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roddydogs · 4 April 2018 at 8:35AM

Richer sounds are in trouble then with their 6 yr gtee.

hollie.weimeraner · 4 April 2018 at 8:49AM

gfplux wrote: »

We have a Samsung 46inch that is Now 10 years old.
We also watch NETFLIX using a Google dongle.

It is our intention to replace the TV in the next 12 months. We would keep the new TV for a similar time, about 10 years or even more.
The present TV has a large bezel surround and I see that present day TV!!!8217;s hardly have a Bezel so the new TV could perhaps be up to 52/55 inch.

Anyone have recommendations and is there something coming along in the next 12 months worth waiting for.

Actually when I say smart TV I am not actually sure what I mean other than I would not need a dongle as the TV would be connected to our WiFi.

Thank you.

If you're happy with your Samsung I'd stick with that make personally.

I have tried 3 Samsungs in the last 3 or 4 years and every single one had lip sync issues and had to be returned. I also think Samsung colour management is pretty poor but that's just my view and possibly down to the way they are set up out of the box (due to the lipsync issues I never got round to setting them up properly). In the end I ended up with a Panasonic which I am very pleased with. I don't tend to use anything other than Netflix or iplayer in the apps so they're fine for me.

victor2 · 4 April 2018 at 8:52AM

mobileron wrote: »

Please tell us how the components fail after 5 years,do all tv do this.
Another fake news info.

Manufacturers of modern electronics use components with an MTBF of just a little longer than the period they guarantee the product for.
Nothing new in that approach, but quality control is so much more accurate these days that if a component is designed to last 5 years, there's every chance it will, and not much longer.

[Deleted User] · 4 April 2018 at 12:15PM

roddydogs wrote: »

Richer sounds are in trouble then with their 6 yr gtee.

I didn't say the TVs would fail and never be fixed. A repaired TV might even last a further five years.

mobileron wrote: »

Another fake news info.

Not at all. My post was in response to the OP saying he was planning for the TV to last for ten years or longer. I was only saying that was unwise. There are always examples of electronics which last for many years, but there are many which don't.

victor2 wrote: »

Manufacturers of modern electronics use components with an MTBF of just a little longer than the period they guarantee the product for.
Nothing new in that approach, but quality control is so much more accurate these days that if a component is designed to last 5 years, there's every chance it will, and not much longer.

Exactly

House_Martin · 4 April 2018 at 12:23PM

gfplux wrote: »

Thank you House Martin.
Is OLED the coming thing. You say LG are the only ones at present, will other makers be adopting OLED.

OLED s have been around for a while now , first seen in mobile phone screens but LG stuck with it to make the larger screens over 55 inch. Nowadays a tinchy little 42 inch screen seems small.
The battle now for the best pictures are now between the Oleds and Qled , .Samsung seem to be leading the way with Qled. The reviews I ve seen come down marginally in favour of Oleds.
Qled are brighter but Oleds have better contrast .
If you have the money its a straight choice between the two .If not and 4 k is nt important than one of Samsungs best rated 50 inch at around £450 /£500 would buy you a better TV you have now.They are rated at 100,000 hrs lifespan and will last as long as the old tube tvs.
My top Panasonic plasma takes some beating but its getting on a bit at 8 years old. I will be going for the LG Oleds soon. The prices are up and down on the 55inch model I want ( LG OLED 55C7V ) which was over 3k a year or so ago and now I have seen it down to £1250 at one time in the winter sales

gfplux · 4 April 2018 at 2:54PM

Thank you everyone so far.
So starting to look.
I now see that OLED is Now on offer by Panasonic and Sony as well as the owners of the technology LG.
As OLED or QLed is the lates thing that is at the top of my list.

Now to sound.
Almost every TV I see in the shops has a sound bar for sale next to it. Is this a confession that the sound on New TV is not up to scratch.

I also am told that Android TV on Sony and others but not Samsung is a great way to find extra apps and load them. I wonder if this is true and what about memory in the TV?

I would welcome your opinions. Thank you.

getmore4less · 4 April 2018 at 3:04PM

The price window to buy tv's is now or wait till next year.
Get over to AVforums.

Inner_Zone · 4 April 2018 at 3:10PM

QLED is not the same a OLED. QLED is still old LCD technology with a fancy and confusing name.

Philips, Loewe, B&O also offer OLED TV's with LG panels.

Flat screen TV's don't have the room for decent speakers hence soundbars but equally connecting to a Hi-Fi system will improve the sound quality.

Sony are current the only Android users I think, others use their own OS's.

Don't rely on inbuilt apps to much. Very easy to add others by an Amazon TV, NowTV, Roku or Chromecast devices to name the main ones also some Blu-ray players have some apps. Not all TV's support the same apps neither do the add on devices, but cheap add devices make it easy to add whatever the TV does not support and or loses over time.

JJ_Egan · 4 April 2018 at 3:27PM

Dont expect the Smart part to work for ten years .
Many cannot be updated and looks like the OS lasts a few years and is not upgradable .

[Deleted User] · 4 April 2018 at 10:52PM

gfplux wrote: »

Almost every TV I see in the shops has a sound bar for sale next to it. Is this a confession that the sound on New TV is not up to scratch.

I'd say it's an admission rather than a confession that modern ultra flat screens can't house large speakers. Even the high end TVs can't physically be millimetres thin and also provide anything more than adequate sound.

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