There seem to be a number of folk on here who are much more knowledgeable than me about all things electronic so thought I'd just put this "out there" and see what bounces back.
If you've been following the "grumpy" thread you'll see that I didn't have to go up town to buy a fuse to repair my boy's adaptor so I decided to walk up to the library and return my books, all of which I'd now read. I'd forgotten that this library branch doesn't open 'till 1300 hrs on a Wednesday and I got there at just before 12. Not worth going home and immediately returning I decided to walk up to John Lewis's store at the top of Leith Walk and take a look at the TVs.
I've more than a passing interest as our existing, quite old, Panasonic is starting to get a bit on the dim side. I'm told that as they age the LED back lights dim and I've now got the brightness up near maximum to get a watchable picture. We've had it for years so it owes us nothing and has been very reliable. I've been thinking of just replacing it with a good spec more modern LED - probably Sony or Panasonic - but I've heard these new OLED sets are supposed to be pretty stunning so I was wanting to have a look. I also have size constraints as I've built my own TV cabinet and the existing 43 inch just fits nicely.
John Lewis had a Panasonic, Sony and an LG 48 inch OLED on display and the pictures were stunningly good. Of course the images they are feeding them will be maximized for effect but, WOW doesn't begin to describe it compared to our old telly. I did a bit of measuring up and the Sony KE48A9 with it's miniscule stand and minimal bezel would slot right into the space occupied by the present Panasonic which has a relatively large stand and thick bezel. In fact it would fill the available space and make it look like a custom fit! The LG 48C14LB has a slightly taller stand, but not by much. I think it would fit with just a touch shaved off the top shelf support of my cabinet or I could back mount it in some way, maybe using a wall mount to the back of the cabinet. The Panasonic TX-48JZ1000B and it's more expensive relative the TX-48JZ1500B with their deeper stands definitely wouldn't fit unless I back mounted, using a wall mount, to the back panel of the cabinet. I'd probably need to make a supporting frame to take the weight but it could all be concealed so would look fine - just a lot more work.
The Sony looks to me to be the front runner from the reviews and it'll be the easiest to install too.
Just wondering if anyone has any opinions. On the other hand the existing Panasonic is by no means dead yet. No dead pixels or anything other than it's just a bit dim. Maybe I'd be better to wait a wee while and let them develop the OLED panels a bit? maybe they'll come down in price a bit when they become the norm?
At our age this will probably be the last TV we may buy so I don't mind splashing out a bit to get something really nice. So, if anyone has an opinion on them or advice to give please do reply. Thanks in advance to anyone contributing.
If you've been following the "grumpy" thread you'll see that I didn't have to go up town to buy a fuse to repair my boy's adaptor so I decided to walk up to the library and return my books, all of which I'd now read. I'd forgotten that this library branch doesn't open 'till 1300 hrs on a Wednesday and I got there at just before 12. Not worth going home and immediately returning I decided to walk up to John Lewis's store at the top of Leith Walk and take a look at the TVs.
I've more than a passing interest as our existing, quite old, Panasonic is starting to get a bit on the dim side. I'm told that as they age the LED back lights dim and I've now got the brightness up near maximum to get a watchable picture. We've had it for years so it owes us nothing and has been very reliable. I've been thinking of just replacing it with a good spec more modern LED - probably Sony or Panasonic - but I've heard these new OLED sets are supposed to be pretty stunning so I was wanting to have a look. I also have size constraints as I've built my own TV cabinet and the existing 43 inch just fits nicely.
John Lewis had a Panasonic, Sony and an LG 48 inch OLED on display and the pictures were stunningly good. Of course the images they are feeding them will be maximized for effect but, WOW doesn't begin to describe it compared to our old telly. I did a bit of measuring up and the Sony KE48A9 with it's miniscule stand and minimal bezel would slot right into the space occupied by the present Panasonic which has a relatively large stand and thick bezel. In fact it would fill the available space and make it look like a custom fit! The LG 48C14LB has a slightly taller stand, but not by much. I think it would fit with just a touch shaved off the top shelf support of my cabinet or I could back mount it in some way, maybe using a wall mount to the back of the cabinet. The Panasonic TX-48JZ1000B and it's more expensive relative the TX-48JZ1500B with their deeper stands definitely wouldn't fit unless I back mounted, using a wall mount, to the back panel of the cabinet. I'd probably need to make a supporting frame to take the weight but it could all be concealed so would look fine - just a lot more work.
The Sony looks to me to be the front runner from the reviews and it'll be the easiest to install too.
Just wondering if anyone has any opinions. On the other hand the existing Panasonic is by no means dead yet. No dead pixels or anything other than it's just a bit dim. Maybe I'd be better to wait a wee while and let them develop the OLED panels a bit? maybe they'll come down in price a bit when they become the norm?
At our age this will probably be the last TV we may buy so I don't mind splashing out a bit to get something really nice. So, if anyone has an opinion on them or advice to give please do reply. Thanks in advance to anyone contributing.
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