TV recommendations please

[arry]

This is definitely not my area so I'm hoping for some expertise from the knowledgeable types on here

Currently redecorating the living room and the TV in there is ~14 years old, so it's - umm - well overdue a little upgrade.

50 inch screen is the preferred size. Samsung is preferred brand - but wouldn't be precious about it.

Budget wise no more than £800, ideally.

I'll be looking to buy a Sonos Beam to go with it, if that makes any difference to the recommendations.

Any help appreciated

[ThunderGuts]

We I guess were in a similar position a few years back. We needed a new TV to replace the outgoing 28" CRT (!) but of course flatscreens don't have brilliant speakers typically (although I think they're a lot better than they used to be). We went for a 50" Samsung MU6100 (so 4k smart TV basically). It was around £500. Got a surround system to go with it, Canton active sub/surround system and Yamaha receiver/amp. Total cost for the lot was around £1k with some discount applied (Richer Sounds are good for this sort of thing). The built-in speakers are passable for documentaries etc.., but if you want to watch a film they're lacking bass and power.

It does everything well and picture quality is superb, although 4k broadcasts are quite rare still. Surround is a good idea if you listen to music as well as watch films as receivers these days have bluetooth connections so I quite often stream music onto it from my 'phone. Sounds fab even though technically it's still stereo, i.e. two channels, but you get the sound around you. I'd say it's worth getting such a system over just a sound bar.

I imagine TVs have advanced again since 2017 when we got ours so you should get comparable or better for the same budget we had.
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[MarJay]

rtings.com. I was told by various 'goldeneye' types that their reviews are the most accurate for quality telly.

The LG OLED's are well regarded...
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I bought a 65 inch Samsung QLED a while back and am very happy with it, especially for the £849 it cost me.
It’s like playing GTA in life size in my small sitting room with my sofa and TV about 8ft apart. That said it works
at its best when the input signal is 4k. I recently rewatched Breaking Bad on netflix in 4k and it was epic. Some of the
cinematic scenes in the desert looked amazing!!
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[stinkwheel]

Projector and screen. Why settle for a piddly 50" screen? Mine measures up as 84" and it's zoomed in as far as it goes. I'm considering buying a bigger screen, should get up to about 120" without moving the projector and an added bonus there's no TV to be tripping over, when the cscreen is rolled up, you don't know it's there. Got all the tech in an old-fashioned hi-fi cabinet in the corner.
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