Tedious new television poll

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Moggy** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:16 pm

A £79.99 hdmi cable? :fp:

strawberry floating Currys. :lol:

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **That** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:17 pm

£80 for a cable! :lol:

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Errkal** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:28 pm

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/tv-accessories/cables-and-accessories/sandstrom-s2hdm315-hdmi-cable-with-ethernet-2-m-10115687-pdt.html

Bargain, you get 90 degree adapters and everything.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Moggy** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:35 pm

Christmas CrackErrkal wrote:http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/tv-accessories/cables-and-accessories/sandstrom-s2hdm315-hdmi-cable-with-ethernet-2-m-10115687-pdt.html

Bargain, you get 90 degree adapters and everything.

That cable is only £5. The extra £84.99 is for the security fit to help prevent it detaching accidentally.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:49 pm

Thanks! So is there any benefit to replacing my existing hdmi cable I use for my Blu-ray player? The vast majority of my TV usage will be Netflix straight from the tv app, but I will watch the occasional Blu-ray.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:57 pm

I mean for £7 I may as well have a cable that gives me the best picture quality when watching a Blu-ray.

I'm waiting until the next gen consoles before I get a new TV so by that time OLED 4K 50+ inch should be reasonably priced for a good set.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:22 pm

I don't think my PC speakers snd subwoofer work with this tele :/

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by KK » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:25 pm

Gario wrote:Thanks! So is there any benefit to replacing my existing hdmi cable I use for my Blu-ray player? The vast majority of my TV usage will be Netflix straight from the tv app, but I will watch the occasional Blu-ray.

I'm currently using 3 HDMI cables (one that came free with Sky HD, one that came free with a PS3, and a £30 Sony one that's got a flat cable). There's no discernible difference in the picture quality between any of them, apart from the expensive Sony one physically looking nicer...I admired it for all of 10 seconds.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:32 pm

KK wrote:
Gario wrote:Thanks! So is there any benefit to replacing my existing hdmi cable I use for my Blu-ray player? The vast majority of my TV usage will be Netflix straight from the tv app, but I will watch the occasional Blu-ray.

I'm currently using 3 HDMI cables (one that came free with Sky HD, one that came free with a PS3, and a £30 Sony one that's got a flat cable). There's no discernible difference in the picture quality between any of them, apart from the expensive Sony one physically looking nicer...I admired it for all of 10 seconds.

Oh, sorry, I'm getting mixed up. I thought that if I bought an hdmi 2.0 cable it would provide a better picture than my current hdmi cable which came with my Blu-ray player.

Two disappointments so far: I don't think there's a socket for my speakers, as the tv must be too new for such old rubbish; and I forgot to ask for the 3 months free of Now TV when you buy an LG tele.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by KK » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:34 pm

I'm presuming your Blu Ray player doesn't have 4K upscaling, so no it'll make no difference. The TV will do all the work improving the picture.

If you're watching 4K through Roku 4 or Amazon's new box neither support anything higher than HDMI 1.4 anyway.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:38 pm

Thanks. I only intend to watch 4K through Netflix when I eventually upgrade my subscription. That could be many months away yet, and I'll watch that straight from the tv app anyway.

It was a toss-up between HD and 4K as I was buying a new TV today regardless.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:50 pm

I don't think this TV has a headphone jack for my speakers and subwoofer

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Errkal** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:51 pm

Does your sound system have an optical port ?

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:53 pm

It's just got an audio in port. A green cable same at both ends. I think they're just old PC speakers that I've been using for better sound with ma tele.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Errkal** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:55 pm

ahhh might be time for some new ones then if there is no headphone jack for them.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:01 pm

I rarely use the subwoofer anyway so I'll just make do with the tv speakers for now. I've bought it for the picture not the sound.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **BID0** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:33 pm

The spec sheet that Currys supply it mentions no outputs, only input sockets, so no you won't be able to connect you speakers.

You could take the back off and connect them to the contact points where the internal TV speakers connect, but reading the topic I don't think that will be something you will be willing to do.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:35 pm

It's no big deal, I might buy one of those sound bars at some point.

PostRe: Tedious new television poll by **Gario** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:04 pm

I've got me Netflix 4K set up and I'm happy to say it's a big improvement. I tried it out on Marco Polo as I thought the costumes and battle scenes would be a good visual test.

All in all I think I got a good deal considering the sale of my tv today brought the cost down to £375. I wanted a Smart tele so I could get straight into Netflix without using the slow as shite Wii U, I wanted a bigger screen - was 46 now 49 - and I wanted an improved picture.

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