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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    I've had mine since 2011 as well. Not the right time if you want a long termer.
    What's going to be new on them in 2 years if they're 4k already? Not including gimmicks like 3D. If I'm just waiting that long for a better price then I don't care.

    This one is a 32inch non-HD so I won't be waiting that long regardless.

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    Slight improvements. Also the content.

    4K is such a bullshit term as there are so many factors. Go in to a TV shop and look at the difference. You'll be amazed at what these cunts get away with.

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    I've got a curved monitor at work (for some reason we bought a load of Samsungs with it) and it is entirely pointless

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Slight improvements. Also the content.

    4K is such a bullshit term as there are so many factors. Go in to a TV shop and look at the difference. You'll be amazed at what these cunts get away with.
    The content availability hardly matters, that's got nothing to do with the TV

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    I was in a Euronics shop the other day and was looking at a 500 quid 4K Sony TV on demo mode. Then I saw a 2.5k 4k one on demo mode. Both 4k demos. The difference was literally breathtaking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    The content availability hardly matters, that's got nothing to do with the TV
    Of course it does unless you plan on leaving it off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raoul Duke View Post
    I've got a curved monitor at work (for some reason we bought a load of Samsungs with it) and it is entirely pointless
    That's what I was thinking but they seem to be such a thing that I was wondering if there was any benefit. That said, I'd take it with a small grain of salt coming from your good self considering the brand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Of course it does unless you plan on leaving it off.
    So I'd be better buying one that can play 4k content now then, so as I will be able to play it when it does arrive. That's what I'd asked


    So that's 4k and flat. I'll see what's available so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    So I'd be better buying one that can play 4k content now then, so as I will be able to play it when it does arrive. That's what I'd asked


    So that's 4k and flat. I'll see what's available so.
    Or just wait and get a better (cheaper?) one when it arrives?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Or just wait and get a better (cheaper?) one when it arrives?
    I want one now as mine is 32" non HD and I've €500 in vouchers.

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    Make sure you get a 4k one with HDR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Make sure you get a 4k one with HDR.
    Thats the only thing I am disappointed to have missed out although I absolutely love my TV. Well worth the cost, especially as I was going from a 37in 1080p to 55 in 4K.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    Make sure you get a 4k one with HDR.
    There's these slightly smaller with HDR. Can't see the refresh on the pages though (the Powercity website is awful).

    http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-40KU640

    http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-13-43UH661

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    http://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-55UB850V

    I got this over 2 years ago and the picture was absolutely breathtaking. I still notice it when I come home from holidays etc but I'm used to it now.

    Used 3D twice, I did use 4K Netflix quite a lot pre-Kodi and that was equally amazing. It has upscaling too so you still get a better quality than 1080p.

    I'm not sure how much it's moved on since, but I've had LG's for years and you can't go wrong. Maybe worth seeing what they have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Foe View Post
    Not sure where else to put it, so here it goes.

    Anyone here flirted with the idea of two TVs in their living room? I so regularly take my TV through from my bedroom to dual screen (usually american football) that I'm considering just buying another TV (as close to identical to the other as feasible) and just having it there constantly.

    Would only cost about £400 and I have a black Ikea 'Lack' shelf I could put up and put it on (or just wall mount it).

    Note: I (obviously) don't have a wife/girlfriend so I have free reign to do whatever I want to my flat.
    You have complete control over the house and it's 'only' four hundred quid. You're not even asking for advice on which product to buy, so why bother pretending that's not a 'two tellies in the sitting room, envy me' post?

    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    I just want to know is curved worth it over flat and is UHD worth it over HD. And if there are any other figures to watch out for. Something tells me Hz, and if that is the case then what's a good number?

    Smart isn't really a necessity but once you get to the UHD ones they all seem to have their own smart interface anyway.
    My mate has a curved TV and while I haven't watched any live drama on it I have watched live sport and done some HD gaming there. Farcry 4 looks absolutely fantastic on it and while it's very subtle the curve seems to help 3D sound design. You need to think about the positioning of both it and your furniture though, which I'm sure your Feng Shui expert can help with.

    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    I was in a Euronics shop the other day and was looking at a 500 quid 4K Sony TV on demo mode. Then I saw a 2.5k 4k one on demo mode. Both 4k demos. The difference was literally breathtaking.
    That sort of confirms that for now 4K isn't a concrete display standard where televisions are concerned, but a vague technological upgrade that companies can use to claim that their new product is better than their last. I reckon I could claim my current TV can support 4K and it'd be about three years before anyone suggested or could prove otherwise.

    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    I have no idea what that sentence means.
    He means that if a feature has some nonsense marketing name which avoids specifics then it almost certainly isn't as special as they claim. If they tell you their new TV has fifteen HD ports and a 1080p display, you can believe that. If they claim to have TOSHIBAVISION which is loosely linked to loads of claims about other TVs then you can't.

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    Imagine being on a date with someone and then going back to their house to find they have two TVs in their living room.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    You have complete control over the house and it's 'only' four hundred quid. You're not even asking for advice on which product to buy, so why bother pretending that's not a 'two tellies in the sitting room, envy me' post?
    The tv is obviously the same as the other one. Anything else would be utterly ridiculous.

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    I've given up. Picking one is a minefield if you're not going to four figures. The fact that the ones I've looked at are all on sales most likely means they're all shit anyway.

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    Pretty much anything sounds like an upgrade on your current one so I wouldn't worry that much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    Pretty much anything sounds like an upgrade on your current one so I wouldn't worry that much.
    That's the thing though. It's probably fine really, I can see what I'm watching on it.

    I just don't want to spend between 500 and 700 quid on something that's a 2015 TV that they're just selling off.

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    What did you get the vouchers for? Are you likely to use them for anything else?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    What did you get the vouchers for? Are you likely to use them for anything else?
    All4one vouchers so can use them for pretty much anything. Most shops here take them and they now have a 16 digit and a CCV number on them so you can use them online too. I've amalgamated them into the one card now so it's basically a single 500 euro one. A laptop was the only other thing I was interested in for myself but it's only as notion for FM and if 14, 15, and 16 are anything to go by I will have bored of it this time next month. Looked at Chromebooks too but I've the Pixel C so I'd really have no use for one.

    Might just use it for groceries.

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    I could do with a telly if you're not sure which to buy, Giggles. I'm easy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    That's the thing though. It's probably fine really, I can see what I'm watching on it.

    I just don't want to spend between 500 and 700 quid on something that's a 2015 TV that they're just selling off.
    You could see what you were watching on a CRT too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    You could see what you were watching on a CRT too.
    That's the thing, I probably would be fine. But if I'm spending then I want it to be half decent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    I could do with a telly if you're not sure which to buy, Giggles. I'm easy.
    Want a second hand 32" HD Ready (ie non HD) Samsung?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Foe View Post
    The tv is obviously the same as the other one. Anything else would be utterly ridiculous.
    ...why?

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    I've always thought that it's weird more living rooms don't have more TVs tbh.

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    Why would you need more than one?

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    To watch the same thing on both.

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    Well, most of the time I'm not interested in whatever is on TV, so I'd rather have my own setup in the living room so I can beast Rocket League and still be somewhat social.

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    I'm so fucking bored. All week I'd been looking forward to having a quiet Saturday night for once, and now I just wanna get oiled and nobody wants to play with Igor .

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    Alright igor.

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    Sup Lew

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    Not a lot, mate. I'm reading about keeping pigs as pets. The advice seems to be to have two, because they are very sociable animals.

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    I mentioned "clitoral hood" in passing to the young lady I'm currently providing with disappointing sex and she didn't believe it was a thing. When showing her on wikipedia i made the startling discovery that women can accumulate smegma in there. The more you know.

    Pigs are cool. They're super cute and pork is delicious. x

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    That would be a good name for a metal band.

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    her ex boyfriend is in a shit metal band. their music sounds like BLUUUUUURGH RAWWWWWR and their lyrics are such embarrassing pseud bullshit, but all their videos are "lyrics videos", i.e. videos which have all the lyrics appearing like shit powerpoint effects throughout which makes it much worse because it means the lead singer actually wants people to read his sub-6th form poetry and think he's some kinda artist.

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    He's probably on a Slipknot forum right now calling you Colin Hunt.

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    Cracking exchanges

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    Is this the one from before, Igor?

    You're really missing that dog, huh, Lewis?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    Is this the one from before, Igor?
    aye

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    Is she not buggering off again?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    You're really missing that dog, huh, Lewis?


    He misses me more.

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    Bork looks like a proper geezer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post


    He misses me more.
    E.T. Phones in sick.

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