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.
Firstly welcome to what maybe a never ending thread 🙂
I will try and answer part of your question now and the rest tomorrow.
Unfortunately you would find it difficult to find a 48 inch LED TV, which means 50 inch would be the closest. I always try to recommend going larger (see graph on previous page) with a 20 degree field of view a minimum but I wouldn’t if you don’t want to change the layout thats fine.
Your mention of 55 inch will be alot bigger than the 48″ you mentioned. However a 50 inch will only be roughly an inch 1/4 length ways either side than than sy a 48 inch would and your wife will probably thank you for it in the long run. It may seem a little big to start with but, your wife would soon get use to it especially whe she starts watching the sops, you won’t hear a peep from her lol.
The E7H and A7H are basically the same TV with different legs and are 2022 models. The A7g is a 2021 model and the reason you may struggle to find certain size, although basically the same TV.
Yes you could get a Vessa – stand mount of the right size. We can look at that later.
The Samsung BU510 is a crytal UHD 4k (UHD) display and not a QLED 4k (UHD) (quantum dot) A QLED TV will get around a billion colors for a more clarity and vibrant picture. Therefore at the bare minimum I would at least go for the Q60B / Q65B as they are QLED with a Samsung as they are a better choice. The Q60A from 2021 was a better although hard to find and expensive. As you say Samsung does noy support Dolby Vision but has HDR10+, which isn’t as widely supported as Dolby Vision is. Although this is only important if your wife watches movies anf if the movie supports either format. Freeview play is also lacking as you say, some have youview, but soon fixed with a cheap freeview box. The samsung gets a little brighter than the Hisense. In my oppinion the Hisense has a better picture.
Other than thay you aren’t going to get perfect with no flaws at this price point but, you would be would be able to get a perfectly watchable picture.
Do you watch through an aerial or have Sky/virgin
As an example at Costco the Samsung Q65B 43″ is £429 and the 50″ £529. The Hisense E7H 43″ £319 and 50″ £349. The benifit of costco is you can send it back within 90 days if you don’t like.
Samsung normal TV
Hisense.
I think measure the alcove and then decide. If you want the measurements let me know and I will provide tomorrow. There possibly a couple of other sets towards the max or just over of your budget but I think the most important thing at this point is decide on the size. As a guide you could ask your wife to look at the graph a page or 2 back on the 20 degree line and compare size to distance you sit from TV but make your own decision 🙂