65" TV recommendations

Postik

I'm looking for a new 65" TV for my living room.  It has mixed usage, gaming, TV shows, movies, etc.

My son sometimes plays Roblox for hours so I am a bit put off OLED due to screen burn.

I did have a Hisense TV which at around £900 was in theory a very good TV for the money (mini-LED, full local dimming, etc) but it just had too many faults.  I'd ideally like to spend less than this, but would also consider spending more for the right thing.

Any recommendations?

DullGreyGuy

Never had burn in issues with our LG OLED and plenty of watching stuff with static images. 

You dont say what your budget is? Given the 2024 models are just about to hit the shops in a month or two if you can hold off a 2022 model maybe a bit over the HiSense as retailers try to clear their stock. 

Marcoos

Another vote for an LG OLED. Depending on your budget, can’t go wrong with either a C2 or C3. 

If feeling really flush, a G3. 

I’ve personally got a C2 and it’s a fantastic TV. 

Postik

And you guys really have no worry of burn in issues with an LG OLED?  I mean we don't tend to play for like 8 hours straight but perhaps 2 or 3 hours at a time, and sometimes my son will leave a game on whilst he goes and does something else.  Also, I heard they don't get as bright as regular LED TV's although I've never been a fan of super bright screens if I'm honest (I always tend to turn the backlight down).

Good call on waiting a couple of months for the new models to come out.  Not sure how long we can hold off because we're back to using an old 40" which is now way too small for our living room, and also about to give up the ghost.

Regarding budget, I had a 65" Hisense TV which cost me about £750 (it was the 2022 model).  Lasted 8 months before it went faulty.  Swapped it for another Hisense costing £950 which lasted about 2 days.  Ideally I would like to spend less than £950 but am seriously thinking of going up to around £1,500 if I can get something that I'd be really happy with.

RumRat

I'd go QLED, for your budget area this is a good TV  2023 65 Inch QLED 4K Smart TV Q80C | Samsung UK
Or this one Samsung 2023 65 Inch QLED 4K Smart TV Q70C | Samsung UK

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Another vote for QLed, I have a 55" Samsung and it gives a fantastic picture. If I activate HDR it goes retina searingly bright. (So I don't )

A relative had to replace an LG OLED because leaving it on BBC News all day when the Queen died burnt the BBC News logo into the screen, and no amount of forcing that screen de-burner would remove it. 

Tbh, I'd never have spotted it until he told me it was there, then like him, I could always see it.

DullGreyGuy

Postik said:

And you guys really have no worry of burn in issues with an LG OLED?  I mean we don't tend to play for like 8 hours straight but perhaps 2 or 3 hours at a time, and sometimes my son will leave a game on whilst he goes and does something else.  Also, I heard they don't get as bright as regular LED TV's although I've never been a fan of super bright screens if I'm honest (I always tend to turn the backlight down).

Good call on waiting a couple of months for the new models to come out.  Not sure how long we can hold off because we're back to using an old 40" which is now way too small for our living room, and also about to give up the ghost.

Regarding budget, I had a 65" Hisense TV which cost me about £750 (it was the 2022 model).  Lasted 8 months before it went faulty.  Swapped it for another Hisense costing £950 which lasted about 2 days.  Ideally I would like to spend less than £950 but am seriously thinking of going up to around £1,500 if I can get something that I'd be really happy with.

Both no worry and no evidence of burn issues. Burn was more of a problem when OLED first came to the market but has lessened with each generation. Most TVs, as long as left plugged in, go through a periodic refresh cycle thats designed to help prevent burn. 

The Mrs can do 8 hours straight of certain apps (leaving it on screen when stepping out for a bit) and still no issue. 

Its swings and roundabouts and the two technologies are closing on each other. OLED can go bright but not as bright as LED so unless you are watching it in a sunny conservatory OLED is fine. OLED does produce much blacker blacks hence has much higher contrast ratios 

Our LG OLED is about 6 years old and never had a problem, it replaced a 3 year old Samsung LED that 

Murmansk

If you have access to Costco they have plenty of TVs all with included 5 year warranty. 

cerebus

The  new generation oleds from lg can now go as bright as led but they are hardly cheap 

Problem still exists as ever that tv technology is advancing quicker than broadcast companies can keep up with (although probably can't be bothered due to cost)

Postik

Thanks all, I've been looking at the LG B3 (can't really justify the cost of a C3).  I'm starting to worry less about burn in since I've spoken to a few people that have them without issue.  However, the next problem is that my TV is next to a bay window.  Not actually in the bay window, but in the corner near the bay window.  I've heard that direct sunlight is very bad for OLEDs and can cause them to degrade quickly.  I have blinds which are usually closed but I suspect in the summer there will be little spots and crevices of sunlight able to get through which could shine directly on the screen at certain times of day.  It's not been the best weather the last few days to find out if this is the case, but would it be cause for concern?

RumRat

The problem you have there is that the older OLED doesn't get as bright as say a QLED which is better in a bright room visually.