But TV from Costco, JL, Richersounds, euronics with long warranty."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51800392","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"JHD007"},"datePublished":"2023-12-21T13:50:52.000Z","text":"I would personally avoid Toshiba and look at Hisense’ LG’ Philips Costco have got a Hisense 55” online that’s not badly priced costco.co.uk/TVs…876 you could ask JL or RS to price match anything you see that appeals to you"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51804501","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"C0mm0d0re_K1d"},"datePublished":"2023-12-21T23:00:19.000Z","text":"Only a few companies actually make their own TV's now Hisense, LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and TCL.
Avoid Alba, Bush, Fidelity, Grundig, Hitachi, isis, JVC, Lexar, Toshiba, These are all made under license mostly by Vestel in Turkey or another 3rd party oem company.
Certain brands are exclusive to certain retailers. Argos have Alba, Bush, Fidelity and Hitachi. JVC is exclusive to Curry's (Dixon's Carphone warehouse group).
Philips TV's are manufactured by TP Vision who also make the Sky glass TV's.
Panasonic only make their OLED sets. All their LCD TV's were made by Vestel. They have now switched to Chinese brand TCL starting with the mx950.
TV technology has advanced a lot since you bought your last TV 12 years ago. We have led backlit LCD and OLED now, with a few different options. If your a gamer and are thinking of getting a newer console at some point in the future. Whether that be a PS5/Xbox Series X or the next ones after that. You might want to consider getting a TV that has gaming features as a lot of sets have them now and prices have fallen considerably. Especially since you've had your last TV so long. I suspect you won't want to buy another one in a few years time.
If your looking above the standard sizes of 43\" to about 50 or 55\" you should avoid edge lit screens and look for direct lit minimum or full array. You tend to get more features on the two Chinese challenger brands of Hisense and TCL, than the three main brands of LG, Samsung and Sony.
Have a read of this for more info about the different screen types and back light types. cybershack.com.au/gui…nt/"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51804897","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"ApolloCreedXXX"},"datePublished":"2023-12-22T00:17:52.000Z","text":"Check out my TCL 55\" deal in Argos under £300"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51807411","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"jfoxon"},"datePublished":"2023-12-22T11:14:31.000Z","text":"I have one of these and it is very good for the money
Buy Hisense 50 Inch 50A6KTUK Smart 4K UHD HDR DLED Freeview TV | Televisions | Argos
55 inch version is £329
Buy Hisense 55 Inch 55A6KTUK Smart 4K UHD HDR DLED Freeview TV | Televisions | Argos"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51799724","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"PS5"},"datePublished":"2023-12-21T12:16:57.000Z","text":"As you found out, your TV can last a long time. I'd much prefer a quality TV that is second hand for £300 over a cheap nasty new TV for the same price. Personal preference of course."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51799533","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"freakstyler"},"datePublished":"2023-12-21T11:51:42.000Z","text":"I would avoid the Tosh as its not a Toshiba, it's made in Turkey by a company called Vestel, they make most of the off brand Supermarket/Argos TV's such as Polaroid, Techwood etc and even some of the low-end Panasonic models. If you get them for a decent price backed by a long warranty then okay but performance wise, if you heavily use them they tend to go wrong rather quickly and they're usually quite dim.
I would have a look at TCL's offerings, you can get a 65\" for under £400, example:
hotukdeals.com/dea…725
though you're only getting a two year warranty.
We recently (October) had our main Livingroom TV go faulty and due to a weeks wait for a new TV being delivered and installed we bought a 32\" TCL from Currys to keep us going and I was rather impressed with it. Being Samsung snobs, usually going for mid-high end models we found the little TCL was excellent, no screen issues, sounded decent, vibrant colours etc. The remote was nice too."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51801720","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nikita_Percival"},"datePublished":"2023-12-21T16:42:20.000Z","text":"We have two Toshibas and never had any issues and for what we need which is mainly tv/streaming/internet there absolutely spot on. Just need to manual adjust the colour settings"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51845414","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"ill_mariachi"},"datePublished":"2023-12-27T17:35:15.000Z","text":"Thanks everyone. I paid a little more over budget and got an LG nanocell from John Lewis as had vouchers I could use."}],"commentCount":16,"interactionStatistic":14,"articleSection":"Ask"}