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Withbellson

adonis10 said:

Looking to upgrade from our 8 year old, 42” Toshiba 40HL933B (TOSHIBA 40HL933B, 40 inch HL Series Full HD 1080p LED TV with Freeview) for the lounge. Size of room dictates a 50” as the max size. More details below:

• fairly light room (QLED rather than OLED?)
• not used for gaming
• general tv, sports and film
• possibly wall mounted in time but currently at eye height circa 3m from sofa
• Budget was £800-900 but could extend to the £1,149 if really worth it. No more.

Considering the following but unsure if the jump from £799 to £1,149 is worth it, although the latter looks lovely in the shop.

Option 1 SAMSUNG QE50Q80AATXXU 50" Smart 4K Ultra HD HDR QLED TV with Bixby, Alexa & Google Assistant

Option 2 SAMSUNG QE50QN94AATXXU 50" Smart 4K Ultra HD HDR Neo QLED TV with Bixby, Alexa & Google Assistant

Help!

Please ask any relevant questions as I appreciate I have only provided fairly limited info.

Without looking too closely at the specs, I would surmise that the main difference between the two TVs, is that the latter utilises Mini-LED in the screen. The other doesn't. It's likely almost as simple as that.

LG's version is named QNED. BUT, neither of them introduced the technology. In fact it was first introduced to the market by TCL.
So if you want the benefits of Mini LED without paying over a Grand for it, look at TCL. The problem is the smallest version released here is 55". Though it's at your lower price point. https://www.costco.co.uk/TVs-Electronics-Security/Televisions-Projectors/Televisions/TCL-55C826K-55-Inch-Mini-LED-QLED-4K-Ultra-HD-Smart-Android-TV/p/369535

RumRat

adonis10 said:

RumRat said:

I own a Samsung QN95A and it's amazing to be honest. If your room is bright, it will be better for you than an OLED which cannot match it for brightness. The blacks are really black and the colour reproduction is fantastic. I have an OLED in the house also and in a dark room, that is an outstanding picture, but, put it into the lounge to watch daytime TV and you could really tell the difference.
At the end of the day each to their own. I don't recommend one technology over the other, both are amazing. IMO it's where you are going to use the TV that needs considering to get the most from them. 

Awesome, thanks. Yeah it’s going to be in a fairly light room - big bay windows at front of lounge and knocked through to dining room where light comes through the back door windows, and 3 lamps on when dark so I think it classes as fairly light. Everyone I’ve spoken to, bar one person, has suggested QLED for this reason. Guess the choice is now the 799 v 1149 version!

The Q80 is only QLED the QN94A is Neo QLED which is even better and what I have, QN have much smaller LED's. The Q80 has a peak brightness of 1000 nits and the QN94A has 2000 nits, so much brighter.. 
Also the Q80 has 4 speakers and IMO you will be better off with a Soundbar, the QN94A  has 8 speakers and you can actually get away without a soundbar, but, that choice will be up to your personal opinion....
Hope that helps a bit...

Withbellson

RumRat said:

adonis10 said:

RumRat said:

I own a Samsung QN95A and it's amazing to be honest. If your room is bright, it will be better for you than an OLED which cannot match it for brightness. The blacks are really black and the colour reproduction is fantastic. I have an OLED in the house also and in a dark room, that is an outstanding picture, but, put it into the lounge to watch daytime TV and you could really tell the difference.
At the end of the day each to their own. I don't recommend one technology over the other, both are amazing. IMO it's where you are going to use the TV that needs considering to get the most from them. 

Awesome, thanks. Yeah it’s going to be in a fairly light room - big bay windows at front of lounge and knocked through to dining room where light comes through the back door windows, and 3 lamps on when dark so I think it classes as fairly light. Everyone I’ve spoken to, bar one person, has suggested QLED for this reason. Guess the choice is now the 799 v 1149 version!

The Q80 is only QLED the QN94A is Neo QLED which is even better and what I have, QN have much smaller LED's. The Q80 has a peak brightness of 1000 nits and the QN94A has 2000 nits, so much brighter.. 
Also the Q80 has 4 speakers and IMO you will be better off with a Soundbar, the QN94A  has 8 speakers and you can actually get away without a soundbar, but, that choice will be up to your personal opinion....
Hope that helps a bit...

The TCL Mini LED above actually claims the same as the the QN94A for peak brightness. No surprise, since it's the same technology behind it. Mini LED and Quantum Dot. Samsung just uses a fancy name, but that's what it is.
Samsung doesn't have Dolby Vision; TCL doesn't have HDMI 2.1.
Depends on what is important to you. 
There is little doubt that the Samsung is a superior product. More dimming zones for an instance. But then it is £350 more.
So if the choice is between the cheaper Samsung and the TCL 826k(slightly inferior to the 825k), then I would give consideration to the TCL for the expected superior picture quality. It has a built in Soundbar.
Worth a demo at least.

dogmaryxx

Buy from https://www.richersounds.com/lg-oled48c14lb.html

Belenus

We bought the 55 inch version of that above LG TV. (LG LG-OLED55C14LB)  last June from RIcher Sounds. We are very pleased with it. It works well in a bright living room.

Our only gripe is that we paid £1,699 for it and it is now down to £1,179 but such is life.

adonis10

Money_Grabber13579 said:

I can’t comment on the specs as I’d face exactly the same dilemma but I can say that I wouldn’t buy from curry’s and would go to richer sounds instead. So much easier to deal with, especially if something goes wrong (which it hopefully won’t).

Fair point about RS, I think they’re great. However, I have a £400 currys voucher from a past issue with a dishwasher (not currys fault, just a write off by know how) so I’m kind of stuck there as need to use that. 

GDB2222

Please don't take this amiss, but why does a 42" TV need upgrading? We use a 32" one, which seems plenty big enough, and we were just planning to keep using it until it breaks down. Am I missing out on anything important? 

This one, by the way. 
https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/samsung-ue32eh5000

searchlight123

Money_Grabber13579 said:

I can’t comment on the specs as I’d face exactly the same dilemma but I can say that I wouldn’t buy from curry’s and would go to richer sounds instead. So much easier to deal with, especially if something goes wrong (which it hopefully won’t).

I totally agree with this. Would only buy a TV from Richer Sounds or John Lewis (free 6 and 5 year warranties respectively). My friend recently had an issue with his 5.5 year old TV from Richer Sounds having a blue tinge to the picture. No quibble, they came and collected, repaired and redelivered within 2 weeks. Great service in my book. Try doing that painlessly with Currys!!

dogmaryxx

TV recommended above available at Currys with 5 year guarantee https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/lg-oled48c14lb-48-smart-4k-ultra-hd-hdr-oled-tv-with-google-assistant-amazon-alexa-10221351-pdt.html

Do not buy any extras offered especially 

RumRat

The TV you actually want is on sale at Richer Sounds...Samsung QE50QN94A | 50 inch 4K Ultra HD HDR 2000 Smart Samsung Neo QLED TV | Richer Sounds