you have to give credit to Samsung for somehow making people think the go to TV for nicely flat mounted on a wall is their Frame thing.
They arent making you do anything, and its not a big conspiracy on their part. The idea is a good one- ie not have multiple wires hanging out the back and also a very practical one, as in people add and remove different components. Buy a new dvd or whatever player, you need to take it off the wall to get the plugs in or out, and mounting to the wall isnt a conspiracy either. As televisions have dropped in price and become much larger(originally a 40" flat screen would have cost £4k) The best place to put them is on the wall.
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But being on the wall presented problems with the cabling, both fitting(see above) or overall look given many peoples walls are white, or a light pastel, and the cables used are black, with the contrast showing them up. A single, unobtrusive cable, light coloured to blend in better to its surroundings, going into a central control box, where adding/removing components is simple is a very good concept, and one others should follow. But maybe others dont want to invest in such a system and are happy to take the money for the same old thing.
Well done Samsung, for the concept and their innovation.
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What’s wrong with Samsung? Genuine question.
Mainly me being an opinionated dick, but to try and add something useful... Decent TV = OLED, and it used to be simple because Samsung didn't make an OLED TV, as they thought they could get away with putting a "Q" in front of LED and pretending it was somehow similar. Last year they gave in and started selling OLED sets (which was hilarious). So now you can at least get a decent TV made by Samsung, but there are options which are better (Sony), or both better and cheaper (LG).
or panasonic, at least it was 3 years ago when i got mine but research made it between a sony or panasonic as the best for PQ, wasn't bothered about gaming so lg's better gaming features didn't come into it.
panasonic's smart stuff isn't as good but picked that over sony due to how good my previous 2 plasma's had been, the 12 year old 50" is still in use on my bedroom wall and the picture still looks better than a lot of new tv's for HD content.
I think a better way of looking at it, is, it's actually quite hard to buy a 'bad' TV, unless you buy the biggest & cheapest thing you can find.
How good it is on a scale of mediocre to excellent, is a different debate 😀
no one has mentioned a wireless TV yet. Simples.
@DrP (runs off to invent 4 AA powered 65″ 4k TV)
How about a wireless TV that sticks to the wall with suction cups? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/zip-lining-wireless-tv-lands-on-self-deployed-foam-if-vacuum-suction-mount-fails/
We've had a TV up at that height before and didn't die as a result.
Anyway, back the OP. We chased it out, buried the cables and re-plastered.
I think a better way of looking at it, is, it’s actually quite hard to buy a ‘bad’ TV, unless you buy the biggest & cheapest thing you can find.
Probably the most sensible thing said here.
AIUI there are very few companies which actually make the panels. LG is probably(?) the biggest manufacturer. So long as you stick with a recognised brand (eg, Sony rather than HiSense) you're not going to go far wrong. If I were buying a TV tomorrow it'd be one of LG/Panasonic/Toshiba (I'd probably swerve Sony because whilst great they tend to command an Apple Tax price which is unjustified IMHO).
If you're comparing two similar sized TVs, one's a grand and the other is 200 quid, there's probably a reason for that.
