Is it better than a cheap 4K set? Depends on what you want to do. If you have little to no 4K content/use it for console gaming then almost certainly. Is 3D dead? Probably.
1 year warranty only. Other outlets are considerably more expensive, some do offer longer warranties though. This set is £70 more with a long warranty from Richer Sounds. You decide if it's worth the difference to you or maybe you can similarly insure this for less anyway.
Don't forget quidco, probably makes it closer to £420.
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PsychoSonny to pnaylor39
27 Feb 168#2
wow its amazing how clueless some people are
pnaylor39
27 Feb 164#1
Don't bother wasting your time buying 3D. That ship sailed along time ago. How many people bought into 3D only to find that they rarely used it? Manufacturers are now focusing their efforts on 4K. So if you get one and there's an issue with the 3d part you'll have problems getting it repaired and will be offered a fraction of what you paid. invest in 4k which likely to be around a lot longer
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wazzaaaap
3 Mar 16#34
Just set this TV up and am well pleased tv quality is sharp and colours are rich. I would Definitely recommend this to anyone who is not sure about 4k. :smiley:
vulcanproject to wazzaaaap
4 Mar 161#36
I think everyone would love a 4K telly, but truth is I have zero 4k to watch on it now or likely any time soon. My use is like 25% SDTV, 50% 1080i HDTV and 25% 1080p games/bluray. From the friends I know, this seems fairly typical. Still loads of SDTV content around I watch. Even if I streamed some 4K, it's gonna be like 5 percent of my viewing at best.
A good 4K set this size that can upscale really really well so that it doesn't look worse with 1080p than a really good (budget like this) 1080p set.............is not a budget set. Pretty much £1000. Then you have the advent of HDR which most don't yet support, plus the extreme price crashes of OLED the past few years which is easily better than anything 4K LED anyway means dropping big money on a new LED 4K HDTV seems premature.
In less than 4 years 1080p OLED has gone from ~£8000 to £1300. 4k sets now available are ~£2500. It's not a stretch to think by the time 4k content has saturated the market in 3/4 years you'll be able to get an £800 OLED that basically renders current 4k LED technology obsolete. It'll likely make that 4 year old decent panel 4k LED set you paid over £1000 look like trash by comparison.
ONLY buy 4k if you have the content and use NOW. If you don't and won't for a few years, do not drop a bomb on a new 4k TV.
joaoduraes
3 Mar 16#35
Just ordered it, had my eye on this model for some time now. Thanks for the deal!
CaptainVark0
3 Mar 16#33
I totally love 3d!! kids love it too!!!
wazzaaaap
28 Feb 16#17
Just bought this after looking for a while, has some good reviews for a TV of this size and price. Hope it's OK.
PsychoSonny to wazzaaaap
3 Mar 161#32
the price is very cheap for the quality of tv.
it's not the best 1080p panel but it's very good one for a ridiculous price. in fact now is the time to be buying 1080p tv's all the morons are spending money on cheapo 4k sets so you can pick up high quality 1080p tv's for dirt cheap prices as they aren't selling as they should.
so a big thank you to everyone buying 4k, your making the good tv's cheaper.
mickmurdoch
3 Mar 161#31
Nailed it in one
PsychoSonny
2 Mar 161#30
First of all you say "Don't bother wasting your time buying 3D."
We aren't buying 3D we are buying a tv. The tv may have 3d compatibility but that doesn't matter we are buying a tv for use as a tv.
Then you say "Manufacturers are now focusing their efforts on 4K."
That's great but I don't use much 1080p content never mind 4K. Broadcasts are all either 1080i or 720p. The limited streaming I do is all 1080p. Gaming however is all generally 1080p or less my console will never output games at 4k.
So yeah I don't use 4k or plan on doing so anytime soon.
You then say "So if you get one and there's an issue with the 3d part you'll have problems getting it repaired and will be offered a fraction of what you paid. invest in 4k which likely to be around a lot longer"
Issue with the 3D part? what exactly is the 3d part? the panel?? well if i have an issue with the panel then it's an issue with the panel not 3d. if the panel goes the tv goes so yeah the whole thing will need replaced. nothing to do with 3d because if the panel goes in a 2d tv guess what the whole thing will need replaced also.
"invest" in 4k? why? the panels that are any good cost 5 times what this tv costs. all the others are crap and have issues.
it was the same when people were buying cheap 1080p lcd sets people advocated buying a decent 720p plasma.
it's the same now people are buying cheap 4k sets well researched people are advocating buying a decent 1080p panel.
pnaylor39
29 Feb 16#29
where you referring to yourself or me. Before you answer that let me just that the comments I made were not said without an understanding from my day job of the general parts availability of amongst other things led/LCD displays. as we saw with plasma once newer technologies evolve manufactures stop manufacturing component parts especially displays instead contracting it out to companies like vestal, located overseas. Retailers will rather incurred extra shipping costs or risk panels getting damaged will instead look to alternative ways of resolving issues
wyncs
29 Feb 16#28
I have this and with the tight tweaks the picture is stunning. I often get comments from people who come round on how good the pic is. the 6400 in 40 or 48 inch are both very very good. that's why this is the same cost as some 4k TVs still. even the j6400 which is 4k isn't much more than this but that does have audio lag issues it seems. was 449 on curry's a little while back
blackbird166
29 Feb 161#27
I know, I was agreeing with you.
carlat
29 Feb 16#26
Ordered thanks!
mess0804
29 Feb 16#25
I paid that much for the 40 inch version. Very good TV !
Eebobobo
29 Feb 16#24
I was being sarcastic.
carlat
29 Feb 16#19
Tried to order this but it came up as £449.99 when added to basket. Rang and they said it was because I was in the business site...? So the price is £449.99
richiejg1983 to carlat
29 Feb 16#21
They have put the price up this morning, pre 9am it was still £429.99, but it's now increased in price to £449.99. Probably due to popularity.
vulcanproject to carlat
29 Feb 16#23
Back down again now. Don't hang around.
gsj87
29 Feb 16#22
Brilliant TV - had this for about 2 years now. Absolutely no lag when playing on the PS4 and high quality torrents/videos. I paid £599 2 years ago so this is a decent price.
richiejg1983
29 Feb 16#20
The site has increased by £20 this morning, now £449.99
shikztheurbanlegend
28 Feb 16#18
yeah we all in our house love 3D movies. dont think there should be so many though kinda spoils it a little bit where near every movie comes out in 3D :disappointed:
blackbird166
28 Feb 161#16
Maybe I'm in the minority, but myself and my partner really like 3D movies and would choose to watch a movie in the cinema in 3D. Hopefully your wrong and the movie companies keep on giving customers the option.
pnaylor39
27 Feb 164#1
Don't bother wasting your time buying 3D. That ship sailed along time ago. How many people bought into 3D only to find that they rarely used it? Manufacturers are now focusing their efforts on 4K. So if you get one and there's an issue with the 3d part you'll have problems getting it repaired and will be offered a fraction of what you paid. invest in 4k which likely to be around a lot longer
PsychoSonny to pnaylor39
27 Feb 168#2
wow its amazing how clueless some people are
Eebobobo to pnaylor39
28 Feb 16#15
This bloke clearly knows his stuff :smile:
djbenny1
28 Feb 16#14
This is a terrific TV - have the 50".
3D is alright but we never really use it. The smart features are fantastic, it's just a fantastic TV all round.
Hot.
maano001
28 Feb 161#13
Oops! Misread it as 40 inch, which is the version I have. For 48 inch £429 is actually a good price.
blackbird166
28 Feb 16#12
Been watching out for a price drop on this set, it never goes down by much so this is excellent. Apparently one of the best sets of recent years. It's discontinued now, so they will become available less often. Oh dear, I'm very tempted.
Poor SD picture upscaling e.g SDTV and DVD. Slow motion processing, even narrower view angles than this. Average contrast. Painfully slow menu system. Debatable benefit of 4k on a relatively small screen.
It's ok but if you really want to 'invest' in a 4K TV for the future either pay at least twice this price for something big enough with genuine future proofed HDR support, or just wait. HDR is really the key to actual 4k advances, if you buy a 4k TV without support for it and claim you're future proofed you're probably making a mistake.
moneychop
27 Feb 16#3
Does this come with glasses
vulcanproject to moneychop
27 Feb 16#4
2 pairs
agneepath to moneychop
28 Feb 16#9
and with a Samsung smart remote!
PsychoSonny
28 Feb 16#8
here is a detailed review by a pro calibrator for all those that are clueless about tv's
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Opening post
http://www.trustedreviews.com/samsung-ue48h6400-review
http://www.whathifi.com/samsung/ue48h6400/review
http://www.s21.com/samsung-ue48h6400.htm
http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/ue48h6400-201411133951.htm
http://www.digitalversus.com/tv-television/samsung-ue48h6400-un48h6400-p19290/test.html
Is it better than a cheap 4K set? Depends on what you want to do. If you have little to no 4K content/use it for console gaming then almost certainly. Is 3D dead? Probably.
1 year warranty only. Other outlets are considerably more expensive, some do offer longer warranties though. This set is £70 more with a long warranty from Richer Sounds. You decide if it's worth the difference to you or maybe you can similarly insure this for less anyway.
Don't forget quidco, probably makes it closer to £420.
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Latest comments (36)
A good 4K set this size that can upscale really really well so that it doesn't look worse with 1080p than a really good (budget like this) 1080p set.............is not a budget set. Pretty much £1000. Then you have the advent of HDR which most don't yet support, plus the extreme price crashes of OLED the past few years which is easily better than anything 4K LED anyway means dropping big money on a new LED 4K HDTV seems premature.
In less than 4 years 1080p OLED has gone from ~£8000 to £1300. 4k sets now available are ~£2500. It's not a stretch to think by the time 4k content has saturated the market in 3/4 years you'll be able to get an £800 OLED that basically renders current 4k LED technology obsolete. It'll likely make that 4 year old decent panel 4k LED set you paid over £1000 look like trash by comparison.
ONLY buy 4k if you have the content and use NOW. If you don't and won't for a few years, do not drop a bomb on a new 4k TV.
it's not the best 1080p panel but it's very good one for a ridiculous price. in fact now is the time to be buying 1080p tv's all the morons are spending money on cheapo 4k sets so you can pick up high quality 1080p tv's for dirt cheap prices as they aren't selling as they should.
so a big thank you to everyone buying 4k, your making the good tv's cheaper.
We aren't buying 3D we are buying a tv. The tv may have 3d compatibility but that doesn't matter we are buying a tv for use as a tv.
Then you say "Manufacturers are now focusing their efforts on 4K."
That's great but I don't use much 1080p content never mind 4K. Broadcasts are all either 1080i or 720p. The limited streaming I do is all 1080p. Gaming however is all generally 1080p or less my console will never output games at 4k.
So yeah I don't use 4k or plan on doing so anytime soon.
You then say "So if you get one and there's an issue with the 3d part you'll have problems getting it repaired and will be offered a fraction of what you paid. invest in 4k which likely to be around a lot longer"
Issue with the 3D part? what exactly is the 3d part? the panel?? well if i have an issue with the panel then it's an issue with the panel not 3d. if the panel goes the tv goes so yeah the whole thing will need replaced. nothing to do with 3d because if the panel goes in a 2d tv guess what the whole thing will need replaced also.
"invest" in 4k? why? the panels that are any good cost 5 times what this tv costs. all the others are crap and have issues.
it was the same when people were buying cheap 1080p lcd sets people advocated buying a decent 720p plasma.
it's the same now people are buying cheap 4k sets well researched people are advocating buying a decent 1080p panel.
3D is alright but we never really use it. The smart features are fantastic, it's just a fantastic TV all round.
Hot.
from the model number
H= 2014
JU=2015
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samsung-ue48ju6400-smart-ultra-hd-4k-48-led-tv-from-appliance-electronics-only-485-2403872
It's ok but if you really want to 'invest' in a 4K TV for the future either pay at least twice this price for something big enough with genuine future proofed HDR support, or just wait. HDR is really the key to actual 4k advances, if you buy a 4k TV without support for it and claim you're future proofed you're probably making a mistake.
and with a Samsung smart remote!
http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/ue48h6400-201411133951.htm
i'm thinking of buying the top sony panel for £679 and it's 55" to give you a comparison and i think that is cheap but this tv is far cheaper per inch