung for a slightly better specced model such as below:-
Or if you wanted to stretch your budget a bit the Philips Ambilight TV's are supposed to be pretty good.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07RGPLGYG/ref=psdc_560864_t1_B07RKYW653
That one has Alexa built in too.
My experience of Samsung TV’s(from when I used to work for Sky so saw alot of TV’s)is there fine when there working but did come across a awful lot that had connectivity faults and power issues, however that was several years ago so things may have changed.
My sister just bought some snazzy oled Samsung TV and after 4 days spent on the phone to both sky and Samsung (and a replacement TV) they still couldn't get the TV to connect to a Sky HD box over hdmi.... They've given up and won't buy a Samsung again.
So I'm not sure that things have changed.
Samsung gets my vote.
Unless you can’t work out how to plug in an hdmi cable.
To the contrary, I've got a 10+(?) year old 40" Samsung 1080p TV in the bedroom that migrated from the lounge and it's been perfect.
I've now got a 2/3 year old 55" 4k (one down from top model at the time) Samsung in the lounge and it's been perfect
Unless you can’t work out how to plug in an hdmi cable.
Meaning?
By any chance was it a Sky Q box?
No, standard Sky HD (I'm aware of the Sky Q issues).
Ah! No idea then as there was the Sky Q issue which supposedly has been fixed by Sky and Samsung software updates.
When I was at Sky it was Sky+ and Sky HD boxes, various generations and connected via Scart or HDMI depending on the box,
Had one Samsung TV that was brand new out of the box which was fine viewing terrestrial TV via its own tuner, as soon as I connected a Sky box terrible screeeching noise came out of the speakers, tried with a few different boxes and connected via HDMI and then scart and same on both connections and whatever box I connected up so a definite factory fault.
As someone who has worked with Samsung on their consumer hardware, I'm *never* buying a Samsung TV.