Hisense and TCL are the biggest in China now ( sorry to say) and can be compared with any other maker in the low and middle price bracket now and many say better. And the fact China supplies something like over 60% of all electronics in the world now ( car electronics too) Yes Sony are in a bracket of there own ie the high price bracket ie well over £1800 and more. But the main market now is the low to middle price , and in particular the low end below £500 . We say now that 55 inch is an average size for a rtv now . And maybe not the most popular size, as 50 inch is as that appears to have taken over from 43 inches . Screens will get bigger as the years go by . I remember the days when 28 inch CRT was a huge screen. But the bigger the screen the more you notice the quality of the signals reaching the TV ie Free sat and Sky . And until 4 k is out on all TV broadcasting .( that might not happen until all broadcasting is via the internet now There still be a problem for the big screens ie 70 inches or more . So i can see the attraction of the 55 inch screen
I totally agree
flashgordon1952 £500 quid is where the action is and not everybody has over a grand to spend on a telly when inflation is driving food, fuel, gas and electric, rent and mortgages up in these tumultuous times.
I have a Hisense 55" which I got for a bargain £550 but I have really bad eyesight and I`m struggling so a friend is getting me a Panasonic LZ2000 77" which will be a vision aid for me.
I didn`t get my first colour television until I was over 30 - I didn`t need or want one, I was never in and I had a bespoke Hi-Fi and a tenor sax. It was a Sony trinitron 14" and it looked big next to my second-hand Sony black and white 11 inch from the sixties.
As regards 4K programming - it might not be a priority in a global depression and/or a major war - God help us all.It might go the way of curved and 3D televisions.
I know a rich friend with a 8K telly and there`s not much to watch on it right now haha!
I have a 8K graphics card on my ASUS ROG gaming laptop and there is very little to watch anywhere - waste of money really.
I still have a Toshiba 28" widescreen CRT and it is still going strong.It was £650 in 1998 and looked like a cinema next to a Sony portable.
I wanted a Panasonic Quintrix 32" widescreen CRT at the time but couldn`t afford it - it was £3500 in 1998 ! It was a massive TV then and it weighed 69 KG.I know that because I bought a used one eventually before flat televisions really took off.
I have lived and worked in Hong Kong and Macau flogging serious kit in the 1990`s and I have family in China.I believe the World is shifting eastwards now.
I could get electronics direct from China with my accounts there and use my Chinese connections at the Manchester Chamber of Commerce which have a large influential community in my home town but I know the custom and excise man would want his pound of flesh; they even added 20% VAT on 1st January 2020.Before then mega bargains were to be had.
I might get my cousin in Guangzhou to send me some electrical goodies and declare it as non-working or a gift.I`m sick of rip-off Britain.
I got an Accuphase class "A" clone for a friend that way last year.
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