Need advice on a simple low cost TV to give better picture from mainly Laser Disc’s (1,600 or more) and also some older DVD’s.
Thinking 43” might be preferable due to viewing distance. I will also likely (but casually) use it for reading while using the Google Chrome search engine from an attached PC.
My main concern is in having a good picture display of the LD’s and allowing for minimum artefact and upscaling distortion and such.
Not experienced here, but I am thinking that these LD’s are likely mostly putting out 480i & 576i (hope I have this right, correct me if wrong) and the TV will likely need
a good upscaler in order to look good on a 40” to 49” TV with either 1080p or 4K display.
Viewing distance is between 5.5 feet and 7 feet
LD player is a Pioneer CDL-D925 (Composite & S-Video output)
Home Theatre Amps (mostly old) come and go, sometimes I have them and other times they break. So this part is just a lucky add-on when times are good.
Thus I thought to put the questing in relation to the LD Player and the TV itself and have not discussed an amp.
At the moment I have been considering the Samsung TV’s models UA43N5500 or 43FX600 or UA43NU7100SX.
40” seems a tad too small and 43” is my preferred size, but if pressed I could go as high as a 50”, though I prefer to keep it smaller and at 43” if possible due to my normal 5.5-6.5 foot viewing distance with varied everyday FTA program content in addition to watching movies and Googling items.
Samsung say they are ‘not’ bringing in the 2019 Q60R series in 43” or 49” to NZ, though I wonder if they might appear from Australian suppliers later in the year. (Won’t hold my breath on this one though)
I mention this as I believe that the Q69R TV’s might do better on the upscaling due to the faster processor and a better AI. However, I have not been able to confirm this for my LD application.
Getting a straight or more informative answer from Samsung can be difficult, so I am likely looking at the above 3 models mentioned and Samsung did briefly suggest I buy the lower tech model of the 1080p UA43N5500 though they do not explain why the 4k model would not work just as well, as it too seemed to recognise 480i & 576i in its spec sheet. Hoping to find a simple and clearer answer here from the wealth of informed group at Geekzone, if I’m lucky.
Thank you in advance for any advice or input with this and I look forward to your thoughts.