Somafunk
pfm Member
Attempting to purchase my first tv, for a close friend and her young son who’ve had an extremely rough couple of years since her husband (also my close friend) died of cancer. I’ve recently found out by accident/slip of the tongue that their current tv has had a melon sized bloom of orange/red in the middle of the viewing screen for the previous 6months and they’ve put up with it as obviously money/bills/living expenses take priority over fripperies.
I’ve been looking at the selection on richer sounds as I like their 6yr warranty of repair or replacement and I’ve always had excellent customer service from them in the past.
I’ve narrowed the choice, max budget of £500 down to the following and read advice from avforums but being a newbie to this TV game is a steep learning curve, yeah I’m a Luddite - never owned/bought a tv so don’t know what I want nor what I need or even what I should be looking for etc....etc.
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/all-tvs/hisense-55a7100ftuk.html
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/all-tvs/samsung-ue55tu7100.html
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/all-tvs/lg-55un70006la.html
Can anyone offer simple pointers?, or are all tv’s in this price range much of a muchness and it’s ultimately down to style?. Their current tv (think it’s 49”) must be getting on for 10 years old anyway so I guess any tv I choose would be a massive improvement but I want something that’ll last them a good few years, needs Netflix/YouTube/prime/free view etc. Not that fussed bout the sound quality as both mum & son share a month for their birthdays so I’ll get them a decent sound bar later on in the spring as a joint present.
Any advice appreciated, even if it’s to pull my finger out my arse and just buy something
I’ve been looking at the selection on richer sounds as I like their 6yr warranty of repair or replacement and I’ve always had excellent customer service from them in the past.
I’ve narrowed the choice, max budget of £500 down to the following and read advice from avforums but being a newbie to this TV game is a steep learning curve, yeah I’m a Luddite - never owned/bought a tv so don’t know what I want nor what I need or even what I should be looking for etc....etc.
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/all-tvs/hisense-55a7100ftuk.html
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/all-tvs/samsung-ue55tu7100.html
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/all-tvs/lg-55un70006la.html
Can anyone offer simple pointers?, or are all tv’s in this price range much of a muchness and it’s ultimately down to style?. Their current tv (think it’s 49”) must be getting on for 10 years old anyway so I guess any tv I choose would be a massive improvement but I want something that’ll last them a good few years, needs Netflix/YouTube/prime/free view etc. Not that fussed bout the sound quality as both mum & son share a month for their birthdays so I’ll get them a decent sound bar later on in the spring as a joint present.
Any advice appreciated, even if it’s to pull my finger out my arse and just buy something