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Some 4k screens are pretty cheap these days, although if you want one that's got low latency for gaming then it will be a couple of grand minimum.
What you've really got to decide is how you want to get your media on the screen. Personally I have a 48in full HD but non-smart TV and use Google Chrome to stream movies/netflix ec. from a computer.
Also, it seems simple enough but sticking to a good brand name will usually mean you get a decent panel. Amazon reviews are useful too. The stock colour profile will generally be awful on any stock screen but people have put most online for how to set them right.
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We have SkyGo, Netflix and a dvd/blu-ray library of around 2000 films so a combination of streaming and physical media from a console. Prob PS4 over xbone. Though interested in online streaming like PlaystationNow etc.
Good to know re. online profiles for tinkering with colours. I don't really understand why colours are so abhorrent at point of sale? And motion as well? Looks horrible and gives me a headache. Also good to consider latency for higher res gaming - current gaming is all on PC/mac through Steam/Origin and generally use 2560 resolution so it might feel a step down.
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I've never owned a television.
Am thinking of getting one to watch films on. I'd prefer a projector and sound system but there isn't enough wall space and I don't want to have to use a projector screen (either one on a stand that I have to store somewhere and set up, nor do I want to install a pull-down into our flimsy ceiling - nor do I want to look at a pull down for that matter). Next house I'll make sure we have a single big fuck-off white wall, perfectly plastered, to project on.
But for now it'll be a television.
Or does it? It needs to be able to connect to a BluRay player/Apple TV/games console etc, maybe an AV receiver/amp/cd changer etc. Is that a television? Or a just a big computer monitor? We don't have a TV aerial if that makes a difference (though do have a little Virgin wall box with some fibre outputs so presume Virgin would be the supplier of any TV service OR we would use something like NowTV which I understand receives signal from wifi). I would like to connect it to a decent speaker system in due time so presume it needs a particular set of audio-out ports (or are they much of a muchness?)
Lastly it has to be thin. I'd like it wall mounted on a chimney breast and don't want it to jut out further than a few of inches including any mount.
Any brands to look for/things to know? Any times of year / places to buy from? Surely 4K content still isn't there yet to make justifying a 4K screen worth it (have a 5k screen for video editing so there would have to be a lot of broadcast 4k footage to consider it). So presume 1080p. Don't want to use these horrible picture profiles that give horrible movement effects. Don't want 3D abilities. Just a nice screen to watch films on and play games etc. Image quality/colour reproduction fairly important but I mean that in terms of accuracy to original (like THX was for cinema standards) rather than these horrible hyper-saturation images I see in TV displays at Currys etc.
Hit me.