Recommend a TV with great picture quality

ninjenstein

ninjenstein

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I'm looking for a 55" or 65" TV for our living room. The viewing distance is 2.5 - 3 meters.

I've always thought TV is just a TV, so I was thinking of getting any LG or Sony and calling it a day, but I thought I'd better ask you all first.

Also when it comes to cheaper brands like TCL, Hisense, Haier, Vu, Kodak, etc. which brand can you trust for a reliable service in case something happens?

My budget is 50k. I can stretch to maximum 80k if a some really good TV is available for a highly discounted price.
 
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k_m_Arya said:
For a TV buy the one with longest warranty. Most parts in today's tv cannot be repaired and they just replace the whole unit at least as far as I have seen.
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That's good advice, thanks! What brand do you recommend that's known to honor warranty claims? I don't want to end up with something that offers 5-year warranty but when the time comes the brand makes it very problematic to get anything done :/
 
Models I would recommend to demo would be: TCL C755 & Hisense U7N. Also support from brand varies from location, I know TCL has good support service in Chennai. Sony, LG and Samsung also would be safer choices.

Unbelievable After Sales Support from TCL

Hi All, I have purchased a TCL 55C8 TV from TCL exclusive store in Mogappair, Chennai during the Covid (May 2020). This TV had a 3 years manufacturing warranty when i purchased. I have already did a detailed review of the same in the below thread...
www.hifivision.com www.hifivision.com
 
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k_m_Arya said:
Models I would recommend to demo would be: TCL C755 & Hisense U7N. Also support from brand varies from location, I know TCL has good support service in Chennai. Sony, LG and Samsung also would be safer choices.

Unbelievable After Sales Support from TCL

Hi All, I have purchased a TCL 55C8 TV from TCL exclusive store in Mogappair, Chennai during the Covid (May 2020). This TV had a 3 years manufacturing warranty when i purchased. I have already did a detailed review of the same in the below thread...
www.hifivision.com www.hifivision.com
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U7N is last year's model. U7Q has launched. I would recommend that based on the past few years' U series performance.

OP, if your budget allows, get an OLED. Once you go OLED, there is no going back. Next is miniLED. The TCL C755 and the two Hisense models mentioned are miniLED and are quite close to OLED picture quality without the risk of burn-in that OLED comes with. Don't go for any random QLED range that all brands have as entry point models.

If you time your purchase right at the launch of a new flagship model or during big sales like Diwali or Amazon Prime Day, the flagship TVs often come with extra warranty at no cost or very low cost, compared to when you buy them during no-sale periods.
 
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For a true next level picture on TV you would need to go for OLED...and for that you will either need to up your budget or lower your tv size in favor of OLED
I have been using S90D samsung 65' for a year now and OLED is not hype it is actually a whole new level of quality
 
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The number of zones in hisense u7q are downgraded to:

55/65” no zones listed, 900 nits
75” 240 dimming zones, 900 nits
85” 352 dimming zones, 1000 nits
100” 608 dimming zones, 1000 nits

The U7K had 1296 zones. This is 2 years later at higher price and way worse specs. I may be wrong here, but from what I know, till last year Hisense would launch the exact models in India that they did in the US. A U7K in the US would be a U7K in India. One to one mapping. Same for last year's U7N. But this year they seem to have done some trickery and selling lower end models here.
 
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