04-10-2015, 21:20
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New Tv
I'm looking to replace my tv in my living room for a smart tv.
I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of any sites that review and recommend.
Thanks.
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04-10-2015, 22:03
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Re: New Tv
Don't replace, just add a smartbox
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04-10-2015, 23:24
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Re: New Tv
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05-10-2015, 09:37
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Re: New Tv
You'll also want to factor in a possible sound bar and defo a subwoofer unless you can rope in your stereo. The built in speakers in flat TVs are very reedy.
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05-10-2015, 15:03
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Re: New Tv
My tv was made in 2009.
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08-10-2015, 08:40
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Re: New Tv
Alan, your TV is the same age as mine which works perfectly. I felt I couldn't justify a new one so bought a Sony smart Blu-Ray player for £50. So, I can play Blu-Ray's and have a smart TV and I saved loads of money.
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08-10-2015, 10:47
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Re: New Tv
Why do you want to replace it? That would be a good start before going out and buying soundbars, smart bluray players and whatever else has been suggested already 
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08-10-2015, 20:31
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Re: New Tv
4k is nice tho 
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08-10-2015, 20:45
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Re: New Tv
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Originally Posted by progers
Alan, your TV is the same age as mine which works perfectly. I felt I couldn't justify a new one so bought a Sony smart Blu-Ray player for £50. So, I can play Blu-Ray's and have a smart TV and I saved loads of money.
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If i go for a smart blu-ray i wanna make it multi region as my son has some DVDs he bought in USA oh holiday which are Region 1.
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13-10-2015, 19:06
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Re: New Tv
Even at FHD resolution a modern, direct-lit LED TV like the Samsung series 6 will knock spots off anything made 9 years ago by a very large margin.
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13-10-2015, 23:29
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Re: New Tv
As has been said I'd definitely recommend buying a TV for the picture first, and Smart TV functions second, but there are other reasons to do it.
I recently changed from a 2011 C7xx Series Samsung TV to a 2014 H6xx Series one. Both Full HD. Even though my old TV had a good picture, I have noticed a much better picture on the new TV.
I wasn't too worried about the Smart TV bits as I've got enough alternatives, but I managed to upgrade from a 40" TV to a 48" TV without increasing the overall size of the TV due to the reduced size of the casing around the screen itself. As I also moved from a CCFL lit TV to an LED lit TV then I'm expecting my running costs have come down.
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14-10-2015, 00:28
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Re: New Tv
That must have been a large bezel around your old TV if the screen is 8inches bigger but the overall size of the TV is the same, or am I missing something? 
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14-10-2015, 02:19
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Re: New Tv
One disadvantage of taking away the front speaker grilles (pretty much every TV these days is just a screen and narrow bezel) - it really has not done the sound much good.
Going from an old Tevion - with front grilles, to a Samsung that didn't, the sound was clearly lacking - eventually got it kind of ok after some tinkering with tone / sound mode, but still not as good. The stand also does not lend itself to a nice arrangement with a sound bar.
They used to call TV sound "the poor relation" some time ago, but if anything, it's got worse in the super slim models of today.
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14-10-2015, 08:45
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Re: New Tv
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One disadvantage of taking away the front speaker grilles (pretty much every TV these days is just a screen and narrow bezel) - it really has not done the sound much good.
Going from an old Tevion - with front grilles, to a Samsung that didn't, the sound was clearly lacking - eventually got it kind of ok after some tinkering with tone / sound mode, but still not as good. The stand also does not lend itself to a nice arrangement with a sound bar.
They used to call TV sound "the poor relation" some time ago, but if anything, it's got worse in the super slim models of today.
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That's a turism. Our new Sony Bravia smart LED TV has a cracking picture and very thin bezel but I had to add a 100W subwoofer and fiddle with the graphic equiliser to get the sound anything like the Philips Matchline CRT that it replaced. That had 4 speakers in the TV cabinet including a big subwoofer.
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14-10-2015, 11:38
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Re: New Tv
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That must have been a large bezel around your old TV if the screen is 8inches bigger but the overall size of the TV is the same, or am I missing something? |
Judge for yourself
Old TV http://www.techspot.com/products/tvs...-40c750.52256/
New TV http://www.trustedreviews.com/samsung-ue48h6400-review
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Quote:
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They used to call TV sound "the poor relation" some time ago, but if anything, it's got worse in the super slim models of today.
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Luckily they do seem to getting a bit fatter again than they were. Samsung especially went full on with the Edge lit thing for a while, but with the move local dimming in the higher end TVs, they have had to increase the size again to include all the LEDs.
I suppose another factor is that more people do buy the soundbars and surround sound systems now for TVs. Not much point building in fantastic speakers when they'll just get disabled
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