Plasma or LED Samsung tv

Inner_Zone

Kamran wrote: »

Plus 3 games in the upcoming FIFA world cup will be broadcast in 4K (not reason enough to buy a 4K but just a bonus).

Who will be broadcasting these in the UK? What receiver do you have to receive them?

Buzby

It can only be Satellite or Cable - Freeview has no spare bandwidth to carry 4k channels.

shortchanged_2

Inner_Zone wrote: »

Some 1080p on Freeview HD.

Is there really?

What channels are they?

Inner_Zone

shortchanged wrote: »

Is there really?
What channels are they?

The Freeview HD channels BBC, ITV and CH4 HD, not all programmes.

Inner_Zone

Buzby wrote: »

It can only be Satellite or Cable - Freeview has no spare bandwidth to carry 4k channels.

I realise that but the poster who has bought a 4K TV seems to think it can receive 4K where as it will only display 4K from a suitable source, I think he will be disappointed.

RumRat

Inner_Zone wrote: »

I realise that but the poster who has bought a 4K TV seems to think it can receive 4K where as it will only display 4K from a suitable source, I think he will be disappointed.

The 4K TV's have superior upscaling built in for non 4K content. They make normal HD really pop.
Most content will be broadcast over the net eventually. I doubt most people opting in to 4K early on will be thinking that Freeview will broadcast 4K any time soon if ever.
If the money isn't a problem then future proofing your TV is the way to go. I'm waiting for them to break my personal spend ceiling before taking the plunge, which won't be long at the current fall rate..:)

getmore4less

If your samsung only lasted 8 years are you sure you want to stick with them?

getmore4less

Kamran wrote: »

hey guys, thought I'd throw in my two cents.

I also had an 8 year old HD ready 50" sony rear projection TV. it was playing up and also took up a lot of room. I know this is MSE forums but I do believe in spending a little extra in terms of quality and something that could last me further down the line.

I opted to buy the Samsung UE55HU7500. Specs
55 inches
4K resolution
flat screen (given that I didn't fancy a curved screen to wall mount)
2014 model
Samsung smart TV with 3D etc.

I would personally go with LED TV over plasma. The reason I opted to fork out the extra for a 4K TV is because whilst there's no such thing as "future proofing" I figured that the last time I bought a TV was 8 years ago, that getting a 4K TV would extend the shelf life a little further, maybe a year or two, who knows.

Plus 3 games in the upcoming FIFA world cup will be broadcast in 4K (not reason enough to buy a 4K but just a bonus). Lastly, many blu-ray discs are now coming in "digitally remastered 4K" versions. Youtube also supports 4K video, and 4K cameras, whilst still expensive, are getting cheaper slowly.

I can feedback that the quality is exquisite. My feeling that spending a little extra now will mean you can extend the shelf life of your TV by a few years.

Can purchase from Richer Sounds or John Lewis

Good luck

Future proofing like this is a waste of £1.5k of money.

by the time there is enough 4k material the price will have dropped so much you could buy a much better one from the change from a decent current TV and still have that TV when you upgrade(or sell on for some £ if no where to put it).

Kamran

Inner_Zone wrote: »

Who will be broadcasting these in the UK? What receiver do you have to receive them?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10742015/World-Cup-2014-to-be-broadcast-in-4K-resolution.html

There's an article confirming that it will be broadcast. They don't give anything away as to the method.

Kamran

getmore4less wrote: »

Future proofing like this is a waste of £1.5k of money.

by the time there is enough 4k material the price will have dropped so much you could buy a much better one from the change from a decent current TV and still have that TV when you upgrade(or sell on for some £ if no where to put it).

Depends what you're after. If someone doesn't care about 4k content then by all means go for a cheaper 1080p model.

I personally feel that 4k content is emerging - the samsung galaxy s5 has a 4K camera, 4K cameras are becoming more affordable, as I mentioned some blu-rays are coming remastered to work with 4K, as RumRat mentions simply watching 1080p content looks nicer on a 4K screen, and also youtube and other online streaming sites have begun 4K to good effect.

So as I said, it depends what you're after. I'm already enjoying higher quality and am happy with that. I could wait for 5 years when 4K TVs are as cheap as 1080p TVs are now but then I'd have to wait. I would argue that there's enough 4K material emerging now that warrants (my) investment in it, because I enjoy it.

And for the record I never suggested that freeview could transmit 4K, so I'm not sure where InnerZone's comment of "the poster who has bought a 4K TV seems to think it can receive 4K where as it will only display 4K from a suitable source" came from.