Yeah, I have one from maybe 7 years ago that is still decent and my current work/PS5 option. Amusingly, it was the same as the one my mother in-law actually had until my nephews commandeered it for their Xbox.

Is there a recent update for it? I think I paid about 250 for mine back in 2013.

Yeah i think I bought the £249 version. Only difference is 1080 p vs 720p for the £199.

There was a sale on at the time hence i got 2

Minkymu wrote:

Yeah i think I bought the £249 version. Only difference is 1080 p vs 720p for the £199.

There was a sale on at the time hence i got 2

720p! Only just clocked that. How is 720p and 'HD Ready' still a thing in 2021?! I would've thought 1080p would be a standard minimum by now.

Will see if the father in-law will stretch another £50. An obvious choice if it were me, but he has a weird habit of skimping on things. He'll happily spend £500 on a new drill, but will swear there's no discernable difference between a Samsung TV and a Logik one, or whatever that budget brand is that you see in Tesco's.

Cheers though Mink.

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/philips-32pfs6855-12-32-smart-full-hd-hdr-led-tv-10206772-pdt.html

i got one of these for the kid's bedroom for chrimbo. does netflix, prime, youtube. 1080p, even some kind of HDR. £200
no issues with it.

It's not used a lot for wireless stuff, mainly my daughter uses it for gaming, but not had any wifi connections with it. It's upstairs and router is downstairs, so it's going through a wall and floor, but it's prob only 5-6 metres away in a straight line.

The LG nano 86 has vrr and 2.1 hdmi but you need to get a decent panel, i had a dodgy one which got light bleed.

The Samsung Q70 is good as is the Sony x900

Trouble is the sony is £749.

The lg nano 866 is £699

In budget but lacking next gen console features, but still with a decent refresh rate in game mode and a good pic is the Samsung Tu8577 55 inch which is £629

Thats mine in a pitch black room

55inch LG Nano is around £580 now. Great set. Love mine.

It's totally not without its flaws, and you do need to adjust the settings to get the best out of it, but it's absolutely one of the best in its price range. As Which said:

Which? verdict: A TV triumph
The 55NANO866NA is a doozy. It looks good and sounds even better. If you’re looking to spend under £1,000 on a 55-inch TV this should be at the top of your shopping list.


Just turn that dynamic backlight off as soon as you can!

superflyninja wrote:

Evening all.  The sitting room tv is packing it in. 49inch 4k lg from about 4/5 years back I think. 
Im under quite a budget restriction atm but have seen this: Philips 58incher
Is it any cop? Or can anyone recommend something better for the price? Main functions as...tv.Natch and its a got a ps5 hooked up.
Thanks!

The Philips ambilight stuff is fantastic btw, just ask SG.

The thing with ambilight is you can buy add on lights for it to place around yhe room. In fact if you like the light tech but not the tv you can buty a phillips system ghat has a hdmyi throughput box that can link to any tv or device. The. You can add up to 8 light sources incliuding strip lights and these 1/2 globes. Look on the website its called Hue

Ive been toying with getting a full system but currently the hdmi control box doesn’t support hdmi2.1

kestla wrote:

Just tried the room thing and our creaky arse floorboards are playing havoc! Have had to give up for now. Still sounds great, but short of discovering how to levitate, I'm not sure I'll get this 'Trueplay' to work.

Hey. I have a Beam, plus two Sonos One SL surrounds in the living room. I also have an older Sonos One in the kitchen.

TruePlay significantly improves the quality of sound in both set-ups for me, and interestingly, in different ways. Defo worth it. Some people get better results with a slightly different tuning method (focus on just one part of room for example). Worth reading up on it.

I wish I'd seen your Beam musings earlier actually as I've struggled with audio lag in my surround set-up and would have pointed out the potential issues there. My TV can't pass through the 5.1 signal quick enough to keep up with the image, resulting in a small delay (depending on the content, some is fine). It's important to check for any issues with the TV model before investing in a Sonos based surround. This is because you have no option (apart from introducing a splitter) other than going through the TV with your audio.

I've tested with both HDMI-Arc and optical connections and the issue is present in both. Either way the TV is introducing some kind of processing on the 5.1 signal that causes the delay.

I think the newer Bravia sets are fine. Again, this is only an issue with 5.1.

However, when it works, with the surrounds on it sounds fucking ridiculous!

Also, music played over the system with the surrounds set to "ambient" sounds amazing.

Yep heard about hue alright, Ive been using Xiaomi smart bulbs paired with those ikea spot light lamps that diffuse the light in a similarish manner to Hue. Works nicely. Cheapest I can find the LG nano866 is 870euro for the 55 inch so I think I might just go with the Philips...Ill have a final look through tonight.

In Ireland!