New TV time.

[R3k1355]

What is the best technology/backlighting??

Is there like a rating or something for the different types used?

 

[Christopher]

Edge-lit is the most common in low to mid-range TVs. Full array is more common on high-end TVs and there's also full array with localised dimming (gives deeper blacks and more accurate colours)
Very basically.
Good article on it that I read: https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/led-lcd-backlights-explained/
Not to say that edge-lit TVs are rubbish, just that it's common tech.

 

[AdDaMan]

OLED is the best.

 

[Christopher]

Yup, OLED is always going to be better than a LED/LCD sandwich panel. Blacks are nuts.
You pay for it though.

 

[AdDaMan]

Indeed!

 

[Gally]

The oleds haven't dropped much at all due to tech reaching a current peak.

 

[malcolmgt]

Pretty much set on this now. Went and saw it at the weekend and it has everything I'm after, within budget.
LG 55UH661V
https://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/lg/55uh661v/lg-55uh661v
Thoughts?

How was/is it Chris?

I'm in the exact same place as you and similar budget. From looking online they seem to push having 10bit ?!?

 

[Christopher]

How was/is it Chris?

I'm in the exact same place as you and similar budget. From looking online they seem to push having 10bit ?!?

I bumped my budget up in the end mate, so ended up with a 55" Samsung 😂
It's just arrived today so I'll update once I've had a play around with it later.

 

[malcolmgt]

I bumped my budget up in the end mate, so ended up with a 55" Samsung 😂
It's just arrived today so I'll update once I've had a play around with it later.

Which one, there are several in the price range and only vary slightly in difference.

 

[Brad Smith]

I’m looking for a new tv for my room. Mainly for sports, films and PS4.

Thinking of one of the below

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/7099045

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6861896

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6787406

 

[Christopher]

Mine's the Samsung 55MU6400. I'm not a fan of the curved panels, they give me a bit of motion sickness.

 

[malcolmgt]

Mine's the Samsung 55MU6400. I'm not a fan of the curved panels, they give me a bit of motion sickness.

Any update on it chap? Tried it with gaming? Frame rate okay?

 

[Christopher]

Any update on it chap? Tried it with gaming? Frame rate okay?

Sorry yeah, work's been mental this week as people are off!
It was a bit of a task to get it properly calibrated with HDR varying so much depending on what you're viewing, but I've got it dialled now.
Normally I'd stay away from "gaming modes" on TVs as it usually ruins everything apart from the latency. Seems to be great on this though!
Currently, I have a launch Xbox One, not an S, so I can't output HDR content when gaming, but when I get the One X in November it'll be nuts. I've streamed 4K One X content via YouTube to give me an idea of how it'll look (Forza 7 - 60fps@4K) and it's amazing

 

[malcolmgt]

Sorry yeah, work's been mental this week as people are off!
It was a bit of a task to get it properly calibrated with HDR varying so much depending on what you're viewing, but I've got it dialled now.
Normally I'd stay away from "gaming modes" on TVs as it usually ruins everything apart from the latency. Seems to be great on this though!
Currently, I have a launch Xbox One, not an S, so I can't output HDR content when gaming, but when I get the One X in November it'll be nuts. I've streamed 4K One X content via YouTube to give me an idea of how it'll look (Forza 7 - 60fps@4K) and it's amazing

Right that's me sold! whats the frame rate on yours, 1300?

 

[boultonn]

Samsung, great shout.
Even regular Xbox One games look so sharp, and actually, connected my 360 the other week and even the old Splinter Cell games look pretty good.

Enjoy! Be interested to hear how the One X plays, don't think I'll be upgrading sadly

 

[CrippsCorner]

Hate game mode on my 2015 Samsung! Colours are horrible.

 

[Christopher]

Hate game mode on my 2015 Samsung! Colours are horrible.

Yeah, they were changed for 16/17. You can now have the reduced latency mode without the sill over-saturated colour gamut too.

 

[Christopher]

Samsung, great shout.
Even regular Xbox One games look so sharp, and actually, connected my 360 the other week and even the old Splinter Cell games look pretty good.

Enjoy! Be interested to hear how the One X plays, don't think I'll be upgrading sadly

Cheers. Everything looks great on it, but only having a launch Xbox One at the moment, I can't use HDR.
Excited to see what the X looks like on it, seeing as that's the reason that I bought it!

 

[Christopher]

Right that's me sold! whats the frame rate on yours, 1300?

Yep, 1300.

 

[CrippsCorner]

Yeah, they were changed for 16/17. You can now have the reduced latency mode without the sill over-saturated colour gamut too.

Oh that's good, though I find it just fine without anyway!

 

[Ian_182]

Is this deal any good http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and...aw&gclsrc=ds&dclid=COOh_7aupNYCFc-XdwodopcOxg