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.
So.. You only have a small TV, you've never gotten a larger TV and either regretted it or been happy with it? Is your sole contribution to this thread simply to be snobby and say you don't understand people who like big TVs? In which case, why bother commenting? 🤷♂️
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!
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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.
Ours is an lg oled. It's lovely. Agree with cougar turn off whatever silly picture manipulation settings there are. I run ours always in the cinema or director mode (forget the correct name) it's basically a quick setting to turning all those settings off. Added labelled at the request of a bunch of film directors, and I agree. We spend months/years agonising over every pixel in the movie/TV drama, they can get in the sea with their software undoing every creative decision we make.
re the council comment up above, the definition of chav - your tv is bigger than your bookcase
I have a screen saver of a bookcase on my giant TV.
I replaced my TV with a bookcase.
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;
May be true of that model. On mine it was so noticeably bad that I went diving through the menus to try and find out what the hell was wrong with it. It was adding... almost like MPEG artefacts to it.
I've mostly left everything else at default for now, I'll sit down and work it all out at some point, but that particular setting was just awful. You know when you walk in and you can immediately tell that someone's watching BBC1 rather than BB1 HD? It was that bad.
LG Nano 90 series, if that makes a difference to anyone.
Ta for the tips.
The old LG we're replacing had a built in calibration system and I used several on line guides (and my eyes 🙂) to get it just right.
I think I might have to buy a Wii U though - HDMI, backward compatible etc.
Still love the Wii, but needs a component input to look it's best.
And the 'council' comments? Pistonheads is available if you get your kicks taking the piss out of those less well off from behind a keyboard.
re the council comment up above, the definition of chav – your tv is bigger than your bookcase
More an example of snobbery really.
Yep, we bought our large TV mainly because of the number of films we watch.
Re: the sound on the C1 - I also have an old 37” LG LED box that I inherited from my dad, and the sound on that is tinny to the extreme.
The C1 has a decent amount of bass, and whilst the top 2/3 of the TV is “wafer thin”, the lower portion is much wider to accommodate the speakers. I don’t doubt it would be even better with a sound bar, or even a proper surround sound system, but as a standard set up, it’s not bad at all.
Ta.
It's going through a Denon DM into some nice Monitor Audio speakers on stands each side of the fireplace.
Yes, I have a very understanding wife.
Modern requirements replacing the Wally dugs
I could put some on top of the speakers? 🙂