Best TV for around £200 - help a newbie on a budget!
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Our current TV is an old Sony LCD. The smart apps dont work so we have to have a Manhattan freesat box and Now TV plugged in.
Looking to get a new one around 42" and with apps built in.
We have a Cambridge audio sound bar and sub with optical and hdmi input which we'll keep. Strangely this has stopped working on optical input recently - assuming its the TV at fault as soundbar works on Bluetooth.
A question I do have - our aerial antenna doesn't work so we rely on using Sky dish for input to the Manhattan freesat box. Assume most modern TV's will accept digital / sky dish signal and we wont need aerial?
Looking to spend around £200 which I know isnt a lot but prices have come down a lot since I last bought a TV.
Ideally Currys, Argos or John Lewis as I can get discount.
I've looked at a few but no idea how to choose between them as they all appear so similar!
Just looking for a few recommendations and also reassurance we can rely on Sky dish for signal input.
Cheers!
Looking to get a new one around 42" and with apps built in.
We have a Cambridge audio sound bar and sub with optical and hdmi input which we'll keep. Strangely this has stopped working on optical input recently - assuming its the TV at fault as soundbar works on Bluetooth.
A question I do have - our aerial antenna doesn't work so we rely on using Sky dish for input to the Manhattan freesat box. Assume most modern TV's will accept digital / sky dish signal and we wont need aerial?
Looking to spend around £200 which I know isnt a lot but prices have come down a lot since I last bought a TV.
Ideally Currys, Argos or John Lewis as I can get discount.
I've looked at a few but no idea how to choose between them as they all appear so similar!
Just looking for a few recommendations and also reassurance we can rely on Sky dish for signal input.
Cheers!
A lot is a matter of personal preference, but I've had a 43" Samsung for the last year or so and am very happy with it. I see Curry's have one currently on offer at £209.
The only thing I've found, and this applies to all TVs, is that I'm not a fan of their app interfaces, and so just use a Chromecast with Google TV, and run everything off that.
The only thing I've found, and this applies to all TVs, is that I'm not a fan of their app interfaces, and so just use a Chromecast with Google TV, and run everything off that.
You’re at the absolute entry level price point, so I doubt there will be significant differences between sets.
We’ve got Samsungs in the bedrooms. They are 32’s and were around that price point 3-4 years ago. Picture is ok and they have all the apps…. they are pretty slow compared to the LG (OLED) in the living room though!
We’ve got Samsungs in the bedrooms. They are 32’s and were around that price point 3-4 years ago. Picture is ok and they have all the apps…. they are pretty slow compared to the LG (OLED) in the living room though!
Bought a cheap - think it was £250 - 49” Toshiba (but made by Vestel) in a panic from Costco when our TV packed in and we had the grandchildren here. It was so blurry on SD broadcast TV it was unwatchable, and each corner of the screen had large dark patches.
Took it back and spent £500 on a Sony and that looks fine.
Took it back and spent £500 on a Sony and that looks fine.
https://www.richersounds.com/lg-43ur78006lk/
You can ditch the Freesat box if you get a TV with Freesat built in.
You can ditch the Freesat box if you get a TV with Freesat built in.
Edited by TEKNOPUG on Tuesday 17th June 16:10
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