OT, new telly recommendations

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  1. Marc

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    Marc, Sep 23, 2021
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    QLED is backlit, OLED is not. Contrast and ‘blacks’ are better with OLED because each pixel emits its own light. OLED uses organic materials though, and can suffer ‘burn in’ quicker. It’s a bit Apple/Android really. Samsung fans will probably go QLED, LG fans probably OLED. I’ve had my LG OLED for nearly 5 years and it’s still outstanding, with no signs of burn in at all.

    https://www.whathifi.com/amp/advice/oled-vs-qled-which-best-tv-technology
     
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    Bought an LG OLED because of the brilliant picture in the shop. Sent it back because it was too dark, couldn't get it bright enough. Sent it back for a Samsung QLED and its brilliant.
     
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    Do you have an Android phone, out of interest? ;-)
     
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    I've just bought an 85" Samsung Neo QLED, it's awesome. I was looking at it anyway but the guys in Richersounds in Sheff preferred it to the LG OLED because they are quite dark. Teamed it up with Dolby Atmos speakers which are mint, can't wait to watch new Bond film on it :)
     
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    No I have an iPhone, why do you ask?
     
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    Well said. Make do & mend. Anybody would this there isn’t a war on..:rolleyes:
     
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    Our main telly is 32". It's not the size that matters, it's what you do with it.
     
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    just been in my local tesco they are selling Toshiba 65" sets at £499:00
     
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    A blank screens much better than 95% of the **** on TV now. I'd stick with that. Cheaper if nothing else.
     
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    I bought a 45" one off ebay for £50 (plus a tenner on a taxi to bring it home) and I'm still amazed at how big it is. Can't fathom adding half that much again to it.

    Then again, I was probably the only person in the country in 2019 with a 15" set as my main one! In the end I had to upgrade because I couldn't read the text on my games...
     
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    Super Truckers & Abandoned Engineering..
    puts me in touch with my masculine side. :)
     
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    Will swap Samsung 32" for jerry-can of diesel.

    Smoke free home.
     
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    Don't get hung up on resolution. 8k is almost certainly pointless, and there's a good chance 4k is depending on the size of the screen and how far away you sit due to the resolution of your eyes. If you sit further than about 6 feet from a 50" telly then 4k is pointless compared to normal HD.

    When you go to a TV shop you look at them on the shelves from inches away and the resolution on an 8k TV can be mind-blowing, but that's not how you watch it.

    Also beware any shop that tries to upsell you to some gold plated noiseless HDMI cables or whatever. They're scamming you - there's no benefit over cheap ones.
     
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    Did you calibrate the TV? There's websites with the calibration setting for tvs for free (rtings.com etc) no point spending thousands on a TV and not getting it calibrated.
     
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    AR MUCH!!!!! :)
     
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    It was £4800 :) but like anything else they come down and I think it's £4300 now. Speakers came as a package and were £700. I don't have the setup for floor standing so you are limited with wall mounted speakers as to what you can get. Next purchase is a new Denon AV Receiver but that will have to wait a bit
     
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    It was perfect for watching saturday’s game….
     
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