Reply To: What make of tv are you watching ?

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Adrian_H
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    Hi all. A newbee here. This thread has tempted me to dip my toe in to the forum for the first time as our 5 year old (just out of warrantee) LG is on the way out. Loss of some colours on parts of the screen. Being blind myself screen size and picture quality are of little interest but I’ll have the roth of ‘er indoors to deal with if I make a bad choice so these 27 pages have made for perfect research. We’re limited to a max size of 48 inches, though 43 preferred  because the TV needs to sit on a bit of furniture in an alcove in the corner of the room. She isn’t interested in changing that arrangement. For the same furniture limitation reason we ideally need a centre stand model rather than wide legs. Max budget is £500 although not going to the top of that is my personal preference. That matches perfectly all of the discussion that has gone before and which has led to the conclusion that a Hisense 43A7H or A7G would be a perfect match. A7 rather than E7 because A range has the centre mounted stand if I’ve understood correctly. I’ve ruled out the 43A7G on the grounds that it isn’t widely available and where it can be found it costs more than the A7H. For example it is  £549 at Argos. Frustratingly though the E7H seems to be cheaper than the A7H. The 4357H can be had at Costco for £319 with a 5 year guarantee. SO I’m thinking that the 43E7H and buy a separate stand for around £25 is the way to go, unless that is I can persuade her to go up to 55 inch because £369 for the 55A7H looks a bargain.  Unless that is anyone can suggest anything different? @kezo you seem to be the expert, what do you think? ‘er indoors seems keen on a Samsung,  the UE43BU8510 (£449), but is that just brand snobbery – no Freeview Play, no Dolby, poor sound, though possibly that’s not unique to Samsung, or even the Sony KD43X72KPU. As someone who can’t see the screen it’s easy for me to question if the extra money is worthwhile. Thanks in anticipation for any suggestins – and sorry to revive things just as it looked to be coming to a conclusion.