65 or 75 inch tv recommendations

[Hamperman]

Hi, looking to upgrade our tv to either a 65 inch or 75 inch but really confused as to what I need and what I should go for.
Viewing is predominantly things like dramas and sport. A few films but not many and no gaming at all.
So would I be best getting OLED or not? Brand wise I was thinking either Samsung or Sony and was looking at the Samsung Q80t. It is a lot more than the 70t and I have no idea what the real difference is.
Sound wise I will add an external speaker of some sort. It needs to go in a cabinet right at the front but has to be less than about 94cm wide which rules out a lot of the good ones on the market I’ve looked at.
My plan is to probably buy when the Black Friday deals are out there but I want to have a few models up my sleeve ready for when I see a deal.
So any recommendations for both TV and sound would be really appreciated. Budget wise probably around £2.5k all in tops, a little less would be good.
Cheers
Hamperman

[AMST09]

LG make the OLED panels for the other manufacturers
Got a 65inch C9 and love it, I would have gone bigger but the Mrs thinks it’s too big already

[eps]

AMST09 said:

LG make the OLED panels for the other manufacturers
Got a 65inch C9 and love it, I would have gone bigger but the Mrs thinks it’s too big already

Yep LG 65 inch CX here.

Stunning.

Purchased from Richer Sounds - 6 year warranty and they priced matched another business.

[Hamperman]

Thanks for the suggestions, both LG. If I go OLED then it will have to be 65 inch and not 75 as the price differential is too much for me. So would you rather have 65 OLED or 75 QLED? Will be for sports, dramas and general tv. No gaming and few films.
Thanks

[Sandy59]

I've been thinking about this 65" OLED - Panasonic TX-65HZ2000B, quite expensive at around £4k but does get a very good write up.
Also wondering what would be biggest bang for your buck, top 65 OLED or 75" LED ??

[Hamperman]

Hi, I’m thinking of going for a Samsung 65 Q90T QLED as there are some deals on these at the moment.

[LuS1fer]

I've had an LG 65 C8 for just over a year.
Failed within one month and I spent 3 weeks without a TV while they sorted out a repair.
Now I've noticed a dead pixel.
I won't be buying LG again, in a hurry

My LG fridge freezer compartment is also disintegrating, although now of some age.

[Sy1441]

I've got the flagship Samsung Q series QLED from 2018, it's outstanding.

[theboss]

I have a 65” CX and it’s brilliant. It was a toss up between that and one of the similar priced Panasonic which use the same panel but with different processing. Reviews indicate that are very similar but the Panasonic just has the edge for movies. The reference Panasonic at £4.2k was too much and from the reviews it seems that whilst the picture is better you’re also paying for more audio which I’m not interested in as my TV’s built in speakers will be disabled for the whole life of the unit. The lower models give 95% of the picture quality for a lot less. I went for the LG as it seemed like the best all round and has HDMI 2.1 so arguably better interoperability with future devices, not that that’s a particularly high priority of mine. I have no complaints about mine whatsoever apart from an intermittent toslink glitch but I haven’t even got as far as trying another cable or DAC yet and the plan is to go eARC ultimately.

[westtra]

Hamperman said:

Hi, I’m thinking of going for a Samsung 65 Q90T QLED as there are some deals on these at the moment.

This is the same one I am thinking of going for. I think the room the tv will be in is too bright for an OLED and I also get a 20% discount on samsung through my work so it drops the price to £1749.

Just need to wait till room decorating started to order.

[Hamperman]

That looks a good deal with 20% off. I wonder what deals we will,see at Black Friday this year?

[Hamperman]

For anyone interested I’ve gone for a Sony KD-65AG8. This is a 2019 model but very little difference to the 2020 model from what I understand and there are a few knocking around still so let’s see how good OLED is!

[anonymous-user]

How bright does a room need to be before OLED struggles?

I’m really interested in the LG 65GX but my living room is South facing and bright so keen to understand if that’s a real issue or not.

[theboss]

garyhun said:

How bright does a room need to be before OLED struggles?

I’m really interested in the LG 65GX but my living room is South facing and bright so keen to understand if that’s a real issue or not.

My OLED is on the opposite wall to a south facing window. Brightness level is fine, it’s only the reflectivity of the screen which poses a problem. I have Venetian blinds over the windows which I pull when I’m watching in the daytime and it’s fine, and I’d do the same with any TV just because of the strength of light hitting the screen.

[anonymous-user]

theboss said:

garyhun said:

How bright does a room need to be before OLED struggles?

I’m really interested in the LG 65GX but my living room is South facing and bright so keen to understand if that’s a real issue or not.

My OLED is on the opposite wall to a south facing window. Brightness level is fine, it’s only the reflectivity of the screen which poses a problem. I have Venetian blinds over the windows which I pull when I’m watching in the daytime and it’s fine, and I’d do the same with any TV just because of the strength of light hitting the screen.

Thanks. The tv is going on the wall where the sun comes in so should be fine in that case.

[Rosscow]

Good timing for a thread!

Our local specialists (who I've dealt with for years and really trust with all things electrical) have stopped stocking Panasonic, reckon they'll be out of the TV market all together soon.

So for me it was either this 65" LG https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-oled65gx6la

Or this 65" Sony https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/televisions/a8-...

We've gone with the LG as it's more suited to wall mounting (20mm overall thickness and sits completely flush with the wall) and has the picture frame option when not wanting it to look like a telly.

Already have existing Sonos so will probably get the Arc to go with it.

[Rosscow]

Forgot to add - managed to get it for £2200.

[Hamperman]

Well got my Sony AG8 OLED 65 inch up and running and watched some of the F1 in UHD. Have to say I’m very impressed with the picture quality, it’s superb. Would highly recommend this TV especially if you can get one of the 2019 models which are still hanging around.

[Rosscow]

Mine has just been delivered - will hang on the wall tonight!

[anonymous-user]

Rosscow said:

Mine has just been delivered - will hang on the wall tonight!

Take some pics while your putting it up please as I’ll be following with the same set in a few months and want to see how not to do it!

Only kidding Any tips welcome.