No, they shrink over time.

55 will seem big to start with compared to a 42 but within hours it feels normal. It mostly depends how it looks in the room with other furniture and if you are happy it's not completely dominating the room.

I went from 46 to 65 which seemed ridiculous when I set it up but its in a big room. Got used to it within an hour or 2. Could fit a 75 or slightly bigger but prices are just too much at that size.

Nope, have gone to 55" from having had a 43".

The new one is a Samsung QLED and so far so good. It's a great improvement over my old LG.

I had a 42 and went to 55 seems great and I am only 6 feet away from tv.

Nope, and I accidentally bought one a size bigger than intended! I think I measured the wall and decided a 50" TV would fit, then for some reason bought a 55" one.

Does need to be wall-mounted though, 55" TV's on units, or worse angled across the corner of a room take up an inordinate amount of space.

My only caveat to that is, 4k TV's don't seem to upscale from terrestrial (1080i50) very well. SD, particularly the non-mainstream channels like dave, itv4, etc that have less bandwidth it is so bad it looks like youtube from before they sorted their compression algorithms out (grainy, visible compression artifacts, and not enough colors).

Nope, went from a 42" HD Sony to a 55" 4K LG. Seemed insanely big for a couple of days, now it's just right. Again, sit about 10' away.

Another YES... Sony 40" to LG 55".....should have done it a long time ago.  Just love looking at wide land/seascapes where you can look around the view. And picture quality is just great.

Went 42 to 65

Wouldn’t have anything smaller now.

When people come in the house they say it looks big but not out of place, after watching it for an 1hr or so they start saying they need to get one

Got a 65" just before Christmas; looked massive initially but now - perfect.

Went 42 to 65

Wouldn’t have anything smaller now.

Same. LG Nano.

Astonishing how small the 42" looks now. I remember getting a "big" Trinitron TV back in the day, people used to comment on it that was like a 26" or 28" 4:3.

Come round and check it out if you like, Pete.

I’ve dubbed the 46” “the portable” now compared to the 55” in the living room. As with all above, thought it was way too big to start but quickly acclimatised.

We went 55, should've gone bigger!

We went from a 42 Panny plasma to a 55 LG OLED just after Christmas .
As others say, you soon get used to the size. Cracking TV too. Fantastic picture

Nope went from 42” to 55” I for some reason thought it was a 47” I had previously so when it arrived I shit myself. Mrs did her normal thing, came in and said her mam was right it’s too big. I asked her how she knew given she hasn’t seen it. Anyway Mrs got use to it within no time.

Just bought a set of ambient LEDs for it which are bloody ace.

Ooh, what did you get? I've been eyeing up such things (though I don't have a lot of wall left).

Cheers fella, may just do that.

How do you connect your retro consoles btw?

Sony upstairs (about 8 years old?) has SCART for the PS2, HDMI for the PS3 and component for the Gamecube.

This new one is for downstairs in the main room, but I need to connect a Wii (for the grandkids, obviously). Currently component and it's superb.

Going to check out panels tomorrow before making a decision.

Don't agree that 55" or bigger needs to be wall-mounted.
My 65"is on a stand which is marginally wider than the tv; cable management and shelves for bluray and media boxes make it a perfect solution.
It's in a wide, shallow alcove which could have been designed for it.
Also think that a stand gives better viewing position than wall-mounted.

Ooh, what did you get? I’ve been eyeing up such things (though I don’t have a lot of wall left).

Lytmi 2.0 system it was on offer just after launch around Xmas. I think you can get Tuya which is the same thing. It’s limited a bit as only has one HDMI input but people have reported splitters working. They are planning another one with more inputs.

https://ilytmi.com/products/lightmi-neo-sync-light-strip-kit

Nope.

if your 10' away to get the most out of 4k you need bigger than 55", a 65" isn't that much bigger in overall size. i sit about 6' away from a 65"

Yes! Went from a 32” to a 55”, after a few days it still felt too big so sent it back for a 48” which is spot on. Room is about 14’ x 20’, TV is on a cabinet along a 14’ wall.

How do you connect your retro consoles btw?

I don't, on that one.

TBH, I don't at all at the moment. The 42" has various component / s-video etc and there's a bunch of old TVs here we inherited when we moved. I'm sure I'll work something out if needs be.

The Spectrum Next is hooked up in my office, but that's VGA (or HDMI).

Lytmi 2.0 system it was on offer just after launch around Xmas.

Ah, yeah, I think Paul Hibbert reviewed that. What source are you using?

PS5 for gaming but I’ve also got Disney+ installed on it. Currently have End Game on it’s tremendous, games even more so.

55" Sony OLED, I sit about 6ft away, it's perfect.

Why the Sony hate? Mine has been excellent and it's more than watchable in a bright room. Of course it comes into its own in a dark room.

+1 for Sony

Just replaced our ten year old 42” Panasonic with a 65” Sony XRa90J Oled and it looks and sounds fantastic. Mounted on the wall at eye level 11 foot from the sofa and could probably have gone larger still. Virtually new bought off eBay at just over half price with transferable warranty so very happy.

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55″ Sony OLED, I sit about 6ft away, it’s perfect.

Why the Sony hate?

I bought a Sony for the man cave a few years ago.......not a cheap one.

The picture is excellent, very little lag for gaming and a great selection of ports. Wonderful SD and HD images.

Useless for the main room or downstairs bedroom because....

1. It's like a valve TV on start-up. A ten second delay between turning on and being able to access the programme guide.

2. It stopped supporting iPlayer last Autumn. Why? No idea.
But bloody annoying all the same.

3. It has the least intuitive, most annoying UI I have ever used on a piece of consumer electronics.

4. The remote is appalling. Slow and the most needed functions are on unmarked keys.

A great panel, superb image quality and a useful selection of ports, but my god, what a pain in the arse.

By contrast, the ancient LG (the one we're replacing) in the main room, isn't half as good on picture quality.
But.....it has a great remote, no lag, is easy and intuitive to use and has managed to retain all it's Smart TV features for well over 10 years.
Useful when Virgin are holding us to ransom.

The picture may be a bit soft, but the built in calibration software means it's always been exceptionally easy to get lifelike images.
It's going in the guest bedroom and I've no doubt it will be great for years to come.

Im in the market for something too. Got the 42", which these days actually looks small, though for years I got by with a 24".

Was thinking 65" and the above replies are sounding like thats acceptable. The front room is 21'x12' and im about to redecorate after getting new d/glazing put in about April., and a full revamp of settee and chair.

I was initially considering a projector, but its either a huge spendy or a rubbish pic.

A great panel, superb image quality and a useful selection of ports, but my god, what a pain in the arse

Old TV with good picture quality and crap operating system - buy a cheap streaming stick and it is sorted.

Went from 42" to 65". Go big or go home!

Old TV with good picture quality and crap operating system – buy a cheap streaming stick and it is sorted.

This is definitely important - ours is LG, but ones of the things we love about it is how easy it is to mirror screen from phones/laptops/photos/YouTube etc. no dongles, no faffing it’s all just there.

Clearly it is preferable to have a decent OS built into the TV, but it is a miniscule faff to add a streamer to an existing one.

I have an older Sony with a rubbish OS and good picture, it needs a streamer but I don't need to replace it. I also have a newish LG OLED with a good OS but it is verging on unsupported by LG now. When the OS starts to creak I won't be binning a great TV.

On topic - 65 inch was almost a marriage ender when delivered, but everybody used to it now. Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission and all that.

Yes. Went from 42" to 55", and gave it 10 days, but it felt like sitting in the front row of the cinema, and I hated the way it dominated the room. Even my son thought it was too big so we swapped it for a 48" LG OLED, which works very well for us. We sit 2m from the screen.

The old one was over 10 years old, so the improvement is as much in picture and sound quality as the size.

John Lewis would apparently have let us return the 55" anyway, but it turned out to be faulty so it was easy (apart from the size!) to take it back and swap it for a different model.

Bright room, so no OLED.

Not sure I understand this thinking. We've gone from a 43" LED to a 48" OLED and one entire wall of the room is glass looking onto the garden, floor to ceiling. The OLED screen looks miles better than the LED one in every situation.

The 5" screen increase took about 20 minutes to get used to. Bigger is better.

Our living room 65” Sony is on a stand that’s about 15 inches deep, along the long side of the living room, fits fine, maybe a different issue if you are putting one in the corner of a room. Sit 2m from it and it’s fine. Change from a 42, which is now on zwifting duty

My 65” LG in my office/gaming room, also fine, can’t fit anything bigger in the space, and sit 3-4 feet from it, also fine.

Now everyone is in agreement that 65" isnt too big. Who has any recommendations for that size of TV that doesnt cost the earth.

Previous 42" was a Sony which cost £500, and I don't want to be looking at 7,8 or 900 for the 65"

My first purchase on credit was a Sony Wega 32" CRT. 100Kg of pure quality that I thought was massive, even in the 26 x 14 foot room it ended up in.

More than a few TVs later we have a 65" in a 17 x 12 foot room and it doesn't look too big. We had a 42" there for years before and that was too small to read tiny text on PS4 games from 12 foot away.

Also have a 93" projector that is only 1080P. For sheer impact it is better than the 65" (OLED Panasonic) and very watchable, just a faff to switch things over from 4K when doing so.

@dyna-ti Depends on how you watch a PJ and what you call good/expensive but, our PJ can be had very cheap now (Optoma HD200X) and once set up correctly in a darkened room I don't think anybody would call it rubbish!

i sit about 6′ away from a 65″

Do you have to turn your head when someone 'enters' from the far left/right? 😉

Do you have to turn your head when someone ‘enters’ from the far left/right?

This is how I felt for the week or two that we had a 55”, and I was sitting 12 feet away. Different strokes and all that, but sitting 2m (6ft!) from a 65” TV must be mind blowing.

As with Lorax, we got our 55” from John Lewis. They exchanged it without any quibble when I called and said it’s too big. That could be a good option for you OP if you aren’t sure about the size - get the biggest you think you can get away with, from JL, and exchange if it turns out too big.

I bought a Sony for the man cave a few years ago…….not a cheap one.

The picture is excellent, very little lag for gaming and a great selection of ports. Wonderful SD and HD images.

Useless for the main room or downstairs bedroom because….

A lot of the current gen Sony TV's have Google TV and if you're already in the google ecosystem it's fantastic - iPlayer (UK catch-up apps) were added to my a84j a few weeks back too. The green planet on iPlayer in UHD looks absolutely stunning.

TBH the choice for OLED now is Sony or LG, with LG winning if you do more gaming, Sony winning for gaming/TV 50/50.

Went from a 47" to a 75".

Looked huge at first.

Totally normal now.

Someone mention the screen size test on here, using a stretched out hand, 90 degrees to the floor. Screen should fit between thumb and little finger.

Also think that a stand gives better viewing position than wall-mounted.

This.

We’ve had a Sony 32” for yrs in the lounge. Nice picture but rubbish os but brought back to life with fire stick. We wanted a new tv that fades into the background a bit so went for a Samsung frame. Only prob is the 32” frame isn’t as well speccEd as the larger sizes. We went for the 42” in the end and it’s been great. I was worried about the size dominating the smallish cottagey sitting room but as it hangs like a picture and has no superfluous plastic around it it looks fine. Got a deal through Samsung company portal as I work for civil service. Works for us and the fear of a tv over 32” has gone!

65 inch was almost a marriage ender when delivered

Heh. When I went shopping my OH asked, "can we get a bigger one? My eyes aren't that great" and I thought "right, then!"

Also think that a stand gives better viewing position than wall-mounted.

I'm not sure as I follow this, you can have a TV in broadly the same place as how it's mounted?

You can yes, but most people seem to put them a bit higher up on the wall, like a picture. When im lying on the sofa i want to be looking across the room rather than slightly up.

We've got a 55 sitting centrally at the end of a rectangular living room. It's big enough but to be honest with the shape of the room we could go much bigger. Also, it was free as it came with the house. The more time we get out of our free TV the easier is to justify an upgrade which will be at least 65.

This is a good reference for specific model recommendations:

https://www.avforums.com/threads/new-my-best-value-tvs-2021-2022-edition.2389508/

Been pondering this too and seriously thinking about keeping a 50" or smaller TV for casual viewing (kids, lunchtime youtube, etc) and a hideaway projector + screen for movies. Planning to build a wall of bookcases so if I can hide a screen in the top then it'd work quite well.

I also went from 55" to 65" just before Christmas. I was doubtful, but it was actually my wife pushing for it strangely. I'd upgraded the audio system and she suggested a bigger screen to match. Love it and wouldn't go back. Had to change to a lower TV table to get the height right, because eye level or death.

Both LG OLED's as, as previously established on another thread, nothing else actually qualifies as a TV 😉

If I had a big living room, I'd get a big TV. I've a small living room and a 32" fits perfectly in an alcove next to the fire place. If I had a bigger TV Id regret it as I'd have to find space for it. Equally if I had a large living room and a tiny TV I'd regret it.

Imo - TV size and shape should only be considered to suit the size of a room.

*Waiting for frameless TVs to become an affordable thing.

You can yes, but most people seem to put them a bit higher up on the wall, like a picture. When im lying on the sofa i want to be looking across the room rather than slightly up.

I wondered if that might be the case. That's not a problem with the mounting type then, that's a problem with people. Sure, it depends entirely on whether you've got the wall space, but if you want a TV at the height of a stand on a table then just mount it at that height.

Oops, just realised, I didn't buy a 65" TV after all.

It's 75". 😁

I regret not going bigger.

A bit.

We went from 43 to 55 to get an oled TV last year. Seemed freakishly large to start with but used to it now.

When I’m watching films if anything I’d still like it to be bigger, but it dominates the corner of the room, and limits the choice of tv stands we can have. On balance I don’t think I’d want to go back, but if I could I’d have a separate room for movie watching with a bigger screen or projector and stick with a smaller one in the living room. But I can’t because my only spare room is full of working from home tat.

Yes on the too big regret.
We had an old 37", we spent ages working out what to get, made cardboard mock ups and everything and settled on 55". At the last minute the Mrs convinced me to the next size up. She hated it instantly. We took it back the next day.
We may well have got used to it, but it would have always been stupid. It was a squeeze to fit the space, we would have had to move the cd shelves to make space. The room is approx 4x4m.
On the plus side, a condition or the return/swap was that the difference in price had to be spent in store, so I now have myself a nice NAD turntable.

Think I'm still on a 32" tv - I don't watch it often enough to make me thing having something lifesize on a screen makes it worth spending the money.

Seems very odd to me that people want such a huge format to watch tv on, but each to their own.

Seems very odd to me that people want such a huge format to watch tv on, but each to their own.

Not a big cinema-goer then, I take it?

Sure, it's pointless if all you're doing is watching reruns of, erm, Pointless. But watching a good film on it is amazing, and some of the native UHD stuff like Green Planet is simply astonishing.

We have a 108" projector and a 42" TV in another room. Something 60" looks a decent compromise for films. And yes we do watch the news on 108", but really that size is best for films and sport. Going big would certainly detract from the wow-factor of the "big screen". But 60" TVs now are nothing like the behemoths from Pioneer plasma times, so domestically will sit over a fireplace (bit high though).

Think I’m still on a 32″ tv –

27" iMac here (no TV). Still seems quite big to me....

Might sound like a silly reason not to go as big as possible but here goes.

We have a 65" TV in the kitchen/lounge area. The room stretches over 10m and there is plenty of room for the tv. BUT whenever i go into the other rooms the TV's are smaller and sometime can feel a bit inadequate. Our bedroom TV isnt even 40" so takes quite a lot of adjusting to. I know, silly reason not to

Not a big cinema-goer then, I take it?

Yeah, I quite like going to the cinema - a living room is a completely different situation/location/environment so isn't really comparable...

As said, I don't watch a lot of TV so really don't see the value in having the tv characters appear to be near life sized in my room...I suspect if I was really in to watching a lot of tv/films and was particularly bothered about high def quality and sound and all that, then it might have more appeal, but it doesn't do anything for me which is why I don't get it. Again though, each to their own...

Think I’m still on a 32″ tv – I don’t watch it often enough to make me thing having something lifesize on a screen makes it worth spending the money.

Seems very odd to me that people want such a huge format to watch tv on, but each to their own.

Almost correct...my parents have a large TV...it it a large room and it dominates, every time I'm in the room visiting I'm asking myself why did they but that...

Aware I'm commenting although I don't have a large TV but the op asked if anyone had bought one and had regrets...I've got experience and haven't bought to avoid regret.

If you get a massive telly, whatever you do, don't put any grot on

Its one of the most intimidating things imaginable 😳

Went from not being able to read the subtitles without glasses to just able to read the subtitles without glasses.

65". its not big enough

🙂

Well, a quick trip to Richer Sounds and it's done.

After a bit of faffing we decided on a LG C1 OLED. Nicest picture by far, definitely bright enough.

Went for the smaller one! A quick measure this morning confirmed that the bigger one just wouldn't fit in the only place suitable for a TV.

Still bigger than the one we have, excited now! Arrives tomorrow.

Cheers folks.

Well, a quick trip to Richer Sounds and it’s done.

After a bit of faffing we decided on a LG C1 OLED. Nicest picture by far, definitely bright enough.

Good choice, if you can afford OLED everything else is just not the same.

So, 48"? Or 55"?

Enjoy the stunning 4k HDR picture, even more with all the lights off. Once you've gone pure black, you never go back 😁

48.

The 55 wouldn't fit without building work!

£821 from Richer Sounds including delivery.

After a bit of faffing we decided on a LG C1 OLED. Nicest picture by far, definitely bright enough.

BOOM! Correct choice.

By the way, for all you big screen haterz, the equivalent 2022 LG model (the C2), is going to be available in a smaller size than currently - 42".

a living room is a completely different situation/location/environment so isn’t really comparable…

Maybe that's where we differ, then. If I'm watching TV it will be the main event, I'm not one for having it blasting away in the background whilst I'm sitting reading. If no-one is watching it, it goes off.

If you want to be in a living room without a big daft TV we are fortunate enough to have other spaces in the house so it's easy enough to escape from. I appreciate that others might not have that luxury.

After a bit of faffing we decided on a LG C1 OLED. Nicest picture by far, definitely bright enough.

Happy new TV. Turn off "sharpening," it makes everything look terrible.

Big screen tv's = council!

Racist.

Big screen tv’s = council!

This place has changed!

What happened to "I don't own a TV and if I want to watch a documentary about brewing coffee from Himalayan goat shit, I'll be perfectly happy doing so on my 12" Chromebook"?

After a bit of faffing we decided on a LG C1 OLED. Nicest picture by far, definitely bright enough.

Mine is a C1 too. Couldn’t be happier with it. Even the standard speakers are reasonable.

not so sure about the above comment on speakers, mines a panasonic OLED so differant tv but theres no way you can get a decent amount of bass from any speaker mounted in such a small space, not sure about the LG but you can plug a sub into the panasonic but i already had a sound bar

Happy new TV. Turn off “sharpening,” it makes everything look terrible.

Although all picture processing crap should be turned off in general, on that specific model people seem to advocate leaving sharpness at it's default (very low) value.

For the OP, this is the go to tutorial on set-up. There's a LG C1 owners thread on avforums.com if you want further guidance;

not so sure about the above comment on speakers, mines a panasonic OLED so differant tv but theres no way you can get a decent amount of bass from any speaker mounted in such a small space, not sure about the LG but you can plug a sub into the panasonic but i already had a sound bar

The days of tinny speakers are gone, the C1 and my Sony A80(84)J both have excellent speakers, obviously a separate system would be better but they both have small subs built into the TV's. They're perfectly fine for general TV watching and even movies so long as you don't want room rumbling bass.

A soundbar is no longer a requirement with a new TV.