45-50” tv deals?

[lufbramatt]

Currently decorating our front room and fancy a nice new tv for when it’s finished. Currently got a 10ish year old 40” Sony which is fine but was blown away by the latest 4k OLED sets on a recent visit to curry’s.

What’s the pick of the bunch at the moment for a <50” (don’t want anything bigger than this) for under a grand? Anyone seen any good Black Friday deals?

Not fussed about sound bars as my hifi speakers are positioned either side of the tv and work great for movies.

[TEKNOPUG]

https://www.hughes.co.uk/product/tv-and-entertainm...

[PBCD]

TEKNOPUG said:

https://www.hughes.co.uk/product/tv-and-entertainm...

That's a really good price for an 808 - I'm a bit of an LG fanboy,
but by all accounts the Phillips OLEDs are really good these days.


A couple of other sub-£1000 48" options from other brands:

LG B4 - https://www.richersounds.com/lg-oled48b46la/
LG C4 - https://www.cramptonandmoore.co.uk/lg-oled48c46la-...

Samsung S90D - https://www.richersounds.com/samsung-qe48s90d/

[Max5476]

I was going to post this Phillips from John Lewis,which i ordered this morning (my main catch was oLED and Ambilight so didnt do massive research), but is the deal from Hughes better?

https://www.johnlewis.com/philips-48oled759-2024-o...

[TEKNOPUG]

The 8 series is more advanced than the 7 series. The 759 is a 2024 model. Whereas the 808 is a 2023 model. You'd need to compare specs to determine the better deal.

[Max5476]

I ordered the 808 from Hughes in the end. I was sold by the speaker upgrade (4x 10w +30w sub) vs 2x 10w on the 759.

But be warned, the 808 doesn't have free view play or the uk streaming apps. I'll be happy to use a different streaming box, but a deal breaker for some.

Anyhow, got a week to decide as booked delivery for next weekend.

[TEKNOPUG]

Max5476 said:

I ordered the 808 from Hughes in the end. I was sold by the speaker upgrade (4x 10w +30w sub) vs 2x 10w on the 759.

But be warned, the 808 doesn't have free view play or the uk streaming apps. I'll be happy to use a different streaming box, but a deal breaker for some.

Anyhow, got a week to decide as booked delivery for next weekend.

I have the previous year 807 and it came shipped with all the apps. I expect they will be available in the future once they sort out the licencing issues. I have them on SKY also but very rarely use them. Once you get used to 4K output, you're less inclined to view SD/HD sources.

[lufbramatt]

Thanks for the replies, interesting about the app support issues. We have virgin media and mainly use the Netflix, iplayer etc apps on the TiVo box but virgin doesn’t have a Disney+ app (without paying to upgrade the remote control or something silly) so currently using an old Xbox for that which is a pain as the kids keep leaving it on. Would be good to bin that off.

[bitchstewie]

My personal view is don't buy a TV for the apps because the manufacturers bring out new TVs almost every year and pretty quickly seem to ignore the older models.

Focus on the screen and get an Apple TV/FireStick/whatever for app support IMO.

[Max5476]

bhstewie said:

My personal view is don't buy a TV for the apps because the manufacturers bring out new TVs almost every year and pretty quickly seem to ignore the older models.

Focus on the screen and get an Apple TV/FireStick/whatever for app support IMO.

This is where I come from as well - I actually liked my old TV as it was dumb, so despite being 10 years old it was up to date for apps through chromecast with google tv. Hopefully the new TV doesn't suffer too much slowdown when the apps are no longer supported.

[Road2Ruin]

bhstewie said:

My personal view is don't buy a TV for the apps because the manufacturers bring out new TVs almost every year and pretty quickly seem to ignore the older models.

Focus on the screen and get an Apple TV/FireStick/whatever for app support IMO.

The in-laws have a 65" Samsung, 7 years old, no idea of the model, and it still has all the apps working.

[nickfrog]

What's you viewing distance? I ask as if it's far enough gains in IQ will be lost and a waste for such a relatively small screen.

As for choice of os, I massively recommend Roku. For me it's the best currently available, particularly considering how fast and responsive it is.