New TV

[Mike]

After about 10 years my tv stopped working so I started looking fora new TV.
After looking at a few i'm doubting over these 2.

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/telev ... 00b-series

http://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-55EC930V

The LG one looks fancy, but not to sure about the curve. The image with those Oleds looks really good.
The Sony one looks great to.

So anyone here who knows something about TV's?
Cos i don't

[Hohndo]

I would go with the oled with the curve personally. Not sure how much you care about 4k.

[No Mercy]

dont get Sony, your paying for the name trust me...

LG, Samsung and panasonic are the ones to get, better quality for what your paying for and more reliable.

[venethus]

LG or Samsung IMO. Sony is overrated.

[Hohndo]

The only relative benefit to the Sony is 4k and the fact you'll be able to play Playstation games with it using Playstation Now.

I don't care about either of those things, though.

[adastra1930]

I know it's totally throwback but I recommend plasma, unless they've really improved blacks on LED recently. I hate that not-really-black thing esp on games and films. Also don't go for the high refresh rate if you do go LED...I think they look too real, like, if you're watching Dr Who you can really tell it's on a soundstage with rubber alien masks But then I probably sound like one of those guys who argue that Beta max or HD DVD is better lol

[Mike]

Thanks for the reply's so far

that Oled tv has real black.

[cmdraftbrn]

tv's are a trap!

[Hevach]

http://www.rtings.com/info/television-s ... lationship

Handy chart for seeing if 4k is worth it. Basically, for a 49" TV unless you're sitting pretty close up you're not going to notice the difference from 1080p (but probably can see the difference from 720p unless your living room is just huge).


The curve isn't as good as they make it sound. It's good at preventing a window from messing up your viewing, but if you have a lamp in the room, you might have to turn it off. With close light sources there's potentially no sweet spot in the room where there's no reflection.

[technophobe]

4k I would avoid, most sets won't necessarily support future 4k. At the moment some support HEVC (H.265)-encoded files (what netflix uses), most 2013 sets didn't. Currently they are running 60fps, however there is talk of this becoming 100fps to 150fps, it's not all agreed at the moment. not much content yet, so probably worth waiting.

Also agree with LG and Samsung being the best out there and OLED is great. Sony were the best for CRT but have never caught up on flat screens.