The new TV thread

ChrisR · Apr 6, 2026

I bought a cheapy projector to use in the spare room rather than buying a tv.

Sits on floor next to the bed and projects onto ceiling 😂. It’s good enough for the nights I sleep in there (when I get kicked out for snoring….)

Quality is nothing to write home about, but does the job.

Was a £600 odd quid projector I got for £99 as the company went bust, I’d have been pissed paying more than I did for it!

jonno_c · Apr 6, 2026

ChrisR said:
We went from a 42 plasma to 65 OLED and it’s been great.

TV is about 4 metres away and it’s fine, yeah it’s not an immersive cinema screen at that distance but it’s a living room not a cinema 😂

Going 77 would’ve been nice but at the time wasn’t practical, any bigger and starts to look a bit dominating in the room.

Am tempted by one of the 100inch LEDs to stick in a spare room to make it into a little cinema room at some point though.

I think we're going to get a 65, from 50.

What's good to look out for nowadays on TVs?

probably got a £1200 ISH budget.

Matt Cup · Apr 6, 2026

jonno_c said:
I think we're going to get a 65, from 50.

What's good to look out for nowadays on TVs?

probably got a £1200 ISH budget.

Up your budget slightly and get this.

https://www.harveynorman.co.uk/products/lg-65-oled-evo-c5-ai-4k-smart-tv-2025-oled65c54la-aek

jonno_c · Apr 6, 2026

Matt Cup said:
Up your budget slightly and get this.

https://www.harveynorman.co.uk/products/lg-65-oled-evo-c5-ai-4k-smart-tv-2025-oled65c54la-aek

That spec one to look at then?

Looks nice TBF!

Matt Cup · Apr 6, 2026

I’d only go for LG OLED especially at that budget. Got three of them in the house now of various sizes, a 65 will be next for us when the living room TV gives up the ghost. The UI is extremely slick and easy to use.

Some people on here like the Sony equivalents too but I don’t know anything about them.

ChrisR · Apr 6, 2026

I’ve always liked the Panasonics, I went for the one with the decent-ish sound built in as wasn’t wanting to run a desperate sound bar or system.

It does the job well enough, although am tempted to add in a sub to get some meatier lows.

Not the cheapest though, you’ll get more for your money with an LG.

Matt Cup · Apr 6, 2026

I’m wary about Panasonics, the cheap ones are rebadged Turkish made Vestel TV’s which are utter dog s**t.

ChrisR · Apr 6, 2026

Matt Cup said:
I’m wary about Panasonics, the cheap ones are rebadged Turkish made Vestel TV’s which are utter dog s**t.

Yup only the higher level models worth looking at

jenic · Apr 6, 2026

Matt Cup said:
Up your budget slightly and get this.

https://www.harveynorman.co.uk/products/lg-65-oled-evo-c5-ai-4k-smart-tv-2025-oled65c54la-aek

Says 10% off under the price with a code so would be in budget!

I'd probably buy from somewhere that bundle a long warranty though (john lewis/currys/richer sounds)

Matt Cup · Apr 7, 2026

jenic said:
Says 10% off under the price with a code so would be in budget!

I'd probably buy from somewhere that bundle a long warranty though (john lewis/currys/richer sounds)

Was just an example but yeah I’d probably try to get Richer Sounds to price match it.

CrippsCorner · Apr 7, 2026

ChrisR said:
I bought a cheapy projector to use in the spare room rather than buying a tv.

Sits on floor next to the bed and projects onto ceiling 😂. It’s good enough for the nights I sleep in there (when I get kicked out for snoring….)

Quality is nothing to write home about, but does the job.

Was a £600 odd quid projector I got for £99 as the company went bust, I’d have been pissed paying more than I did for it!

I got one for £60 off AliExpress, is decent enough but it's such a faff setting it up where I've got it I just usually can't be bothered. Same deal though, just for the spare room... will get a TV in there in a few years.

Rich.. · Apr 8, 2026

Matt Cup said:
Up your budget slightly and get this.

https://www.harveynorman.co.uk/products/lg-65-oled-evo-c5-ai-4k-smart-tv-2025-oled65c54la-aek

Thats the TV I just got from Costco, for £1200

Ray Gin · Wednesday at 8:35 PM

Best big TV for a couple grand? Currently got a 55” but want a big one I think. A proper big one xxx

What do people recommend?

jenic · Wednesday at 8:44 PM

Proper big?

Chinese mini-led in 100" - https://www.richersounds.com/hisense-100u7qtuk/

Or just get a decent smaller OLED in 77" - https://www.richersounds.com/lg-oled77c54la/

Or man up and get a decent 97" OLED - https://www.richersounds.com/lg-oled97g64lw/

ChrisR · Wednesday at 9:46 PM

Pretty much the above, if you want raw size then the Hisense/TCL large LED models are the way to go, a lot of bang for buck.

If 77 is big enough then OLED becomes viable if you value the picture quality they bring.

Ray Gin · Wednesday at 10:08 PM

jenic said:
Proper big?

Chinese mini-led in 100" - https://www.richersounds.com/hisense-100u7qtuk/

Or just get a decent smaller OLED in 77" - https://www.richersounds.com/lg-oled77c54la/

Or man up and get a decent 97" OLED - https://www.richersounds.com/lg-oled97g64lw/

I'll take a look at the 77" cheers

ChrisR said:
Pretty much the above, if you want raw size then the Hisense/TCL large LED models are the way to go, a lot of bang for buck.

If 77 is big enough then OLED becomes viable if you value the picture quality they bring.

Hisense was the tv I had which just died 😂 id did last years tbf.

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