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  1. #21
    Join Date: Apr 2017

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    A good decision Covenant. I think I will be buying from Richer Sounds because I simply wont shop at Currys/PCW due to a past experience.

    To be honest I find it hard to get excited about TVs because there are so many to choose from. I am just wonder what a £500 LG UHD will do for me. Ive seen them boxed up on sale.

    I find out who mainly makes the factory screens then choose from the big players Samsung, LG Panasonic etc

    I wonder what freeview SD and HD looks like on a 4K set. Ive still got a CRT in one room

  2. #22
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    The one thing I would suggest anyone thinking about a 4k UHD TV is HDR.

    I bought my 65 inch top end Panasonic from a friend at a silly price, he paid over £3000 for it, it came down over time to £1500, I didn't pay half that price.

    But it didn't come with HDR, luckily Panasonic released an upgrade via software. I wasn't expecting such a difference, but it truly does turn a top end telly into a superb TV.

    Be aware of HDR.........

  3. #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    maybe test it first just in case good discount
    The family had a democratic vote without me and decided they wanted it NOW!
    So much for the big Christmas treat. Anyway the picture is superb but the 4 minutes of UHD Blue Planet that is available on IPlayer is the best picture quality I have seen and I haven't had time to do the calibration yet, so could be even better.
    One big nasty though. LG sets are not compatible with Talktalk set top boxes so two remotes are required. I am going to have a good moan about that because I was keen on one remote doing everything.
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    When the one you've got breaks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by agk View Post
    When the one you've got breaks.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

  6. #26
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    Lol - you guys must be a barrel of laughs to live with!

    Marco.
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  7. #27
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    Bought a Sony OLED on (extended) Black Friday deal today.
    Sony are doing a £500 cashback deal too so half a bag of sand off an already heavily discounted price.
    Helped too my Son’s staff discount thrown into the mix too.

    Being delivered Monday, week off work...happy days.
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  8. #28
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    Nice one, mate. Hope you have lots of fun with it and enjoy your holiday

    Marco.
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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

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    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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  9. #29
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    I'll be over to see it soon mate
    Regards
    Brian

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  10. #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post

    No, there's only one way you'll achieve having natural colours on TVs now, and that's to tune them yourself using the advanced colour settings.

    I spent quite some time optimising the picture on our Sony that way, via watching a You Tube video, broadcast by a professional AV company showing how it was done, and the difference afterwards was frankly incredible!

    Marco.
    That exactly what I did with my LG55B7. Superb picture and with the very recent firmware update, there is nothing to come close. Whatever you do, don’t leave the settings on any standard setting, use the advanced picture mode.

    Current price seems to be about £1499 and I’m led to understand that they are becoming as rare as hens teeth.
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