Fantastic price

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Perfect. Can it record? HDR?

Is this one worth buying now or do you think it would be better to wait till Friday?

Why no 3D? Seems daft not to include it as there are still a lot of BDs coming out in 3D.

This 2015 autumn model not 2015

Not 2014** (correction)

Oh **** paid £699 for it last Thursday!

Good find!

I haven't been keeping up with tvs recently, but from the last thread on this (when it was a whole pound more expensive) I gathered that this could be one of two different types of panel. One is really good, whereas one is not. Has anybody managed to establish which one of the two it is? I'm not actually convinced it makes any difference to me, but I'm just interested.

the 55 inch is £889 at Costco or £899 at John Lewis and Currys

does this set allow have a pvr function to record programs and pause live tv.

Let's see this price drop on Friday or Monday then I'm cashing in

Review
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Yes I read that also. Outstanding for the 50" and excellent for the 55". I also looked at the LG UF770v which was at the bottom of my list and they only gave that 3 stars.

Panasonic 680B and 700B have outstanding also with Sony at 3 to 4 star depending on the model.

Freedom of Information Act only applies to government/public institutions. It doesn't apply to private companies.
You could ask them nicely though, they might give out the info, if anyone you speak to actually knows.

55" have bad screen made by china, 50" is made by samsung. Shame, because is with only one old basic remote controll

Haha, yes I know that lol but even if it did cover private or corporate companies they would still find some excuse not to give us the info though looking at some american forums it would appear they have the panel codes stamped on the boxes. It may make some difference to some but at the end of the day if it looks good to the user then that is all that counts, and it's reliability of course.

So essentially this is £700 of cheap Taiwanese panel!? Not cool if so, because beyond the glossy plastic and bubbly UI's, it's the screen itself that matters...

Are you sure. Richer sounds says no

Well perhaps not. I have one of their panels in our bedroom tv and it has a very good picture. It's an IPS too but am happy with the screen quality.

I've generally held Samsung in higher regard than most other brands, but have a soft spot for Sony, as the contrast seems great on the VA panels they use.

...otherwise I've more sad news for this model, it seems that despite the lofty 1400 PQI number, this is infact a boggo 60Hz panal; https://www.avforums.com/threads/samsung-ue-ju6800-4k-tv-owners-thread.1979754/page-3

There seems to be a lot of miss-information going around about this TV and what panel it has in each size. If you can be bothered to read the whole of this thread it was assumed the 55 inch had the Chinese IPS panel: https://www.avforums.com/threads/samsung-ue-ju6800-4k-tv-owners-thread.1979754/page-10

But you will also find some comments contradicting this and even the initial research that led to this conclusion was sketchy at best. It has not come from Samsung. You will also find some people that have had bad experiences with the 50 inch whilst others have had good experiences with the 55 inch and vice-versa.

So draw your own conclusions. But if you read the whole of the thread you should discover there is no outright conclusion that the 55 inch is worse than the 50.

I don't particularly care what panel my 50ins has got as i am blown away by the picture quality and surely that's what matters with a tv? As i have paid for a Samsung it would be comforting to know it has a Samsung panel in it but as long as its reliable that's all that really concerns me.

So tempted... But might wait till the weekend.

But then a lot of people are saying wait for HDR so confused...

Just make it simple IPS panels got good color uniformity but lacks of Black =Grey!!
VA panels are good with Color and Black butt some experts say that colors are over the top Grass greener then it actually is!
TN panels are poor for color and blacks butt are cheap to produce and fast for gaming!
So if you are comparing a tv in saloon and your pc monitor,laptop screen,tablet ,Ipad or smartphone you get a different jugment! For my Eyes VA Is better then IPS. I was blown away by Sony KD65x8509cb and Oleds which are coming down in price!

Yes! Wee need android tv and a magic remotes butt Samsung got Tizen,Panasonic FireFox,Lg WEBoS, just Philips and Sony Androids butt I want to buy a mid-range Tablet with 55 screen or 55 tv with built in tablet

What puts me off smart tellies is my total lack of faith that the manufacturers will continue supporting OS updates beyond about a maximum of a year and a half, if the same manufacturer’s track record with similarly technology-endowed phones is anything to go by.

Few light-years technology gap and somewhere at the top of the chart I guess, apparently that what reviews of OLED TVs says...

Also the panel is thinner than a iPhone 6, and great blacks

Yes, all those high numbers by Samsung trying to confuse the consumer. PQi is double to whatever they were using last year yet the tv is still only 60Hz in real terms which is what we all want to know. Why can't manufacturers just be honest. It may do them some favours as well as sales. Don't forget we had 100Hz tv's 20 years ago!! My LG is 100Hz and it wasn't a lot of money, £499.00 for a 50".

does anyone if this TV is compatible with a smart remote

Bit the bullet and ordered as it was appearing back in stock for delivery either tomorrow or Saturday. I confirmed they won't honour any extra price drop on Friday but will it really drop any further? It seems this is labelled as a Black Tag event for 10 days rather than a Black Friday event.

I may just buy it now and if I find a better deal tomorrow I can return it. There's no problem with that right?

Difficult decision.. This or the LG 49UF850V or maybe something better will appear tomorrow!

I went with the Samsung, though the LG looks nice, I'm a big Samsung telly fan. Maybe the Nano pixels help this a bit too.

So there you have it , only £1 off for the Black Friday week event , they have only done that so they can say they have discounted it , I think they are taking the wee wee , dissapointing :disappointed:

So... should I or shouldn't I? 15% off with Quidco as well. Surely a top TV for the money? Or should I have a look at the 55' at John Lewis, though in total about £180 more...?

So... bg dilemma now :smiley: Quidco confirmed this might track lower but would qualify for 15% cash back which brings the TV down to £594 and surely is a steal for that amount of money?

Hi,

Can you please let me know if the 15% Quidco will work, got the page open and ready to buy. Went down to Currys this morning and had a look at them all. This looked a brilliant TV and I couldn't really decide between this or the LG to be truthfully honest!!

Thanks

can anyone recommend this or SAMSUNG - UE48JU6445 Smart Ultra HD 4k 48" LED TV

says delivery in 2 to 4 weeks now :disappointed:

I just had a chat.....

Would you be able to confirm that this model will qualify for the cashback
SAMSUNG UE50JU6800

Caroline
As this is a 4K TV it should be eligible for the 15% rate, so long as you meet the terms and conditions and click through the Quidco link as usual

Hi,
I'm wanting to connect this to a sonos playbar if i buy it but some tv's don't have a 5.1 output through the optical out.
Does anyone know if this set will work. ie xbox one, fire tv input via hdmi and then sending a 5.1 dolby signal to the playbar through optical out.
Thanks for any help you can give.

same!!! cant decide

13% now and it's cashback minus vat so it's £75 cashback but still good

Tracked at £5.82p so not sure how long until rases to correct amount .

My cashback hasn't tracked from Thursday, if I submit a claim would they honour the higher cashback deal?

Well it does state on topcashback that once the purchase is confirmed the cashback should raise to the correct amount , so where hoping that it goes to around £75 and not to £8.70!

Haha, me too but my choice was worse. I also put the Sony KDL-50W8009c in the mix also making it worse. I am not bothered about 4k as I can't stream it. There isn't any definite date for UHD on freeview and I don't have sky anymore.

In my local Currys they have all three of my choices on the same row, well nearly. The LG is the UF770v but I doubt there is much difference. They also have the tv's as all tv's should be showed and that is plugged into terrestrial tv.

Out of the three tv's on display the Samsung was the most expensive and the worse one viewing televisions on standard definition. Please don't tell me this has something to do with the Currys loop. The LG next to it was on the same feed and it was better than the Samsung. For this reason alone the Samsung would be off my list. On BBC1 HD their was little difference. LG was set to a standard VIVID setting and I think the Samsung was Dynamic. Neither tv showed better picture quality than my own 1080 LG which is just under a year old.

The best tv for picture quality in standard definition was easily the Sony. It looked smooth whilst the LG and Samsung looked a little unfinished around the edges. On BBC1 HD the Sony looked more natural but obviously due to the settings but again I would favour Sony. No difference between LG and Samsung.

When I tried to enter the Samsung menu it was slow to respond and put me off. The LG however was surprisingly quick. I have a WEBOS tv which is slow to respond and see that LG have improved this area. I also like the magic remote that comes with the tv but the wife hated it. I went and got a standard remote off another tv to scroll through the menu. Not sure if it ships with a standard remote also but it could do with one.

The Sony scrolled through the tv's menus faster than the LG and Samsung and wins again. The only problem here though for me is our tv goes on a unit and the Sony stand looks likes it's been designed by someone who does a bit of metalwork in their shed. It is awful. They need to ditch it because the stand alone puts me off buying. Also the remote is terrible. It's too small and not very well laid out. The remote has a netflix and football button. Not everyone has Netflix and not everyone likes or is into football. Obviously the Japanese are mis-informed.

So which tv would I pick. Been doing this for over a week now and had all three reserved at Currys at some point. The LG and Sony are a true 100/120Hz panel. It is rumoured the Samsung is only 60Hz but no technical reviewer has confirmed. Probably won't make any difference at 4k but could be the reason why the Samsung wasn't as good on standard definition. The LG was no better than my current LG where the picture at times looks a little unfinished. The Sony had the best picture, was the fastest to respond through the menus but the stand and the remote are off-putting.

The Sony clearly had the best picture out of the three for standard definition. Sony again for me in high definition but if you want 4K then for me it would be the LG. Not much to choose between LG and Samsung but I liked the magic remote. I would buy a standard remote to go with it. It's 50 quid cheaper and although I find the menu system on LG's a little irritating I found the Samsung slow.

I know , however the quidco cashback rate did improve up to 13% so glad I was better off waiting .

Did you buy the TV? I looked at it today and still considering?

I did a online purchase last Friday night , if I'd known the cashback rate was dropping from 15% to 13% by teatime I would of purchased on my break at work.

£999 online but £698 instore

Bought this last week, anyone any info on claiming/registering for the 5 year guarantee?

The 5 year guarantee should be on your receipt from what i understand, however mine only showed 12 months so after sending Currys customer service an email i finally got an answer a week later saying that because i got 3 months free on the knowhow care plan when i bought the tv it cancelled out the 5 year guarantee but Currys have apologised and i they tell me i will receive the documents for the 5 year guarantee through the post.

Thats why i wanted to get it sorted asap, i went into the store where i purchased the tv and spoke to 2 different people on 2 different occasions neither of whom could give me an answer! I even asked the sales guy when i purchased the tv and asked him if all the details of the 5 year guarantee were in the folder to which he replied yes!!! I would have purchased the tv from John Lewis but i had £100 worth of Currys vouchers which i wanted to spend.

Re the 5 year warranty, I phoned them, as it seemed to suggest a warranty e-mail would follow the purchase confirmation e-mail. They said they've changed the way they do things and to allow up to 28 days for it to come in the post. We will see. As regards the TV it looks great imo.

is expired.

Update for you , my cashback today upped to £75.62 , should payout mid March

I'm still waiting, but just want to say I am astonished by how amazing the quality is. It's brilliant. The upscaling is awesome and the Uhd content is unbelievable. I'm having trouble trying to redeem six month Netflix. Samsung keep asking for an invoice - I've sent three different ones, but they're looking or something physical. Which I don't have.

Can't recall what I did but I think I input the serial number on the box on the Samsung website then days later they sent me a code to use on the Netflix website . I purchased on 27th Nov so if u ordered after me hold on wont be long .

RE: 5 year warranty.
I chased and chased Curry's for this to finally get a bit of paper in the post stating I have a 5 year warranty. This was after them telling me on 3 occasions that I would receive it within 28 days and in the last that it would be emailed with the hour. I received no email but did get the letter 3 days. Persevere! As someone else said, How many will need this in 2, 3, 4 years have nothing to go on?
As a side note, my tracked cashbook at £75.62 is showing no signs of becoming payable...

Maybe it's maybe me (previous retail employment) but unless I have it in writing, which I have now, I wouldn't be sure that in 5 years time I would get anywhere if something went wrong. In the phonecalls and emails Currys did keep saying that the 5 year guarantee edocuments should've been attached to online order confirmation/invoice (which they weren't) or in other calls, that it is standard to email them after???? I deficient felt fobbed off, hence my uncertainty and needing it in black and white. As for cashbook... time will tell

Oh me of little faith! Quidco payment made today! I hope everyone is successful

​I wasn't expecting it with such scathing reviews for the company so I was well chuffed too!