Upgrading 40" TV to 50"....

[tim0409]

Hi

Last year I replaced our fairly ancient Samsung 40" TV with an up to date 40" model (Samsung 4K Smart TV) which was quite a bit smaller in footprint due to the reduced bezels. In hindsight I really ought to have gone up to a 43", but after discussing it with the OH, she is open to "upsizing"; there really doesn't appear to be much choice between 43-50 so a 50" is now a possibility. The room is really long but relatively narrow, and we sit around 11-12ft from the screen. I don't want the TV to dominate the room (it sits on a small wooden table next to a relatively small freestanding wood burning stove) , so 50" is probably as large as I want to go. Does this sound reasonable?

The 40" Samsung is around a year old (cost £399) and would like to recover what I can as I don't have a use for it; I take it gumtree is the best option (painful as it has been in the past when selling macs...)?

Thanks

Tim

[Andrew_S]

Probably better off posting on this forum instead:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&...

[V8RX7]

For size, I cut piece of cardboard to size to see what it looks like in the room.

I find Gumtree is as bad as Facebook - I use Ebay but an Ad rather than an auction, at least you have some idea who is coming to your house.

[T5SOR]

I have a 40” Sony that I bought in 2009 and it has done me well. I was looking at some in Currys the other day and they are massive now! I think I will go for a 49” Sony next; https://www.richersounds.com/sony-kd49xf9005bu.htm...

I was thinking of mounting it on the wall, but that is the very max size I can get away with (wall and wife allowing)!

[anonymous-user]

50" is about as far a you can go without it dominating the wall. I'm 12ft from my screen and my 65" does indeed make an impression! There is nothing subtle about it.