Looks pretty good but could really do with 5/6 year warranty! :stuck_out_tongue:

Bought one thing off CPC, it didn't arrive but one thing DID which I hadn't even realized was in the basket. TBF they didn't take the money, and offered to refund but as I'd have to send it back and it was less than £2 - still, not a positive only purchase.

Don't bother, it's still an LCD!

Same here! Mine is a 47 inch LG, I use it for 1-3 hours every day and hasn't skipped a beat in 6 years. It's a Full HD panel but no bells and whistles at all. The Koreans make these to last I guess.

Great price, 50/60hz panel is putting me off buying.... And Black Friday

on the flip side
if your buying an LG TV make sure you get one with a 5/6 year warranty. I brought a LG 47LN575V 47 Inch Smart LED TV in December 2013 lasted 18 months and the screen died. Contacted the retailer and LG themselves and they didn't want to know. LG TV's only come with a 12 month warranty. £461 for a TV that lasted 18 months is poor by anybody standards.

Maybe that's how you killed it?

it's not 4k however oled full hd is waaaaaaaay more preferable than any 4k at your "twice the price" umm.. price. If you need a TV today.

http://www.johnlewis.com/lg-55ec930v-curved-oled-full-hd-3d-smart-tv-55-with-freeview-hd-2x-3d-glasses-and-2x-3d-clip-on-glasses/p1719631?sku=234034542&kpid=234034542&s_kenid=8e7915f4-f884-49d0-9c94-bdc145dadb2c&s_kwcid=402x364114&tmad=c&tmcampid=73

Will be great with the Sky+ 160 I just ordered http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/satellite/news/a16058/sky-160-special-offer-until-8th-november/

Last time I used cpc they charged me and never sent my order. Been pending for months.

Old, 2014 model

So its not the same spec then like I asked?

Explain why it's waaaaaay more preferred, is it the 2 second novelty of curved? The 5 hours worth of use of 3D? Or the fact it still isn't a Samsung with their shockingly poor customer service and history of dropping smart apps?....

Because its OLED? as in, blacks are actually black instead of a dark grey and colours are more vibrant than any other kind of display?

I have been looking at the 49" sony.

sony 4k

Which unit has the best picture quality (SD,HD)

Only 2 x HDMI and 1 x USB? Hmmm...

umm... what??? your comment is so erroneous I'm not even sure if you were mean't to be responding to my comment? But seeing as you did - I'll reply in earnest..

1. So its not the same spec then like I asked? - No, however OLED IS preferable to 4k for the reasons I'm about to tell you.

2. Is it the 2 second novelty of curved? - Curved or not Curved, doesn't bother me but given a choice, I'd prefer to pick a flat screen.

3. The 5 hours worth of use of 3D? What this got to do with suggesting OLED? 3d is across the board. I personally wouldn't use it

4. Or the fact it still isn't a Samsung with their shockingly poor customer service and history of dropping smart apps? I use a fire tv not smart tv functions. Are you saying Samsung has poor customer service or LG? I don't know what you mean by this. You can get 5 yr warranties on the OLEDs so... does this really factor in.

SO!! To the "explanation"

OLED has infinite blacks. This doesn't just help with displaying black, it increases the quality of the picture across the entire colour spectrum. Ever watched a dark movie in a dark room, see that cloudy non black and loss of definition? Not with OLED you won't

check this picture, spot the OLED.
http://www.consumerreports.org/content/dam/cro/news_articles/Electronics/CRO_Electronics_OLED_Star_Wars_10-14.png

4k is higher resolution, but really, do you think 1080p is really fuzzy or not adequately sharp? What are you even going to watch in 4k? Don't say netflix streaming, they use compression (everyone does) and on netflix 4k streams they have LESS detail than a bluray disc.

OLED consume less power, better motion handling, it's a superior technology in every way. So yes, OLED 1080p is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more preferable than a 4k LCD.

Hope this helps make that clearer for you.

Well put. 108p is the optimum resolution for the average human eye. If you stand up close you can see the difference however you wont be able to see the whole screen. At the optimum distance to see the whole screen comfortably most people wont be able to tell the difference. OLED on the other hand can display black as black unlike LED which has back-light bleeding all over it. Only reason I can see for higher resolution is to use it as a computer display. gives you more real estate for applications etc

I know EXACTLY what OLED is, the simple fact is only an idiot would spend £1500 on a 1080p panel when 4k is knocking on the door of mainstream. Curved is a novelty feature, serves no real purpose other than an initial wow, its got a curved screen thought. 3D has pretty much died a death in both retail and broadcasting.

OLED does give blacker black's however colour balance is difficult to achieve correctly simply because the tones are so vibrant, something LG are working on themselves with the next generation 4k panels to cure an issue with HDR where the picture becomes over satiated.

What I asked you was to show me a 55" 4k OLED TV at a price point even twice the cost of this, not a last decades resolution touting TV - you haven't so your original statement is totally invalid!

Speaking from experience?

I've had OLED and LED phones, I prefer LED as it tends to be brighter in daylight I also have 1080p and 4K TV's in the house and I sure as hell can tell the difference myself!

I think a phone comparison is hardly a decent comparison. Also just because a TV is 4K doesn't necessarily mean it's going to have better picture quality over a 1080p set and there are many examples. Anyway this is a good price and the OLED is double that.

Hey, I tried, you either know these things, or you don't. If you don't then the smart thing is to listen and make your mind up after weighing it up. Seems I wasted my time. Just get whatever your happy with. I don't know why your are going on about curved TVs and 3D either.

4K isn't "knocking on the door" at all. That's your prediction, there isn't even a medium decided yet to deliver the content. If you read my explanation properly I said if you need a TV today, TODAY. If your going down the route of steaming, you need at least 18mbps download speed (best quality ADSL - non fibre is around 22) very few people get that and very few people can get fiber either. 1080 is out, it's been out for ages, it's everywhere. There are huge problems getting bandwidth for proper 4k... agh.. I'm wasting my time. forget it. You have your view I have mine, let's leave it there.

Over 1million 4k TV sets sold in the UK already this year, a quarter of them LG's 4k Blu Ray is going to be on the shelves to purchase in less than 2 months and Sky have a massive announcement happening tomorrow that just about every industry pundit says 4k is going to be a huge part of it.

If that isn't knocking on the door then I don't know what is....


Oh and as for the comment about curved and 3d, you linked the product containing them in the 1st place!

My wife has a point to add. She doesn't care about smart apps. She doesn't care about 4k, 1080p, 720p. 3d makes her go dizzy. Blacks are not her favourite colour unless she needs to attend a funeral and she prefers high quality pinks and purples but most of all she says she just wants a tv that looks pretty on our nice tv unit. That could be our gun metal LG then.

Personally I think the manufacturers should look into making a 1080 tv better and the television companies offering more programmes in HD before anyone thinks about introducing 4k.

Who cares? Only kidding but i did stop reading with a paragraph or two to go.

I amended it. Sorry mate but there's not much on tv tonight. My fault for ditching sky I know. Just bored I guess. I think my last paragraph is the most important one.

You not had the magic 50% off offer?

Yes they offered me a new hd box and 50% off for a year but I still said no. It was a pretty good deal to be honest but they wouldn't throw bt sport in and I can't get bt sport for free with their broadband where I live. I may be tempted back though but I haven't really missed it. I didn't have their hd service anyway. Not sure if they charge extra for that but it used to be an extra tenner a month.

Stood close up and with 2 screens side by side I can tell the difference. Sat back about what I call the optimum distance of 9-10 foot I cant. If you can then good for you. The average person wont be able to. I can however tell a huge difference between an OLED TV and an LED. As for phones I have to agree its hard to tell the difference.

Just my opinion.

Sky have now confirmed they will be broadcasting sport, entertainment and movies in 4k later in 2016.

So what were you saying eh?....

Still a year away and you can be sure there will be a premium to pay for it. OK for those who really can tell the difference but for most its of no real benefit. Technology looks good though. Personally not looking to upgrade until OLED falls to reasonable price. inevitably 4k will be the new standard as is 1080p today (even though nobody over the air/Satellite/Cable) transmits in anything over 720p. There is not a lot of difference between 1080p/720p when sat back in the comfort of a living room sofa. What I do think makes a huge difference is bandwidth/compression. Yes Netflix is streaming in 4k but its not anywhere near as good as it could be because of compression. I will inevitably buy a 4k TV because it would be pointless not to but it will be when the price is right..... 4k OLED TV for under a grand is still a year maybe 2 away

so much subjective crap in here being forced on others. I'd rather have, in order : 4k oled, 4k lcd, 1080 oled.

It's your problem if your own personal gain from the 4k medium is lacking because you wait like a lap dog on it's master for the tv companies and disk players to catch up, but there's plenty of content already for my intended use.

actually, I would never even buy another 1080 unless I became so poor I had no choice, or lost the plot

Couch gaming from the PC & regular content upscaling of everything else, which looks amazing. Although I don't use it, Netflix DOES count - it uses h265 which is half the compression of h264 so ultimately the bandwidth is only double, not quadruple. People slamming 4K netflix for quality haven't seen it and are just bandwagoneers.

If I was waiting for the TV companies to broadcast in a certain definition, I'd still be on SD. There is not enough 1080 content to warrant the purchase of a 1080 TV, let alone 4k. But the upscaling tech in 4K TVs is far superior than any HD upscaling I've seen in 1080p TVs so who cares.

You can limit it to 4K LCD v 1080 OLED if you wish, I've already stated my order of preference

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