Anyone recommend Philips 4K tv?
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Been trying to talk Mrs Cjelli into a new tv for a while, and on a recent visit to Currys, she was suitably impressed with the 4K sets. So much so that I have been given the green light to get one sorted. It never came up in conversation that barely anyone broadcasts in 4K, so I kept quiet as I didn't want to jeopardise my opportunity.
After hunting around for a while, with fairly severe budgetary constraints, I quite like the look of the lower end 40" (we can't fit anything bigger in the space available) Philips 4K sets that are out at the moment. They come with android tv, which I am not entirely sure about, but may be irrelevant, as we watch most stuff through a BT box anyway.
Just thought I'd better check in, in case anyone has any horror stories about them, or any significantly better suggestions for less than £400.
After hunting around for a while, with fairly severe budgetary constraints, I quite like the look of the lower end 40" (we can't fit anything bigger in the space available) Philips 4K sets that are out at the moment. They come with android tv, which I am not entirely sure about, but may be irrelevant, as we watch most stuff through a BT box anyway.
Just thought I'd better check in, in case anyone has any horror stories about them, or any significantly better suggestions for less than £400.
vladcjelli said:
Been trying to talk Mrs Cjelli into a new tv for a while, and on a recent visit to Currys, she was suitably impressed with the 4K sets. So much so that I have been given the green light to get one sorted. It never came up in conversation that barely anyone broadcasts in 4K, so I kept quiet as I didn't want to jeopardise my opportunity.
After hunting around for a while, with fairly severe budgetary constraints, I quite like the look of the lower end 40" (we can't fit anything bigger in the space available) Philips 4K sets that are out at the moment. They come with android tv, which I am not entirely sure about, but may be irrelevant, as we watch most stuff through a BT box anyway.
Just thought I'd better check in, in case anyone has any horror stories about them, or any significantly better suggestions for less than £400.
At that price point, you'll possibly find the competition are much of a muchness. It tends to come down to which smart platform you like, as the displays will all perform relatively similarly.After hunting around for a while, with fairly severe budgetary constraints, I quite like the look of the lower end 40" (we can't fit anything bigger in the space available) Philips 4K sets that are out at the moment. They come with android tv, which I am not entirely sure about, but may be irrelevant, as we watch most stuff through a BT box anyway.
Just thought I'd better check in, in case anyone has any horror stories about them, or any significantly better suggestions for less than £400.
Something to bear in mind, that price point excludes the spec being able to get anywhere near the Ultra HD standard that was recently firmed up, meaning in terms of future proofing, if you want to watch true UHD content the way it was intended, you'll need another display. The vast majority of lower end 4K sets are 4K in only resolution, they cannot reach DCI-P3 colour space and don't allow for HDR10 or Dolby Vision.
It's a pity that retailers aren't open and honest about that fact, but it might go some way to explain why they're so cheap as they want shot of them, which UHD Blu-Ray arriving in March.
For a 40" TV at that price point I really wouldn't be worried about 4K HD. You'd be better off buying a full HD (i.e. 1080p) set at that price as it will be much better quality.
You can't see the pixels on a 40" 1080p set so 4K isn't going to make much difference to the picture quality. It would only really come into its own on larger sets and even at 65" it's negligible. Much bigger and you'd start to notice but the real gains would really be seen with projectors and 100"+ screens, at the moment these cost a lot of money.
You can't see the pixels on a 40" 1080p set so 4K isn't going to make much difference to the picture quality. It would only really come into its own on larger sets and even at 65" it's negligible. Much bigger and you'd start to notice but the real gains would really be seen with projectors and 100"+ screens, at the moment these cost a lot of money.
I wouldn't bother with 4k unless you're going to go the whole way and get a HDR capable set - but you're going to need to spend a lot more than £400 to get one of those (upwards of £2.5k), and they won't come smaller than 48" or 55".
You'll probably be better looking for one of 2014's 1080p models on sale rather than a 4k.
Something like this...
http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/samsu...
You'll probably be better looking for one of 2014's 1080p models on sale rather than a 4k.
Something like this...
http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/samsu...
I have just bought one of these: (other TV suppliers are available 
)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-43UF770V-Ultra-Inch-Mod...
I must admit I am over the moon with it and whilst I realise there is no 4K broadcast yet, it will no doubt come in the the not so distant future.
Mine came from Costco which includes a 5 year warranty and came in at just over £500.
Dead easy to set up and use and and I particularly like the "Smart TV" bit which is all new to me as it replaced a 13 year old Sony CRT.
I did my fair share of research before hand but at the end of the day you pays your money.....etc.
13 years ago I also did lots of research on my new TV purchase and bought the best I could afford at the time, C£800 IIRC.
Last week I threw it on the tip! (OK, not actually the tip but the recycling centre)
Whilst I love the idea of a super high tech, all singing, all dancing piece of kit, I still maintain its not necessarily the quality of the pictures but the quality of the programmes that matters to me.
Lets face it Eastenders, Corrie and all is still utter s
e, be it in HD or black and white!!
)http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-43UF770V-Ultra-Inch-Mod...
I must admit I am over the moon with it and whilst I realise there is no 4K broadcast yet, it will no doubt come in the the not so distant future.
Mine came from Costco which includes a 5 year warranty and came in at just over £500.
Dead easy to set up and use and and I particularly like the "Smart TV" bit which is all new to me as it replaced a 13 year old Sony CRT.
I did my fair share of research before hand but at the end of the day you pays your money.....etc.
13 years ago I also did lots of research on my new TV purchase and bought the best I could afford at the time, C£800 IIRC.
Last week I threw it on the tip! (OK, not actually the tip but the recycling centre)
Whilst I love the idea of a super high tech, all singing, all dancing piece of kit, I still maintain its not necessarily the quality of the pictures but the quality of the programmes that matters to me.
Lets face it Eastenders, Corrie and all is still utter s
e, be it in HD or black and white!!Thanks for responding chaps.
Interesting point about the future of 4K and colour depth, but this isn't my dream tv, it's just a step up from our aging Toshiba. In an ideal world, I'd be looking at one of the oled sets, but budget won't allow. It is frustrating though, like when all tellies were being sold as hd ready, but weren't full resolution.
My perception of Philips is relatively well made stuff, if a little uninspiring. That sounds a lot like the dull but functional Toshiba we've had for years, and definitely fits the bill at that kind of price.
I think that unless anyone's heard of capacitors going pop after a couple of months, or similarly catastrophic failures, I'm going to take a punt, before Mrs Cjelli cools on the idea.
Interesting point about the future of 4K and colour depth, but this isn't my dream tv, it's just a step up from our aging Toshiba. In an ideal world, I'd be looking at one of the oled sets, but budget won't allow. It is frustrating though, like when all tellies were being sold as hd ready, but weren't full resolution.
My perception of Philips is relatively well made stuff, if a little uninspiring. That sounds a lot like the dull but functional Toshiba we've had for years, and definitely fits the bill at that kind of price.
I think that unless anyone's heard of capacitors going pop after a couple of months, or similarly catastrophic failures, I'm going to take a punt, before Mrs Cjelli cools on the idea.
I bought http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4... Philips 55 inch 4k in Argos on boxing day for £500.
So far it has been fantastic.
Previously had a 9 year old 37 Inch HD Ready Hannspree which was pretty much dead and refused to switch on at times.
The new one is a massive improvement size-wise, screen-wise, style-wise and its probably more efficient and it is very much lighter than the old one.
It doesn't have any smart features really on this model, except for recording from Freeview HD. This is ideally what I wanted as I plan on keeping this one like we did with the old tv so any smart features will be de-supported by manufacturers by then as the tech rolls along.
It does have 2 x USB ports and 3 or 4 x HDMI2 ports for adding devices for the smart features. This is my preferred way of doing it.
At the moment we have Sky HD and a PS3 for this sort of stuff. I don't plan at the moment to go for the Nvidia 4K player or anything.
Although the PS3 and Youtube app on it don't output 4K some of the 4K shot videos streamed down look fantastic.
I could probably put a 4K video onto a USB stick and run it through that though. Not had time to try yet.
The TV panel looks great though and the interface has been all great so far.
Argos did have the 43 inch and 49 inch as well on sale £300 and £400 at the same time. The proces seem to have gone up a little at the moment but will probably come abck down in the next sale.
So if the 43 inch came back down, and if it fits you could save a little ££ toards a 4k input device.
So far it has been fantastic.
Previously had a 9 year old 37 Inch HD Ready Hannspree which was pretty much dead and refused to switch on at times.
The new one is a massive improvement size-wise, screen-wise, style-wise and its probably more efficient and it is very much lighter than the old one.
It doesn't have any smart features really on this model, except for recording from Freeview HD. This is ideally what I wanted as I plan on keeping this one like we did with the old tv so any smart features will be de-supported by manufacturers by then as the tech rolls along.
It does have 2 x USB ports and 3 or 4 x HDMI2 ports for adding devices for the smart features. This is my preferred way of doing it.
At the moment we have Sky HD and a PS3 for this sort of stuff. I don't plan at the moment to go for the Nvidia 4K player or anything.
Although the PS3 and Youtube app on it don't output 4K some of the 4K shot videos streamed down look fantastic.
I could probably put a 4K video onto a USB stick and run it through that though. Not had time to try yet.
The TV panel looks great though and the interface has been all great so far.
Argos did have the 43 inch and 49 inch as well on sale £300 and £400 at the same time. The proces seem to have gone up a little at the moment but will probably come abck down in the next sale.
So if the 43 inch came back down, and if it fits you could save a little ££ toards a 4k input device.
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