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Looking at maybe getting a Samsung Smart TV for living room
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I been looking at getting a new TV for the living room to replace a 7 or 8 year old Panasonic 32 inch LCD full HD with standerd Freeview SD tuner.
TV in living room still works and I will be giving it to my sister.
I been looking at Samsung as I got a 22 inch Samsung smart TV in my bedroom that's just under 10 months old and I do like the TV. As it also works with the Freeview IPTV.
I been looking at this Samsung TV on the Currys website. http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-blu-ray/televisions/large-screen-tvs-32-and-over/samsung-ue32h5500-smart-32-led-tv-10002063-pdt.html as it seems a good price in the sale. TV in my bedroom I also got in a Currys sale. I would also be plugging in a Youview box to TV like I do with the 22 inch Samsung smart TV in my bedroom.
Anyone think its worth getting this TV for the living room.
I have also noticed that LED TVs seem a little smaller than LCDs of the same screen size.
In the past a 40 inch TV seemed a little big for our living room.
Darren
TV in living room still works and I will be giving it to my sister.
I been looking at Samsung as I got a 22 inch Samsung smart TV in my bedroom that's just under 10 months old and I do like the TV. As it also works with the Freeview IPTV.
I been looking at this Samsung TV on the Currys website. http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-blu-ray/televisions/large-screen-tvs-32-and-over/samsung-ue32h5500-smart-32-led-tv-10002063-pdt.html as it seems a good price in the sale. TV in my bedroom I also got in a Currys sale. I would also be plugging in a Youview box to TV like I do with the 22 inch Samsung smart TV in my bedroom.
Anyone think its worth getting this TV for the living room.
I have also noticed that LED TVs seem a little smaller than LCDs of the same screen size.
In the past a 40 inch TV seemed a little big for our living room.
Darren
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I have also noticed that LED TVs seem a little smaller than LCDs of the same screen size.
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Gave up reading this post at the above quote. LED TV's are the same as LCD TV's.
LCD TV's require illumination behind the screen so you can see the picture. LED simply means that the backlighting uses LED illumination which uses less power than conventional fluorescent tube back lighting (CCFL).
LED can suffer from uneven lighting compared to CCFL
http://www.ccflwarehouse.com/?gclid=CjwKEAjwwdOhBRCG0fPrlfO1gGUSJAC1FmHXl1dLVu3YQGrFnWRZMVRKQchisn8TnFwZwF6W3JLClhoChYrw_wcB
Why would the choice of back lighting affect the screen size?
I guess that some newer LED TVs seem slimmer at the back than the old LCD TVs that's why they seem to look smaller.
In the last year or two I have also noticed that LED seems to be replacing LCD TVs.
Anyway as in the link I posted above that's the Samsung TV I been thinking about getting for the living room.
Darren
http://www.johnlewis.com/samsung-ue32h5500-led-hd-1080p-smart-tv-32-with-freeview-hd/p1455216
http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/samsung/ue32h5500/sams-ue32h5500
Thanks for the links. I will have a look at them when I get back from work this afternoon.
Darren
LED's are generally ALL smaller than CCFL backlit ones.
They tend to look 'smaller' because they are
Older sets have much more wasted space around the screen (the bezel), modern LED/LCD's have very little bezel space - so for an identical screen size the set is considerably smaller.
I took two sets out to a customer yesterday, a 32 and a 42 for the customer to decide which they wanted - so we went in first to see what the situation was (why carry two sets if you don't need to!
Never bothered taking the 32 in, just the 42 - as the new 32 would just look so much smaller than the old 32.
As far as I'm aware they did so a good while back?, I wouldn't have though there have been any new CCFL sets for sale for a good while - I can't remember the last time I ever saw a new one?.
It's replacing a 22" set in a small room and is surprisingly compact. I think that something larger than 32" might be needed for a living room.
The tv itself is very good. An excellent picture and the sound is much better than we were expecting. The wireless connection works well with our router and the "smart" features are very good. It has the main four tv catchup services, also Netflix, Amazon Instant, Spotify and a load of other stuff. Haven't tried them all but iPlayer, Netflix and Amazon work well. I think that I came across a web browser at one point, but haven't seen it since.
We wanted to get rid of a very temperamental pvr, so connected a HDD to one of the usb slots. The tv is happily recording a couple of soaps, Dr Who and Antiques Road show and will let you watch other channels on the same mux while it does so. Only one tuner, so only one recording at a time though.
Overall very pleased.
evil c the link you gave for John Lewis says page not found.
Sue_C thanks for posted a sort review of the TV.
Darren
Yeah, it's sold out since I posted the link.
I think I may order TV this weekend from Currys for home delivery.
There is a Currys store in my area but its the other end of town and I don't always have transport to pick up a big item.
Darren
I had a quick look at the Which? review of the UE32H5500 and they say - "Despite being at the lower end of Samsung’s TV range, the H5500 aced many areas of our testing. It has great picture quality, decent sound and is good to use overall.
You'll be impressed by the picture on this Samsung TV. Freeview TV looks fantastic, with natural details and a great colour balance. Motion can be a touch blurry at times, but nothing too disconcerting. Blu-ray movies have good resolution, but don’t quite reach the heights of the Freeview HD.
As with most Samsung LED TVs, the picture can look rather cool at times and the viewing angle is restricted, so anyone watching it to the side will see a washed-out image."
Thank for the info and link.
Darren
Picture on the new Samsung 32 inch TV in living room even looks a little better than the now 10 month old Samsung 22 inch smart TV in my bedroom and I though the Picture on TV in my bedroom was fine.
Darren
I do have a Blu ray p;layed connected to the 22 inch Samsun TV in my bedroom.So I could just use that to watch DVD on the Living room TV if I wanted.
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My LG occasionally forgets it has a network connection. But all it does is prompt to reconnect when I try and use something that needs the interweb. Then it goes away and thinks about it for a couple of seconds and normal service is resumed.
TV in my bedroom did same other month but my BT Infinity had gone down for a short while and it seemed easier to reconnected it to the internet than the new TV this afternoon when I got home form work. I think the 22 inch Samsung in my bedroom will have a bit of a better Wi-Fi signal than the new TV in living room for TV in bedroom is in the same room as the BT Home Hub 3.
I do so far really like the new TV in the living room.
Darren