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[STEMO]

Everyone seems to be going BIG tv's lately 

Not me. My 19" black and white Bush tv is just fine..........the licence is reasonable too. 

[Broomies Mate]

I've recently bought a LG 60" 4k.  It's £1,199 at Curry's, 3 year Warranty and it's a belter.

My In-Laws recently spunked £999 on a measly 42" Panasonic from John Lewis and when they saw ours, were slightly sick.

Forget typing stuff in to YouTube (et-al) with the remote, just talk to the TV and it plays what you want.  It's very good.

[Lazydocker]

I just hope you never have to deal with LG's Customer Services

[Kevin Wood]

I just hope you never have to deal with LG's Customer Services

How is your phone, LD?

[106pete]

I'm having a new dilemma, do I bother with 4K!!

I can't stream any Netflix etc as my internet is to slow and living remote Cornwall it won't get any better. I rarely buy a blu Ray and I doubt I'd spend the extra for a 4K blu Ray.

Of course the sales assistant says I'm future proofing myself but would I ever need it? I'll probably get a ps4 to use with it and use as the bluray player.

Any thoughts guys? Thanks pete

[X30XE]

I'm having a new dilemma, do I bother with 4K!!

I can't stream any Netflix etc as my internet is to slow and living remote Cornwall it won't get any better. I rarely buy a blu Ray and I doubt I'd spend the extra for a 4K blu Ray.

Of course the sales assistant says I'm future proofing myself but would I ever need it? I'll probably get a ps4 to use with it and use as the bluray player.

Any thoughts guys? Thanks pete

future proof my ars...eye.  That old chestnut.  You've answered your own question really.  Better to get the best quality 1080 panel you want to afford. (maybe last years model even) and save your magic beans.  I share your pain on broadband speed. It's crap here too. I have a HD samsung plasma (possibly the last they'll ever make  ), mostly because it doesn't highlight the shoddiness of normal broadcast media like the newer panels do and yet is still excellent with HD content. 

[baggers]

consider the size of your room and the viewing distance from the TV before buying if you want to get the best out of your system.

[Kevin Wood]

consider the size of your room and the viewing distance from the TV before buying if you want to get the best out of your system.

Indeed. If your not looking at 50"+, and not sitting with your nose practically touching it, even with 20:20 vision, you will get no benefit from UHD, assuming someone ever gets round to working out how to deliver it without compressing it so fiercely that it's pointless anyway.

http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html

It's the latest marketing gimmick, following on from 3D, "Smart" TVs, etc.

[TheBoy]

assuming someone ever gets round to working out how to deliver it without compressing it so fiercely that it's pointless anyway.

I think this is partly the point. Look at how Sky SD went completely down the shitter with even more chronic compression once Sky realised they could charge more for a rather substandard HD attempt.  Sky HD looks so much better than their SD service, but this is only really due to the artificially poor SD they provide.

This is why Freeview is so much clearer than Sky SD.


I believe the only UHD broadcasts in the UK are BT Sport?  I know a little bit about it, and because of the nature of how it is moved around, and then broadcast (each quarter of the picture is a separate 1080p stream), the compression has to be the same on all 4 streams (ie, light), as any latency differences will cause a quarter of the screen to go out of sync.  That's not to say as encoders and technology improves that compression can't increase...