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A 50 ins TV will look small when mounted on a wall. My preference would be to go 65ins minimum.
All I know is LG & Samsung are built from start to finish .
In this age of Internet vieweing it is worth spending some time researching the wi fi / bluetooth and smart view capabilities.
If you have a Samsung phone tablet it maybe the better option to plump for the Samsung
I'd also go for 60 rather than 50 ,however check resolution .
Richer Sounds advise is always very good ,and the quality TV"s are decently priced .
Avoid cheaper supermarket deals ,the returns are telling .
YepOriginally Posted by Vindec
How did this work out for you, Mike?
I’m interested because I bought a new 50” TV in February and the whole process developed into a bit of a nightmare. I was upgrading from an old 43” Samsung HD model I’d had for ten years and which had served me really well, but a few pixels had died during the previous twelve months and I wanted to move to a 4K Ultra HD set so I could play 4K BluRays.
Initially, I bought a 50” LG model from John Lewis for about £500, but that set had a serious screen fault and the overall picture quality was poor anyway, so it went back immediately.
I then decided to move to a 50” Samsung Neo QLED HDR 4K Ultra HD model as I’d been really impressed with the picture on the display set in the shop, and with various membership deals and vouchers I was able to get a model that was retailing at the time at £999 with Richer Sounds for just £649 with John Lewis.
The vertical banding you describe during panning shots was very prominent in the first set I received, especially when viewing sports from any sort of an angle. Apparently, it’s called Dirty Screen Effect (DSE), it’s quite common with LED TV’s and especially common with Samsung models.
I returned that one and the replacement set had the same fault, but it was far less prominent. I would have kept that one if it was not for a tiny patch of dead pixels on the bottom right-hand side of the screen. John Lewis Customer Services told me to return that one too as the pixel problem was only likely to get worse with time, so they sent me a second replacement of this particular Samsung model (my fourth new TV in all).
The second replacement set has the same DSE fault. It’s less prominent than it was in the first set, but a shade more prominent than it was in the second. The banding can’t be seen when viewing sports directly head-on or when watching most standard films or programmes from any angle. However, it can be seen on wide panning shots (especially in sports) when you’re watching from an angle. It’s annoying, but I got fed up with the process (described on some tech websites as ‘the panel lottery’) and decided to stick with set number four.
The picture is generally brilliant, even when watching old DVD’s, and the sound is just amazing. The appearance of the set itself is also impressive, I really like it. It just amazes me that this expensive technology, which has been knocking around for years, has this DSE fault and it's apparently accepted as being ‘within tolerance levels’ by most manufacturers and especially by Samsung from what I’ve read.
As a side issue, the customer service from John Lewis was very good throughout.
A bit left field but a friend of mine has just bought a 4k short throw projector which can be connected to Sky/Virgin etc boxes. It is stunning but you need a massive amount of wall space and a spare £3000
He knows.
My wife bought me a toshiba 50 inch TV from Tesco over 6 years ago and its never been a problem. Still working perfectly.
so your recommendation for a 48-50" TV is a 65" TV?
this is known as not understanding the brief
Sorry this was directs at LonM's comment about supermarket deals.
But how's the TV holding up?
The deciding factor should be how far away from the wall you’re sat.
Firstly the highlighted paragraph I can relate to. My 65 inch LG Nanocel with the vertical banding is an amazing TV, the picture and sound are excellent. I still have that vertical banding but it doesn't bother me as much now. I have accepted it's there. No one else notices it. In fact I'm watching Blackpool v West Ham from 2012 at the moment and I almost have to look for it now as I'm so used to it.
As for my initial question in this thread in the end I went for a 48 inch LG OLED. No issues with banding or anything else with the picture. It's brilliant.
I did wonder if it was the larger screens, 65 and up, that may suffer from the issue but yours is 50 so maybe not.
I only realised my issue with the 65 inch tv after the 30 day return period, Currys did take the tv away to repair it but to be honest i don't think they did anything, they said they replaced the panel but it was the same when it came back. That was back in 2020, i didn't notice the banding as there was no football on as it was the pandemic summer. When I did notice it was too late to return it.
One further issue came up. About 6 months ago the top six inches of the screen went darker, like the brightness had been turned down but only across the top of the screen. Google suggested a faulty backlight strip. I had just gotten used to that when the issue resolved itself.
What I've learned is that when I do get a new one I will check the display throughly on all channels and apps within the first week so i can return if it's not acceptable.
Sounds like you had a fair few stresses getting to this point. There shouldn't be a lottery on this stuff now, they've been making them for long enough. Hopefully your eyes will learn to ignore the blemishes.
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