Help deciding between 3 different TVs

janxspirit on 07/11/2019 - 00:59
Last edited 07/11/2019 - 01:24

Hi guys

I have a $500 JB-HiFi giftcard from last month's Telstra SIM only deal

Looking at the following 3 TVs:

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/samsung-series-8-ru8000-5…

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/lg-55um7400pta-um74-serie…

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/hisense-55r7-series-7-55-…

I assumed that the Samsung would be top choice, but the rep said that the Hisense would be the best bang for my buck.

What do you guys think?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Will be gaming on the PS4 every now and again. Cheers

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Comments

  • Cheeper on 07/11/2019 - 01:13

    The LG.

    • janxspirit on 07/11/2019 - 01:14

      Thank you. Any particular reason why? I notice that it is only 100hz whereas the other two are 200hz.

  • Kparky on 07/11/2019 - 05:32

    LG 55SM8100PTA $995

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 07/11/2019 - 08:43

    Wait for the Black Friday sale.

    • janxspirit on 07/11/2019 - 11:25

      Hypothetically which one would you choose come Black Friday?

      • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 07/11/2019 - 13:13

        Whichever is cheapest. There's not going to be much difference between them if they aren't side by side.

    • OzBerghainer on 07/11/2019 - 11:47

      What sort of sale do you anticipate happening for TV’s?

  • MassNerder3r on 07/11/2019 - 09:45

    Samsung.

    Darker blacks, higher brightness and a cooler remote

  • OzBerghainer on 07/11/2019 - 11:48

    I’ve been looking at the Hisenses personally, but make sure whichever one you choose you get them to price match VP or anywhere that might be $100 cheaper at the time

  • MoonlapseVertigo on 07/11/2019 - 12:30
    +1

    Samsung. Nothing beats pressing the power on button on ur remote and the TV is ON within seconds. And the samsung menu's make sense.

    I have that same Hisense TV you're considering..sure the colours are vibrant and best bang for buck 4K BUT the power on time is like 30 seconds…and the menu is hideous and extremely frustrating to navigate.

    If i had my time again, i'd buy a samsung over the hisense for those reasons above even if its 15% more expensive.

    Best of luck

    • janxspirit on 07/11/2019 - 13:07
      +1

      Thank you, this was really helpful. From what I understand the Samsung has the lowest input lag as well

      • DarthAntz on 07/11/2019 - 13:51

        True about the start up times on the samsungs. My samsung is compatible with freesync (Radeon) but not g-sync.

  • ColstonAUS on 07/11/2019 - 13:43
    +1

    I have a hisense and i absolutely love it, but the menu system and apps are garbage (i only use it for gaming so it doenst bother me). That Samsung looks very well priced especially with the gift card

    • OzBerghainer on 07/11/2019 - 20:04

      Which model? R7? I'm in the market for the R6

      • ColstonAUS on 11/11/2019 - 11:16

        i have a series 7 4k UHD from a few years ago, as far as i am aware the menu system has not changed at all and nor has the terrible app store, it stil; has netflix but if you want anything else on the tv like 9now or similar apps Hisense do not support it, but as i said the screen is amazing and is still going strong from 2016

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