4K or Full HD TV for SD and HD content

Malarky21

Hi i'm looking for a new tv, i understand that buying a 4k tv means it's future proof but i honestly won't and don't intend on watching any 4k content for a long time. Therefor is it best to buy a 4K tv or a Full HD one for the best picture quality on SD and HD channels?

RumRat

4K is more or less the norm now. I don't have any problems with SD or HD channels on mine. 
Anyway you need to answer some basic questions.  What size do you want and what budget do you have?

Malarky21

Max 43 inch size, budget £400 max, ive found in the past 4k upscaling on a hd signal not as good a picture as full hd tvs watching hd content

RumRat

You've answered your own question then., no matter what I say....Just go to the Richer sounds website and choose your poison....

Frozen_up_north

We have a 40” 4K Samsung, no problem viewing HD or SD content.

Browntoa

LG TV here with 4k , standard sky HD , absolutely no problems with picture quality

neilmcl

Unfortunately your choice is going to be severely limited as there's very few, decent, TVs that are still only 1080p. Sony have on, as do Panasonic.

Malarky21

I know I am one of these people who finds fault with things no matter what lol. I just wondered what the actual science/technical evidence is on what brings out the best HD picture, an HD tv or a 4K one

Browntoa

Go to a richer sounds branch , they have a demonstration room to show you.

And free 6 years warranty

debitcardmayhem

Browntoa said:

Go to a richer sounds branch , they have a demonstration room to show you.

And free 6 years warranty

Sadly I think they are closed at the moment

neilmcl

Malarky21 said:

I know I am one of these people who finds fault with things no matter what lol. I just wondered what the actual science/technical evidence is on what brings out the best HD picture, an HD tv or a 4K one

Well scientifically speaking depending on how big the TV is and how close you sit to ot will determine whether the human eye will be able to discern any real difference.

Also, there's more to picture quality than just number of pixels. I'd still put my old, but top of the range, 1080p Panasonic plasma up against some of these 4K/UHD TVs and it would still shine.