100 inch tv advice

[renmure]

Not exactly an impulse purchase but to be used for occasional use watching the odd Sky / Netflix movie or a few hours a week playing on the XBox. Totally realise it's a bit of a first world issue but help would be appreciated. It's for an upstairs games room which is well set up for something this size (current tv on that wall is 86 inch and man-maths means I've got somewhere else for that to go so it's not as daft as it seems)

Saw this 100 inch Hisense QLED tv in town in Currys for £1999. First thought was that it was cheaper than I'd expected something of that size to be and looked good.

Hisense E7N PRO100

Went into my more local tv retailer and was directed to this Samsung 98 inch telly which was a bit dearer at £2999.

Samsung QE98Q80

Budget probably covers either of them but the various specs go over my head a bit and to my simple mind they look "similar" enough and I can't see where the extra £1000 comes from in the Samsung one. On the wall I'm not sure if I'd notice any difference .... but would I?

For context we mainly watch telly on a 65 inch OLED and this really is a mancave type treat

[Caddyshack]

Make sure the distance you will sit from the screen is correct for the size, if the room is too small it will be too big to see all of it for gaming.

My projector throws similar size and I need to sit about 3 meters from the screen to watch a film or game.

My opinion is that you will get what you pay for, in shops they know how to make the chosen media look its best. I heard of names will prob not be as good

[toohuge]

General consensus for tvs that size is either the hisense U7N or TCL 98C855 being the best bang for your buck.

[tonyg58]

The difference will be in the electronics Jim.

I'm no longer in the hifi business, but when I was motion was not great on the Hisense TV - that may have improved by now.

Watch them both for a while and check for pixelation/break-up on fast motion - usually most obvious on panning shots.

Check the warranty as well.

Also your wall/fixings need to be checked since they both weigh 60kg - a current 85inch Samsung is 32 kg, yours may be a bit heavier.

[Youforreal.]

Hope it’s a 10x10 meter room to carry the thatnoff.

[renmure]

tonyg58 said:

The difference will be in the electronics Jim.

I'm no longer in the hifi business, but when I was motion was not great on the Hisense TV - that may have improved by now.

Watch them both for a while and check for pixelation/break-up on fast motion - usually most obvious on panning shots.

Check the warranty as well.

Also your wall/fixings need to be checked since they both weigh 60kg - a current 85inch Samsung is 32 kg, yours may be a bit heavier.

It's all that electronics stuff that flies over my head
I'm sure it's all written in ways that make it hard to compare like with like just to confuse folk like me

I've probably heard of Samsung more than Hisense and the warranty is 5 years compared to 2 years. In saying that, I can't remember ever having a tv fail and even my very old 60 inch plasma telly from 2009ish (now relegated to the garage and more of a heat source than anything else) is still going strong. Reviews of the Samsung one seem ok. Good point re the wall bracket. I'm sure I got a generic bracket based on the size of the 86 inch one rather than the actual weight of it so I may need to beef that up. Fortunately I had the wall installed in wood to allow me to hang anything from it. I'm probably talking myself into the Samsung one I guess.

Youforreal. said:

Hope it’s a 10x10 meter room to carry the thatnoff.

Haha. I wish!!

It's a man-cave thing so I think being a bit OTT is ok and 100 inch is only 15% bigger than what's there anyhow.

[dickymint]

Your pool balls are setup wrong

[renmure]

dickymint said:

Your pool balls are setup wrong

[V8 Animal]

renmure said:

Haha. I wish!!

It's a man-cave thing so I think being a bit OTT is ok and 100 inch is only 15% bigger than what's there anyhow.

One job!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

renmure said:

It's a man-cave thing so I think being a bit OTT is ok and 100 inch is only 15% bigger than what's there anyhow.

That's not how the maths works.

100" is actually close to 35% bigger than 86"

[gangzoom]

renmure said:

Haha. I wish!!

It's a man-cave thing so I think being a bit OTT is ok and 100 inch is only 15% bigger than what's there anyhow.

Looks like, it's a big TV already, I have a 100' projector setup with a similar viewing distance, its very immersive for gaming but can feel too big as sitting that close means your eyes can only focus on part of the screen. Sitting that close (about 1.5 meters) also really pushes the 'need' for 4K (and beyond?).

Cannot see what kind of sound setup you have, but if you already aren't running a dedicated AVR+speakers+sub, might be more worthwhile improving the sound setup. You will be surprised at how much better sound staging you can get with some old/cheap floor stander speakers + amp versus a sound bar, especially if you also listen to music.

Edited by gangzoom on Thursday 21st November 10:25

[renmure]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

That's not how the maths works.

100" is actually close to 35% bigger than 86"

Whoop whoop

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