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Hi - I'm looking for a new 46" TV.
From what I can tell this will involve some compromise, as the minimum size for an OLED TV seems to be 49"
The TV I buy cannot be bigger than 46", and even then it will need a minimal bezel. It will be replacing a Samsung U8000 from approx. 2012. That TV just fits in the alcove and I'm not looking to reconfigure the room.
The main use case will be broadcast TV and streamed content from Amazon / Netflix, but also some Blu-ray.
I'm not looking for the best value TV, I'm looking for the best TV (within reason). I'm prepared to spend up to £1500.
From what I can tell this will involve some compromise, as the minimum size for an OLED TV seems to be 49"
The TV I buy cannot be bigger than 46", and even then it will need a minimal bezel. It will be replacing a Samsung U8000 from approx. 2012. That TV just fits in the alcove and I'm not looking to reconfigure the room.
The main use case will be broadcast TV and streamed content from Amazon / Netflix, but also some Blu-ray.
I'm not looking for the best value TV, I'm looking for the best TV (within reason). I'm prepared to spend up to £1500.
You're probably best going somewhere like Currys, Richer Sounds, John Lewis, etc and actually viewing them so you can get an idea of the picture quality (albeit in showroom conditions) and also if space is tight them you can measure up accurately.
Without wishing to state the obvious the more you spend then generally the better quality you get. We replaced our aging 37" Plasma before Christmas, initially we were planning on getting something slightly bigger for under £500 (loads to choose from), so started looking at TV's in the showroom in that bracket which looked perfectly fine. Then we made the mistake of "just looking" at slightly more expensive (and bigger) ones, until it got to the point where we ended up leaving with a 55" QLED one instead
In your circumstances, at least with the size restriction you won't be able to be tempted in that way. And like I said, you can measure it up first to make sure it fits - we almost ended up buying a TV which wouldn't have fit on our stand, it was only at the last minute I realised we needed one with a centre stand rather than legs either end (another reason we ended up spending more money).
Without wishing to state the obvious the more you spend then generally the better quality you get. We replaced our aging 37" Plasma before Christmas, initially we were planning on getting something slightly bigger for under £500 (loads to choose from), so started looking at TV's in the showroom in that bracket which looked perfectly fine. Then we made the mistake of "just looking" at slightly more expensive (and bigger) ones, until it got to the point where we ended up leaving with a 55" QLED one instead
In your circumstances, at least with the size restriction you won't be able to be tempted in that way. And like I said, you can measure it up first to make sure it fits - we almost ended up buying a TV which wouldn't have fit on our stand, it was only at the last minute I realised we needed one with a centre stand rather than legs either end (another reason we ended up spending more money).
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