Entry level 4K TV - 40"-43" - £500 Budget

[Rookie1986]

Hey guys,

Looks like I'm joining the masses with another 4K TV question

I'm looking for a smaller sized set to be used in the bedroom, the sapce is limited to a 43" TV and ideally I would like it to be wall mounted.

Since it's just for a bedroom I'm not looking to blow my brains out and drop £1000 on the set, ideally I would like to keep it under £500 and get the best quality/feature set available in this price bracket.

I've had a quick search on google and the likes of Philips 43PUS6401 (£399 - Argos) or the LG 43UH620V (£449 - Currys) caught my eye but I thought I would come and ask the experts first before making a final decision

I will be upgrading from an almost 10 year old Philips 32" TV so almost anything by today's standards will be far superior

Thanks in advance,
Rookie

[Smudger]

Check Richer Sounds, they've got some good offers at present.

Samsung UE40KU6400 for under £500. Has HDR, which is good for that price.

http://www.richersounds.com/products...lasma/4k-tvs#2

[buttersideup]

IIRC Philips have come out quite badly in reliability surveys for newer TVs. I'd also recommend Richer Sounds - it's worth checking your local store for bargains (mine had a refurb Samsung 4k 40" for £339 last time I looked) - they're about the only store where the extended warranties are actually worth buying too (6 years for free on many TVs I think).

[Steve Morris]

Do you really need 4k on a 40 inch TV? If not, the Samsung K5500 sells for about £350. It's 1080p. The KU6000 costs around £400 and is 4k. Better still is the KU6400, but that's pushing towards £500. Depends what you want it for really.

[buttersideup]

Picked up a Samsung UE40KU6020 (4k 40") from Richer Sounds last week (with 6yr warranty) for £350. Others were getting it for as little as £279 apparently looking at the comments on hotukdeals... Results are pretty good as a display, but it's doing some unwanted processing, or maybe 4:2:2 chroma, which is strange as it states it can do 4:4:4 in the manual, but I've not tried driving it via HDMI 2.0 yet - just lower refresh rates with HDMI 1.4...

[EndlessWaves]

It should be capable of 4:4:4, the KU6000 is.

Many Samsung TVs do require you to rename that input to PC to enable some of that stuff though.

[Smudger]

I think you need hdmi 2.0 for 4.4.4

[shaithis]

Could anyone with one of these 6xxx sammy 4k HDR models comment on any input lag and/or gaming experiences with them please?

[Phage]

Check Richer Sounds, they've got some good offers at present.

Samsung UE40KU6400 for under £500. Has HDR, which is good for that price.

http://www.richersounds.com/products...lasma/4k-tvs#2

Yep I bought it

[valseir24]

Could anyone with one of these 6xxx sammy 4k HDR models comment on any input lag and/or gaming experiences with them please?

I believe all the UH and UN models from Samsunbg are pretty low on their Gaming modes - 19 to 20ms

[buttersideup]

I think you need hdmi 2.0 for 4.4.4

I tried the rename source thing (which apparently works on some older models) but it didn't improve matters, perhaps they've change the majik string (or realised what a bloody stupid obfuscated way of changing the behaviour that is).

Will post back with 4:4:4 results when the DisplayPort -> HDMI 2.0 adaptor arrives from Scan...