New tv, stay at 65inch 4K or 55inch oled
New tv, stay at 65inch 4K or 55inch oled
Author
Discussion

mattuk89

Original Poster:

504 posts

154 months

Saturday 6th February 2021
quotequote all
Hi, yesterday my 2 year old throw a dogs toy and it hit the tv and smashed, the tv was a 5 year old Samsung ue65ju7500 , I have never looked at replacing it as never been let down, so I don’t know the current specs and what to go for!

Insurance have made a cash settlement of 699 minus 250 excess which I have tried to get up, as I do feel is a bit low, but that’s another story, but will be looking for a new one around 700-900, but trying to spend as little as possible..

I’m not sure whether to go for another 4K Samsung 65 inch as I’m sure the picture is going to be the same if not better quality, our tv is a bit big for our room but we’re used to it now.

Looking at either
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertai...

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertai...

Or do I go smaller with a better picture, never thought about “downgrading “ size, after a few days I doubt i wouldn’t even notice though, have been eyeing up:

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertai...

Any suggestions? Not looking to spend any more money as i wasn’t expecting to be forking out any money for a tv at this moment in time!

Thanks



Douglas Quaid

2,601 posts

101 months

Saturday 6th February 2021
quotequote all

projectgt

321 posts

176 months

Saturday 6th February 2021
quotequote all
I would highly recommend the 4K LG CX or GX series. Should be some great deals as it is just about to be refreshed - minor evolution so existing CX and GX will be a bargain.

Their panel technology is the no.1.

BERGS2

2,826 posts

264 months

Saturday 6th February 2021
quotequote all
projectgt said:
I would highly recommend the 4K LG CX or GX series. Should be some great deals as it is just about to be refreshed - minor evolution so existing CX and GX will be a bargain.

Their panel technology is the no.1.
aren't they stoill knocking on £1300 or so though?

i'd love to do an OLED to non-oled comparison

have an older LG B6 which is very good - but i have the feeling the tech has moved on pretty quickly in this space.

looking for a new TV for a budget cinema room i'm building - so currently debating betwixt projector on another TV.

interested to know other views - as the scope for getting out to john lewis to look at stuff side by side is pretty limited at the mo.

renmure

4,677 posts

240 months

Saturday 6th February 2021
quotequote all
I just got a 65 inch 4k LED for a games room wall but have a 65 inch OLED in another room where we watch tv more. I expected I'd notice a difference in picture quality and yes, it's pretty noticeable, but given that the games room telly is more for background watching it's certainly good enough. I don't think I'd want to go back to anything less that the OLED for our main viewing now tho.

We're also fortunate enough to have a dedicated cinema room with a 4k/3d projection system and there's really no comparison in that the benefits of the size, scale, event and wow-factor of the projector system is just better than watching a big telly no matter how good the telly IMHO

Kneedragger95

269 posts

91 months

Saturday 6th February 2021
quotequote all
Maybe the thread title is a typo, but just incase it's not the third TV you linked is a QLED, which is totally different to an OLED.

If I was a stickler for image quality I'd choose an OLED over an LED TV any day as the image quality and contrast is fantastic, better than any LED I've seen

Boozy

2,425 posts

235 months

Sunday 7th February 2021
quotequote all
I’m lucky enough to have had Samsung QLED TVs and they’re great in bright rooms. Today I bought the LG BX10 and the picture quality is incredible.l

mattuk89

Original Poster:

504 posts

154 months

Sunday 7th February 2021
quotequote all
If anyone is interested I ended up going for

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertai...

Managed to get extra £200 from the insurance, tv was £999 with £100 off code, pretty impressed with it! Still getting used to having 10inches missing, but it fits the room better, our lounge is tiny and the tv is angled under the stairs so the 65 always looked too big.

Digger

15,703 posts

207 months

Sunday 7th February 2021
quotequote all
My choice would have been for an LG . . .

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertai...

mattuk89

Original Poster:

504 posts

154 months

Sunday 7th February 2021
quotequote all
Digger said:
My choice would have been for an LG . . .

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertai...
That was the other one I was looking at, was a close call, Most of the day it’s just CBeebies on the tv for the kid, then the odd film or series at night with the mrs, just went with the Samsung as my last 3 TVs were Samsung, the smashed one I’ve owned for over 5 years now, whatever I bought would of suited my needs, maybe I could of got better and was a bit impatient, but impressed so far!




Edited by mattuk89 on Sunday 7th February 18:31

Matt London

797 posts

184 months

Monday 8th February 2021
quotequote all
BERGS2 said:
have an older LG B6 which is very good - but i have the feeling the tech has moved on pretty quickly in this space.
I have the same, albeit with bad screen burn.

Do others think the technology of the LG CX is a big step up? I’m thinking of getting one while the prices are good.