I went with Sony in the end due to OLED being more natural to my eyes, image processing on Sony being better in my opinion (especially upscaling which is superb) and Dolby Vision being the HDR format. Plus I’m all Googled to the max in the smart home stakes, so it was the choice for me. To be fair you can’t go wrong with Sammy, LG or Sony imo. All do amazing tvs.
The main issue with Samsung is after care. Fucking shocking company in that regard.
When I had an issue with my previous TV (someone had left the mute on for hours and it pixelated the strip of the screen where the mute symbol runs down the screen) they sent out an engineer and changed the board. No charge to me and TV was good as new. It happened when the TV was under warrantee- but thought the service was brilliant.
Not as good as my mate who’s just blagged a brand new TV from Richer Sounds as a similar issue happened with the picture on his LG very intermittently. The TV isn’t bring made any more so he got a brand new upgrade and they told him just to keep the other one as well. Bastard
Old-Dutch Not as good as my mate who’s just blagged a brand new TV from Richer Sounds as a similar issue happened with the picture on his LG very intermittently.
Richer Sounds are a great company. I bought a Samsung TV from them which wasn’t able to show the BBC feed of the last work cup in live 4k because it didn’t support the codec, it was only a couple of years old. They allowed me to swap it for a brand new LG OLED.
Millsy That and they don’t support Dolby Vision.
That’s brilliant tbf
Old-Dutch Yeah I thought so. I wrote to the CEO to big up the guy who swapped it for me in the local store.
Lol. He probably got sacked because of it but sure he appreciated it
For what its worth …. I am a Panasonic loyal customer
Had a Plasma , which gave me 10+ years good service but made the jump to OLED last year
You cant really go too wrong with Panny, Sony, Samsung or LG - all about slight personal preference when you go and look at the screen IMO
Currently got this https://www.panasonic.com/uk/support/discontinued-products/televisions/tx-55gz950b.html
Which is obviously discontinued but there is this years version available
Other reason I went with that as only brand that supports both Dolby & HDR10+ currently
Imagine over next couple of years one of those formats will win out, bit like VHS/Betamax
Millsy I was gonna move the conversation along to Sony, but I didin’t think anyone here had one. The one I will be replacing is a Sony, I think it’s nearly 15 years old, the screen has finally given up, it’s getting odd blocks off colour burnt into it. I’m of the impression that much of Sony’s gear is a bit better built than most, but that is reflected in the prices.
Old-Dutch lol. I didn’t mention that he gave me a new TV 
Amps Sony’s gear is a bit better built than mos
Used to be the best when they made the TRINITRON.
Jesus wept.
mono-stereo I saw one of their 'whatever the fuck Sony’s top of the line is now called’ numbers a year or two ago, it was mad money but looked miles ahead of everything else in the shop*
*most of what you see in the shop is bullshit, as they are purpose made video files for that specific model, so they should all look shit hot, the real test is how Natasha Raskin looks on Antiques Road Trip via an SD signal scaled up to 4K on a Tuesday afternoon.
Most of what I watch (70s porn, Channel 5 Traffic Cops, McGuyver, Bullseye and assorted snuff films) requires decent upscaling. I’m constantly impressed with how the Sony manages to make classic movies like Turner & Hooch or Mac and Me look like the latest Nolan.
