What TV to buy..

RumRat

smallzoo2 said:

Thanks for the comments so far. I'm not looking at a Samsung just using them as an example of what size I can have ..sorry

Who are Cello ?

Cello are a British TV manufacturer based in the North East.....Usually bought by older people who still think that British made means it's the best.
They aren't bad TV's perse, but are very middle of the road performance wise.
You won't notice the absence of Dolby Vision on Samsung's HDR is everywhere, so don't discount because of that.

400ixl said:

https://www.richersounds.com/hisense-65e7kqtuk-pro/
https://www.richersounds.com/hisense-65e7nqtuk-pro/

Hisense are a good make and through Richer Sounds you can get 6 year warranties.

Pushing the price up to your top end you could get QD-Mini LED
https://www.richersounds.com/philips-65pml9009/

What's the difference between the 2 richer sounds models ?

The Phillips will be the better of the two.
Not a fan of Ambilight, but it can be turned off if required. It's just LED lights on the back of the screen that illuminate according to what's on the screen. Some love it.

smallzoo2

I have gone through about 10 different TV's from QLED to Mini-LED and looked at the suggestions made on here plus a few others and I can't believe how opinions differ. I've been on multiple sites ( Amazon, Which,  BestProductReview, etc etc ) and literally the reviews form each recommended TV can vary from brilliant to rubbish....how in earth can I find a genuine, well thought out , independent review !!

Cheers

RumRat

You will drive yourself mad by over reading reviews. For your budget area the Hisense U8N won't disappoint you. To be honest unless you are a major home cinema buff that can accurately calibrate a TV you won't be able to tell the difference between most of them. If you can find a Richer Sounds store within driving distance, it would be worthwhile taking a day trip and seeing what they have to offer, they are great for advice and can usually demo a TV on the premises properly.
You could even phone them and get advice.

smallzoo2

Do you mean the £1300 one ?  

Hisense 65U8NQTUK

smallzoo2

No answer ?.. cheers

RumRat

smallzoo2 said:

No answer ?.. cheers

Sorry, I thought I had answered this.......Yes that's the one....£1299

SimplyBetter

smallzoo2 said:

Do you mean the £1300 one ?  

Hisense 65U8NQTUK

The 2024 model is £1300. 2023 model is £1100. 

400ixl

RumRat said:

You won't notice the absence of Dolby Vision on Samsung's HDR is everywhere, so don't discount because of that.

The Phillips will be the better of the two.
Not a fan of Ambilight, but it can be turned off if required. It's just LED lights on the back of the screen that illuminate according to what's on the screen. Some love it.

I guess if you don't have Dolby today you may not miss it as you don't know about it. If you have it, you will notice when its not available. HDR is not everywhere, quite a bit of content is not HDR encoded (equally quite a bit is not Dolby encoded), but you get far more coverage and better experience to having both. Personally I would always discount anything that doesn't have both, its not something to compromise on as it doesn't actually cost you anything to have both.

If you didn't know about 4K you wouldn't miss that either, but once you do you wouldn't not have it.

Ambilight is actually a really good solution for protecting your eyes. It removes the hard edges of the screen which relieves some of your eye strain and tiredness. Not essential but if it is there then it is good to use it. Its not just a gimmick, it has a real purpose.

A good forum to look at for information and opinions is https://www.avforums.com/forums/

RumRat

400ixl said:

RumRat said:

You won't notice the absence of Dolby Vision on Samsung's HDR is everywhere, so don't discount because of that.

The Phillips will be the better of the two.
Not a fan of Ambilight, but it can be turned off if required. It's just LED lights on the back of the screen that illuminate according to what's on the screen. Some love it.

I guess if you don't have Dolby today you may not miss it as you don't know about it. If you have it, you will notice when its not available. HDR is not everywhere, quite a bit of content is not HDR encoded (equally quite a bit is not Dolby encoded), but you get far more coverage and better experience to having both. Personally I would always discount anything that doesn't have both, its not something to compromise on as it doesn't actually cost you anything to have both.

If you didn't know about 4K you wouldn't miss that either, but once you do you wouldn't not have it.

Ambilight is actually a really good solution for protecting your eyes. It removes the hard edges of the screen which relieves some of your eye strain and tiredness. Not essential but if it is there then it is good to use it. Its not just a gimmick, it has a real purpose.

A good forum to look at for information and opinions is https://www.avforums.com/forums/

Dolby Vision is only really worth having if you watch your media via Blu-ray, I have it on one of my TV's and obviously not on the Samsung and I have no problems with any of the streaming services on either. 
In fact the quality of the TV and how it handles it has much more impact on HDR than any of the competing formats (HDR 10, HDR10+ and DV) do.
Ambilight is a bit Marmite, as I said personally I don't like it and would have it set to one colour, which is achieved via my own TV lighting anyway. I don't think I suggested it was a 'gimmick', but thanks for the lecture.
 As for AVforums I gave that up after many years as the manufacturers were found to be influencing some reviews and their stuck up moderators. Personally I believe that reviews should be garnered from many sites as they all have their own biases.

RainbowsInTheSpray

RumRat said:

smallzoo2 said:

Thanks for the comments so far. I'm not looking at a Samsung just using them as an example of what size I can have ..sorry

Who are Cello ?

Cello are a British TV manufacturer based in the North East.....Usually bought by older people who still think that British made means it's the best.

Rant alert.

Speaking as one of these obviously past-it, older citizens, I've read through this thread with increasing amusement and especially chuckling at the amounts some people appear happy to shell out for an idiot screen in the corner of their lounge.

Sorry, but... four figures... really???

Are people now so anally obsessed with the precise, not-really-going-to-utterly-transform-your-life performance of said screen that they're willing to part with that much hard-earned dough? There are other forms of entertainment, you know.

No, I don't think that British is necessarily best... but I have heard of books, magazines, games, chatting...