Been hunting for a new TV and came across this. Very limited information available on it but £299 for 43" UHD Smart TV, 4 x HDMI, with two year warranty seems decent.
If this is cold then please point me in the direction of something better as buying a new TV is confusing me with so many similar models available.
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Darthballs
20 May 163#99
I think anything less than 78cm will not do or the legs will be hanging off?
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HappyClown
20 May 163#94
While you're correct in that there's no additional information available to the 4K result, there are plenty of ways to make intelligent use of what information is available to make a higher resolution image that looks significantly better than the original. Having studied and worked with image processing algorithms for a large part of my life, I can assure you that decent upscaling involves a LOT more than "duplicating existing pixel data then applying a sharpening filter", and the results of high quality upscaling can be very worthwhile. The issue is that a TV needs to upscale in realtime, and good upscaling algorithms require more complex software and a lot of processing power. Cheaper TVs tend to cut corners here, with the worst "upscaling" giving fairly mediocre results. Many TVs do much better though, even down to the low end these days.
Note that even on the example images in the article you linked to, you can very clearly see improvements between the upscaled image and the 1080 version. For example look at the (lack of) aliasing along all the rooftop edges in the first image below (upscaled 1080p) vs the second image (non-upscaled):
That's almost certainly a second order interpolation of some sort taking place, most likely bicubic. It is very definitely NOT duplicated pixels plus sharpening, which would look absolutely awful on those edges! Plenty of more complex algorithms exist than bicubic interpolation but they tend to be reserved for upscaling photos and so on, where time isn't so critical. e.g. look at software like Perfect Resize.
Bottom line: Good upscaling helps, despite what you seem to believe.
emiratesstadium
17 May 163#5
Found the model on the Spanish Hisense site. Not sure why they don't have it on their UK website.
same tv 280 in Sainsburys, either 280 or 290 not 100% near bought one last night.
emiratesstadium
17 May 16#3
Is this HDR?
stewby to emiratesstadium
17 May 16#4
Not sure. Some Google detective work on US models suggests it might be but apart from the Argos description details on the UK model seem not existent. Think I will pick one up tomorrow to have a look at one in the flesh if nothing else.
johnblake to emiratesstadium
18 May 16#24
Yes, it shows on the product video on Argos.
mreriksen to emiratesstadium
19 May 16#61
NO!
emiratesstadium
17 May 163#5
Found the model on the Spanish Hisense site. Not sure why they don't have it on their UK website.
Specs look a little different from the Argos site though :man:
ohreally
17 May 161#6
My lad bought this for his bedroom the other day, for the price I would say its fine.
4k content looks impressive.
stewby to ohreally
17 May 16#8
Any idea what it's like for gaming (PS4)? And the sound quality?
stewby
17 May 16#9
Not too much difference between the specs. I find it odd that only Argos are selling this. Those specs suggest 10 bit panel with HDR. If that was the case then £299 seems a great price I would think.
ohreally
17 May 16#10
He has a PS4 connected and has no complaints, motion is smooth. Cant comment on the audio. Mostly used between PS4 and Netflix 4K.
I can post more detail once it has more use.
stewby
17 May 16#11
That sounds worth a punt. Reserved one for collection tomorrow.
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If this is cold then please point me in the direction of something better as buying a new TV is confusing me with so many similar models available.
Top comments
front:
back:
legs:
Note that even on the example images in the article you linked to, you can very clearly see improvements between the upscaled image and the 1080 version. For example look at the (lack of) aliasing along all the rooftop edges in the first image below (upscaled 1080p) vs the second image (non-upscaled):
http://i.rtings.com/images/reviews/m-series-2015/m-series-2015-upscaling-1080p-large.jpg
http://i.rtings.com/images/reviews/e-series-2015/e-series-2015-upscaling-1080p-large.jpg
That's almost certainly a second order interpolation of some sort taking place, most likely bicubic. It is very definitely NOT duplicated pixels plus sharpening, which would look absolutely awful on those edges! Plenty of more complex algorithms exist than bicubic interpolation but they tend to be reserved for upscaling photos and so on, where time isn't so critical. e.g. look at software like Perfect Resize.
Bottom line: Good upscaling helps, despite what you seem to believe.
http://www.hisense.es/electronica/television-hisense/h43m3000.html
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http://www.hisense.es/electronica/television-hisense/h43m3000.html
4k content looks impressive.
I can post more detail once it has more use.