Sixty inch television

[James_B]

The new house has a dedicated cinema room, which bizarrely has a recess that’s only big enough for a sixty inch screen.

There seem to be very few sixty inch screens out there, can anyone recommend one?

My other option is to have a 55, in which case are all of the OLEDs much of a muchness?

The TV does not have to do sound, only pictures.

[chasingracecars]

I would suspect it was to have a sensible open gap around the edges of a 55”. Some of my customers have requested a tight fit around the screen only to find the TV pack in after a year and not be able to find one that now fits.

[James_B]

chasingracecars said:

I would suspect it was to have a sensible open gap around the edges of a 55”. Some of my customers have requested a tight fit around the screen only to find the TV pack in after a year and not be able to find one that now fits.

You’re probably right, but the installation is only four years old and in quite a high end house (they spent £200k on fitted wardrobes and on the cinema room).

I suppose I should just get out to some shops and have a look at the various options. The only issue is that being a cinema room it goes properly dark, so I don’t want to write off something based on viewing it in a brightly lit showroom which would have been perfect for the job.

[anonymous-user]

Seeing how thin oled TVs are, is there not mileage in mounting a larger TV over the recess, in effect hiding it, so the screen looks flat against the wall?

[Tony Starks]

If it's a dedicated cinema room, what about a fixed screen and projector?

[James_B]

I went for the previous generation Sony 65, the A1. It’ll overlap the surround, but the edges are very thin so it’s hopefully still neat.

[Douglas Quaid]

Its not a cinema room if you’ve only got a telly in there. Sounds like a big room, a 65 won’t give you a cinematic experience. Get a fixed screen and projector.

[James_B]

Douglas Quaid said:

Its not a cinema room if you’ve only got a telly in there. Sounds like a big room, a 65 won’t give you a cinematic experience. Get a fixed screen and projector.

I think that 65 is big enough, I don’t need to sit back at the far side of the room, and didn’t want the expense or redecoration that would come with a projector.

When we get round to redecorating next year I’ll look at a better solution.

[NorthDave]

Have a look at the Samsung Q Series TVs - they are great. Some of the LG TVs are also very good. I'd recommend buying from John Lewis or Costco so you get the extended warranty.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

James_B said:

You’re probably right, but the installation is only four years old and in quite a high end house (they spent £200k on fitted wardrobes and on the cinema room).

I'm sorry, £200k you say? Two hundred thousand British pounds!

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

NorthDave said:

Have a look at the Samsung Q Series TVs - they are great. Some of the LG TVs are also very good. I'd recommend buying from John Lewis or Costco so you get the extended warranty.

They are brighter than LG's OLED TV's but the blacks are not as black - the difference is noticeable, Samsung aren't as good.
As for a projector - no. Compared to an LG OLED, there is no comparison.

[NorthDave]

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

They are brighter than LG's OLED TV's but the blacks are not as black - the difference is noticeable, Samsung aren't as good.
As for a projector - no. Compared to an LG OLED, there is no comparison.

Personally I am not a fan of the LG range in general. I prefer Samsung. OP should go and test a few to see what he prefers.

A decent projector is not a compromise either.

[James_B]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

I'm sorry, £200k you say? Two hundred thousand British pounds!

Yep, apparently.

It’s a big house, and a lot of wardrobes, but it took an awful lot of time in the negotiations to get over the fact that they expected to get their money back and I wasn’t willing to pay a penny for something that I’ll want to replace.

The seller’s a partner in Goldman Sachs, so I think money’s not exactly tight. It was a silly fraction of the house’s value though.

[anonymous-user]

RogerDodger said:

Seeing how thin oled TVs are, is there not mileage in mounting a larger TV over the recess, in effect hiding it, so the screen looks flat against the wall?

This is what I would do. Gives you a nice gap behind for any bulky cables too.

[James_B]

garyhun said:

This is what I would do. Gives you a nice gap behind for any bulky cables too.

It’s what I did in the end. I bought the end-of-line Sony 65” A1, which is three or four centimetres too wide at each side but which is about a centimetre thick there, so it should fit quite well.

I’m going for the matching sound bar and wireless rears too, which should give me a perfectly decent setup for £3.5k including a new Blu Ray player.

[Jarcy]

If you've got a £200k cinema room, you're really missing out by not equipping it with some cinema kit.
I understand that much of the time you just want to watch TV.

I have a 60 inch Samsung plasma, but also an electric projector screen that descends in front of it for when the mood takes.

[James_B]

Jarcy said:

If you've got a £200k cinema room, you're really missing out by not equipping it with some cinema kit.
I understand that much of the time you just want to watch TV.

I have a 60 inch Samsung plasma, but also an electric projector screen that descends in front of it for when the mood takes.

£200k was the cost of the fitted wardrobes throughout the house, not just the cinema room installation.

I’ll possibly get a screen and projector next year, but I’d like to watch television in the interim and don’t want the cost or upheaval,of anything mor major at the moment.