Best 40-43" TV?

[Marco]

Projector with a electric screen takes up very little space movies on a 100+ screen

Again, not going to a happen for the above reasons. However, it's something I've been interested in doing for a while, upstairs, where the hi-fi system is

Marco.

[Marco]

This.
Bigger the better, things get more interesting 60" and up imo.

Lol.... Ain't that always that case, darling!

Anyway, as it's GOT to be a maximum of 43", what are your reccos, and what do you think of the Pany Viera I linked to?

Marco.

[struth]

Son has a 50" and it takes over the room a bit for me. Im using a 32" now and its big enough for the average room..its an lg, and very good.

[Marco]

Yeah, I'm simply not interested in having a huge TV in our lounge. Let's face it, they're ugly big monstrosities, so why turn them into a room feature?

Hiding the bugger, to best of our ability, whilst still maintaining its full functionality, is more our aim!

Marco.

[CageyH]

I bought a 43" LG 4K led TV. The picture quality is good.
I could not justify the additional expense for the OLED tv, especially as it is for the Mrs and I never watch it.

[Marco]

So what is this OLED TV, of which you speak? Is it a different version of LED, and what makes it more expensive?

Don't think it's available in 40", though?

Marco.

[The Chronicals]

OLED tvs are where the pixels themselves are producing the light, therefore no 'backlight' is needed as found in LED tv's. OLED isn't perfect yet, and one could argue a high end top of the range LED would be better than mid range OLED.

4K is not needed and virtually impossible to be utilising on the resolutions available on a 40" TV, which is unfortunate as 4K is breath taking, when I got my first 4K 55", and still a relatively budget Panasonic model I was blown away by the 4K picture - but then again none-HD resolution suffers, but if you have Sky you should be ok.

Bare in mind though, the more you spend the bezels get slimmer, so you could actually end up with a bigger screen but the same size footprint...

[struth]

You can get honeycomb type led/lcd as well which is very good.. Panasonic do them and its easier to control the brightness of areas of screen with that than normal side lit leds. I wouldnt be spending too much as the techy is being rapidly improved, and the price will tumble in a couple of years.
Also if you dont sit in pitch dark watching tv you probably wont get so much of an advantage.

[Marco]

Hi Brian,

I had a Panasonic 37 inch plasma TV for around 6 years , mainly because I didn't like the picture from other types of TV . However , I recently bought a 48 inch Sony 1080p LED TV and the picture is superior to my old Panasonic . The technology has moved on leaps and bounds in the last few years and the picture on my old Panasonic looked dull and lifeless by comparison .

Yup, but I'd imagine that's more because of technology moving on, or LED being better than plasma, than necessarily any superiority of Sony over Panasonic... The picture quality on the TVs of the latter I've been looking at, of comparable size to the former, has generally looked superior to my eyes

If you can get yourself down to a John Lewis store and have a look at the myriad of TVs on offer , usually all switched on so you can compare them virtually side by side . Currys usually do the same thing , however , John Lewis offer a 5 year guarantee with most of their TVs and their service is second to none in my experience.

That's an interesting point, mate, and noted. So are you saying that said 5-year guarantee is not offered on the same TVs by Currys? Also, it was my understanding that Panasonic offer a 5-year guarantee on all of their TVs, although I may be wrong? The service side of things may also be relevant.

As Martin says , get a bigger TV if you can fit it in , because 3 months down the line you'll be wishing you had

43" is the most I would go to, but there doesn't seem to be many good 43" TVs....

Marco.

[CageyH]

The extended guarantee is a cost extra at Currys.
Another shop worth visiting is Richer Sounds. They also do a good warranty bundled with the TV.

After reading the reviews etc. I went with a LG 43UH610VM which offers good connectivity and a decent picture.
OLED is still a lot of money, and a technology in it's infancy.