What TV under £300

[wales1975]

Hi all

Now that Black Friday is almost upon us. The deals have started. Argos have a 40" Bush for £149 for example, Aldi have a 50" Toshiba for £199.

What are these cheaper brands like? Bush, TCL, Hisense, Toshiba. My 32" Samsung is on its last legs. As i sit close to the TV i think a 32" or 40 " maybe suitable?? Although i will miss out on 4k. I do some gaming, so a TV that would be suitable for an occasional gamer.

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks

 

[Gray]

Richer have got one of those offers where you need to think of a reason why you dont need it.
Panasonic 32"* full HD, £149 for VIP members.
(A Richer VIP is anyone breathing, with money).

* Or a 43" Panasonic for £249.....half the price that I paid for a 42" Panny years and years ago.

 

[flashgordon1952]

Black Friday not sure i am buying anything i have to ask my wife wifey i want a 110 inch tv can i have one ? You want a divorce maybe not this time

 

[Dave_]

Richer have got one of those offers where you need to think of a reason why you dont need it.
Panasonic 32" full HD, £149 for VIP members.
(A Richer VIP is anyone breathing, with money).

Worth bearing in mind low end Panasonic's are just badge engineered Vestels (along with Bush and Toshiba)

 

[wales1975]

Worth bearing in mind low end Panasonic's are just badge engineered Vestels (along with Bush and Toshiba)

Are these Vestel? 43" Panasonic, i like the look of this. Even tho its bigger than what i was looking for.

Panasonic TV-43W90AEB

Shop for Panasonic TV-43W90AEB 43 inch 4K Ultra HD HDR Smart LED TV with Richer Sounds for a 6 Year Guarantee, expert advice and Lowest Prices Guaranteed

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[Gray]

Worth bearing in mind low end Panasonic's are just badge engineered Vestels (along with Bush and Toshiba)

As long as they're at least as good as any other at the price, I'd take my chance if I was buying 👍

 

[flashgordon1952]

Hi all

Now that Black Friday is almost upon us. The deals have started. Argos have a 40" Bush for £149 for example, Aldi have a 50" Toshiba for £199.

What are these cheaper brands like? Bush, TCL, Hisense, Toshiba. My 32" Samsung is on its last legs. As i sit close to the TV i think a 32" or 40 " maybe suitable?? Although i will miss out on 4k. I do some gaming, so a TV that would be suitable for an occasional gamer.

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks

Cheap TVs are great as a bedroom TV or a second tv in another lounge. TCL and Hisense have soem really nice 50 inch TVs even as a main TV costing under £400 . I rather spend £400 on a TV once every 2 years or so . Or spend £1000 or more and have to keep it for as long as possible then they become replaced with 2 years by a newer model Personally i think it is not value for money at all

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Who cares whether TVs are replaced by incrementally better ones? A good TV should give years of use - my last three are all still going strong, and that covers at least 12 years.

 

[Minkey1]

Who cares whether TVs are replaced by incrementally better ones? A good TV should give years of use - my last three are all still going strong, and that covers at least 12 years.

I think there’s shades of grey here (not a pun, given it’s a TV thread).

Our last living room CRT was a 32” Sony. Award winner and dog’s nuts back in the day. By the standards of our current 55C3 the PQ was awful. I’d accept that that sort of improvement is more than incremental, but then so have been the improvements generally over the last decade and a half.

We have little Samsungs in the kitchen and bedroom, each 10-12yrs old, but there we’re constrained by space so they get a reprieve. Our main TV’s we tend to replace every 7 or 8yrs and freecycle the old ones to family.

🤷🏼

 

[flashgordon1952]

Yes but technology is moving so fast now. OLED QLED and now mini and micro . QLED is a good way to go for the smaller screens ie 65 and under But now it is Mimi and Micro for the big screens and 4K 5K and 8K . Or simply buy cheap and replace when necessary

 

[giggsy1977]

You don't need to worry about Micro LED for a while yet!

There won't be any 5K televisions.

 

[flashgordon1952]

You don't need to worry about Micro LED for a while yet!

There won't be any 5K televisions.

Mini is around at the moment ! But as said there is unlikely to be cheap for a few years yet/ Not until the majority of decent tvs over £700 are Micro . I suspect within 5 years all TVs will be Mini or Micro and yes cheapies too.

 

[giggsy1977]

I know Mini LED is around, has been for about 5 years!

Micro LED has all the benefits of OLED in terms of pixel-by-pixel illumination, with no worries related to image retention or 'screen burn'.
It also has the benefits of LED in that is produces very bright images. Even commercially the screen are expensive and it will be a number of years until they're available domestically at a reasonable price.

 

[flashgordon1952]

I know Mini LED is around, has been for about 5 years!

Micro LED has all the benefits of OLED in terms of pixel-by-pixel illumination, with no worries related to image retention or 'screen burn'.
It also has the benefits of LED in that is produces very bright images. Even commercially the screen are expensive and it will be a number of years until they're available domestically at a reasonable price.

It be maybe less than 3 years for micro to get a foot hold on the medium price market of under £900 Not for me as i do not like large screens just would not fit in a small flat at all 55inch is about it for me / Not about money just plain stupid for me to get a 70 inch thing where would i put it ? oh yes on my paper thin walls .( and also have to ask permission from the Trust to put it up too ) The distance where we sit and the wall is not exactly a long way less than 10 feet. I will replace both one day have a TCL 50 inch and a Sony 48 inch in the bedroom

 

[giggsy1977]

If Micro LED televisions are under £900 in less than 3 years I shall buy you one!

 

[Gray]

If Micro LED televisions are under £900 in less than 3 years I shall buy you one!

Can we PM you our delivery addresses Giggsy just in case?

Seriously, that's a fairly brave offer.
TVs get the sort of ludicrous discounts that we can only dream about for audio products.

 

[giggsy1977]

You're giving me too much credit @Gray - they're around the low six figure sums at the moment.

I'm not very worried about them dropping that much in 3 years. If they do I'll have two! 😂