Where would your £700 go? TV purchase...

[voicey]

Following on from the 40" to 50" upgrade thread, I'm hankering after a new TV. Budget is about £700 but could be increased if it makes sense. Requirements are 50" or above (could do 49" though) and needs to run both Netflix and Amazon Prime. I've currently got a 10 year old plasma which was top of the range at the time so picture quality is important to me.

Where would your money be? Cheers...

[bennno]

4k LG, Wifi with apps enabled. We bought one a couple of weeks back and its great, sound especially good.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertain...

[Chris Stott]

This seems to get good reviews...

http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/panas...

Reviews:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/panasonic-tx-50cx680...
https://www.avforums.com/review/panasonic-cx680-tx...
http://www.whathifi.com/panasonic/tx-40cx680b/revi... (40" version)
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/tele... (40" version)
http://www.s21.com/panasonic-tx-50cx680b.htm

[rsbmw]

Panasonic CX680 is the way forward, you'll get 55" if you up the budget just a tad.

LG use IPS panels, so blacks aren't great. Better viewing angles though if that's important to you.

If you sit in front of the TV, the VA panels in the Panasonic are great, and really don't look any worse than LG from an angle.

[Digitalize]

If your Plasma is still fine, I'd wait.

OLED thats fairly affordable is right around the corner, blows anything out of the water currently and is the true successor to Plasma.

To be honest anything you buy today won't be a huge upgrade from your Plasma, picture quality wise, other than the ageing effect.

If the TV is broken, I'd get a decent LG, with their WebOS platform, so you can get ready for when you buy an LG OLED in a year or two. If your TV still works, I'd soldier on. It's foolish to buy a new TV right now IMO, with so many new technologies just coming out/right round the corner.

Personally I wouldn't buy a TV that doesn't have 4k, HDMI 2.0a, HDCP 2.2 and HDR support, at the very least, especially if you're planning to keep it for 10 years.

[deadslow]

Great topic as I'm currently looking too

[voicey]

Thanks - certainly a lot to think about. I like the idea of spending another £100 for the 55" version of the panny.

Any more budget creep ideas?!

[Chris Stott]

Digitalize said:

OLED thats fairly affordable is right around the corner, blows anything out of the water currently and is the true successor to Plasma.

Personally I wouldn't buy a TV that doesn't have 4k, HDMI 2.0a, HDCP 2.2 and HDR support, at the very least, especially if you're planning to keep it for 10 years.

OLEDs can look fabulous, but the cheapest LG 4k OLED that might be 'HDR compatible' is currently c.£2,300... they aren't HDR compatible yet. And despite a promised firmware update, there's doubt they will be able to support HDR Bluerays.

Plus they might drop to £1,500 in the next 12 months, but it will be a long time before they are anywhere near £700.

Digitalize said:

To be honest anything you buy today won't be a huge upgrade from your Plasma, picture quality wise, other than the ageing effect.

OP has a 10 year old plasma. It will likely be 720p at best. A decent modern LCD, set up correctly, will blow it out of the water.

Edited by Chris Stott on Tuesday 5th January 15:27

[andygo]

Just bought a John Lewis 55JL 9100 for £749. Seems pretty decent and has a 5 year warranty. Its made by LG. Worked with Sky HD box straight away.

[voicey]

So I have a new TV coming but not what you'd expect - I was round a friend's house today and he agreed to give me his old Sony KDL50W656A if I fitted some manifolds to his new car. From what I've read it looks like a decent TV so it may be a bit of a result.

Thanks for all the help even if I didn't use it in the end....