Originally Posted by evil c:
“chimp, the problem is that I could help you but all I would do is search using a well known search engine and you can do this yourself and then you can field questions from members who want a new TV. You might as well just visit review sites like TechRadar and then go to the shops and look at the TVs yourself. The four top brands are Sony, Panasonic, Samsung and LG and if I were you I would pick one of these.
I'm not being rude or anything and I can see you are a long term and probably well respected member of DS. Before I bought my Samsung D6530, although I had been studying flat screen TV tech improvements since 2003 I didn't have a clue which model to buy, and I spent ages checking out reviews and then went to several shops and looked at loads of TVs. That's because I'm not interested in what other members would recommend because they're not me, if you see what I mean.
I would tentatively suggest buying from John Lewis or Richer Sound and I would second the opinion that Smart TVs are overrated. Although that's just my opinion. It depends what you want the TV for and each manufacturer/model combination is different. It's all so subjective and what for one member is good for them another member might think is rubbish and like a different one entirely. How do you know which one is the best. You don't!
I'll probably get shot down in flames now, but that's life! I'm a bit puzzled as well as I note you already have a 50inch 1080p.”
First of all I tried the 50" plasma I have in the position where I want the tv and as its a plasma and there is quite a bit of light on this particular wall it is just too reflective, it's like a mirror on the wall, I have knocked through my kitchen dining room though and have a wall for it to go on in there that doesn't have light on it.
As for the new tv the main reason for asking on here is that there are a lot of more knowledgable people than me on here, I put up the two best as I can see and was hoping for either someone to approve of or give me reasons why not to get or even an alternative, then there's always the fact that there could be a bargain somewhere that I might have missed
Both richer sounds and John Lewis are on the radar, it's just a matter of making a final decision and parting with the hard earned