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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Feb 7, 2021 16:05:36 GMT
I was told that the sub 50” TVs were getting a bit thicker as they were less likely to be used with a separate sound bar and the TV manufacturers found it difficult to get decent sound out of really thin ones. Make them a bit thicker and they can get better speakers into them.
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Post by Martin on Feb 7, 2021 16:07:23 GMT
This is the same as mine
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 7, 2021 16:27:41 GMT
I was told that the sub 50” TVs were getting a bit thicker as they were less likely to be used with a separate sound bar and the TV manufacturers found it difficult to get decent sound out of really thin ones. Make them a bit thicker and they can get better speakers into them. Yes, I figured that too. As the new TV is tucked away in a recess in that wall unit, its thickness is unimportant. Seen from the front it has a very slim frame (less than 1cm). Whereas, when I get around to dealing with it, I'll mount the Panasonic on our bedroom wall, at which point being thin will be in its favour since you see it side-on as you walk into the room. I'll just get a slim line mount since no need to angle it.
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Post by bryan on Feb 7, 2021 19:19:09 GMT
Our Sony is about as thick as yours and the sound is very good, so good we ended up returning the sound bar!
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 10, 2021 12:19:05 GMT
Have just ordered a slimline Vogels 405 mount for the bedroom wall so hopefully will be able to get the Panasonic off the chest of drawers shortly.
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 16, 2021 16:56:34 GMT
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Post by Big Blue on Feb 17, 2021 13:26:07 GMT
I bought my mum the 50" one in the summer. It's great and the built in apps on LG are nice and easy to use.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2021 16:49:37 GMT
Hi, Garry
I advice you to get a Panasonic TV, I have long ago used it but now its only Youtube here. you can get it under 400-500 pounds it also depends on type and model.
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 17, 2021 17:42:20 GMT
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Post by Andy C on Feb 17, 2021 18:06:16 GMT
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 17, 2021 18:10:25 GMT
I wasn't sure about Hisense. Had never heard of them and thought they might be a bit "Proton".
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Post by Roadrunner on Feb 17, 2021 19:18:02 GMT
I always considered Hisense to be cheapo Chinese crap, but happy to be proven wrong.
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Post by ChrisM on Feb 17, 2021 20:21:26 GMT
I always considered Hisense to be cheapo Chinese crap, but happy to be proven wrong. Apparently a huge percentage of all TV Sets, irrespective of brand, are manufactured in a couple of vast factories in China
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Post by Big Blue on Feb 17, 2021 20:57:29 GMT
I always considered Hisense to be cheapo Chinese crap, but happy to be proven wrong. Apparently a huge percentage of all TV Sets, irrespective of brand, are manufactured in a couple of vast factories in China Was always the way. In days gone by only Sony, Panasonic and Phillips made most hardware. Then when LG and Samsung entered the game the landscape changed and when Chinese factories became more available to western brands most electronic consumer goods had manufacturing and assembly operations moved there.
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Post by ChrisM on Feb 17, 2021 22:05:19 GMT
I'm "fortunate" enough to have been inside the old Decca TV factory in Battersea. They'd long since stopped making tellies there when I visited the site though. I believe it's now a storage facility, the one you can see by the side of the train tracks that go into Waterloo
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Post by Andy C on Feb 18, 2021 7:39:20 GMT
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 18, 2021 10:10:51 GMT
It's also the case that finding decent TVs of 55" and above is much easier. If you need a sub-50" TV it's not as easy.
TV manufacturers seem to assume that people only want smaller TVs if they can't afford bigger ones.
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Post by Martin on Feb 18, 2021 10:35:01 GMT
It's also the case that finding decent TVs of 55" and above is much easier. If you need a sub-50" TV it's not as easy. TV manufacturers seem to assume that people only want smaller TVs if they can't afford bigger ones. Don't you think it's more about demand, which is much greater for larger TVs?
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 18, 2021 10:40:08 GMT
Possibly. But where do people put these vast TVs? Unless you have a spacious enough house to have a specific TV room, I don't see where you have the space unless you think the TV is ok being the focal point of the room (I personally don't).
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Post by Martin on Feb 18, 2021 10:49:19 GMT
Possibly. But where do people put these vast TVs? Unless you have a spacious enough house to have a specific TV room, I don't see where you have the space unless you think the TV is ok being the focal point of the room (I personally don't). I assume most don't seem to mind, which is why you see a lot mounted on the wall in the middle of the room. I'm somewhere in the middle, but have kept the size down to 65" which is OK in our living room and the fireplace is still the focal point as that's in the centre of the long wall.
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Post by PetrolEd on Feb 18, 2021 11:33:58 GMT
Possibly. But where do people put these vast TVs? Unless you have a spacious enough house to have a specific TV room, I don't see where you have the space unless you think the TV is ok being the focal point of the room (I personally don't). As vast ocean going Gin palaces are the new stately home of the rich so are large screen televisions the new Fire Places in a drawing room of us more humble folk.
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Post by Big Blue on Feb 18, 2021 11:49:21 GMT
I'm "fortunate" enough to have been inside the old Decca TV factory in Battersea. They'd long since stopped making tellies there when I visited the site though. I believe it's now a storage facility, the one you can see by the side of the train tracks that go into Waterloo We had Decca TVs when I was a kid: they supplied the Beeb so my dad had them "to test" in the family environment.
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Post by Big Blue on Feb 18, 2021 12:02:24 GMT
Possibly. But where do people put these vast TVs? Unless you have a spacious enough house to have a specific TV room, I don't see where you have the space unless you think the TV is ok being the focal point of the room (I personally don't). Walking through suburbia I can only make the supposition that for many houses having a huge TV on a wall is a substitution for having to decorate 25% of the room! Because of the layout of the houses and chimney breast positions many have the TV on the wall opposite the bay windows: looks horrendous to my eyes. I'm waiting for the girls to get a bit older so we can turn the playroom, which is at the rear of the house, into a cinema room. About five years to go I reckon. It currently looks like the aftermath of Little Boy in there after a year of barely going to school!
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Post by Tim on Feb 18, 2021 12:25:11 GMT
Being nosey like BB I see a lot of gigantic TVs mounted on the wall across the narrowest part of the room. Always above eye level too.
Our living room is 22 feet long and our puny 40" TV sits on small unit tucked in one of the corners, the fireplace is the focal point of the room.
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 18, 2021 12:38:29 GMT
Apart from anything I just dislike the vast black screen that sits there lowering at you when the TV is not on.
Downstairs, we had one of those modern storage/shelving units made for the sitting room wall the TV goes on. It was quite fun - it was fully customisable, so you could pick the size, depth, colour and number of shelves and uprights, the number of closed shelves and open shelves, and include a dedicated TV space. It was my wife's idea - I think they are more common in Italy than here - and I liked it as it means the TV is less dominant - it sits a little tucked away inside and looks neat - it has a fully articulated arm behind it that means you can pull it out and turn it nearly 90 degrees if needs be. Yes, it limits us to a 50" TV but there is no need for anything bigger.
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 18, 2021 12:55:35 GMT
This is the new Sony in situ. The closed unit under the TV had to have a smoked glass door as it houses the satellite box and DVD player and the remotes won’t work if the door isn’t glass.
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Post by Martin on Feb 18, 2021 13:04:28 GMT
My parents have something very similar in the 'snug', which is a room they only use for watching the TV and keeps the Living Room TV free. Do you have a special place to store these?
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Post by garry on Feb 18, 2021 13:09:28 GMT
This is the new Sony in situ. The closed unit under the TV had to have a smoked glass door as it houses the satellite box and DVD player and the remotes won’t work if the door isn’t glass. You need to get rid of all of those books and pictures. Then you'd have room for a proper TV!
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Feb 18, 2021 13:13:10 GMT
My mate said he knew he’d overdone it and bought too big a TV when his wife started walking backwards into the room selling ice creams.
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 18, 2021 13:20:27 GMT
This is the new Sony in situ. The closed unit under the TV had to have a smoked glass door as it houses the satellite box and DVD player and the remotes won’t work if the door isn’t glass. You need to get rid of all of those books and pictures. Then you'd have room for a proper TV! I considered having a sliding or hinged panel that would cover the TV when not in use, and then cover the upper shelves while using the TV, but it would have been very expensive and I decided the blank expanse of the cover wasn't a significant improvement on the blank expanse of the TV.
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