Deciding between budget LG and Philips TV

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makillaH

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#319975 21-Jun-2025 15:13

Hi all,

I am looking to get a budget 4k TV.

My current TV is an old Panasonic plasma from around ~2007 and I feel it is very much time for an upgrade. I'm not looking to spend a lot of money so I'm expect anything fancy as long as it is an improvement. I found two TVs on pbtech that are around my budget

Philips PUT7428/79 and LG UT8050

Thoughts on which one is better, or is either option crap?

TIA!

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#3385988 21-Jun-2025 17:01

What’s your budget? I really prefer Samsung better and it comes with Samsung tv which is not actually that bad

makillaH

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#3385989 21-Jun-2025 17:14

Personally, I couldn't really go too much higher than $1000

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#3385999 21-Jun-2025 18:40

Is there a size limit? Nice to get the biggest TV that can fit the space. We have an old Panasonic in the bedroom with a Dish android Tv box attached to make it smart. Actually has a pretty good picture especially when the android box is plugged into the satellite aerial rather than using wifi. Worth considering this option if it’s not a good time to spend. A dongle can be bought for around $128 on sale.

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#3386000 21-Jun-2025 18:52

I would not recommend Philips from PB Tech. The one we bought a few years ago is seriously under powered to properly run Android TV.

Seemed to be a common complaint at the time - not sure if things have since improved.

But if you are not going to use the inbuilt ATV and instead plug a device in (Nvidia Shield, Apple TV, an Android TV box) then the TV itself is fine.

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#3386022 21-Jun-2025 20:11

Stu1:

What’s your budget? I really prefer Samsung better and it comes with Samsung tv which is not actually that bad

One big downside of Samsung is they don't do Android. Does limit your options somewhat e.g. we find it very easy to use the two Sony (Android) TVs we have we watch videos on the VLC Android app streamed from our NAS. Can also sort of be done on the Samsung but requires a more complicated route whereas VLC/Android is pretty much plug and play.

I generally find Android TV to be laggy on pretty much any TV including the two Sony we have. Is it just an Android thing maybe? But the playback of the videos is generally quite smooth so the lag issues seem to be more to do with the operating system responsiveness to button presses etc.

If it was me I'd go with LG if their one has Android TV.

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#3386023 21-Jun-2025 20:17

KiwiSurfer:

Stu1:

What’s your budget? I really prefer Samsung better and it comes with Samsung tv which is not actually that bad

One big downside of Samsung is they don't do Android. Does limit your options somewhat e.g. we find it very easy to use the two Sony (Android) TVs we have we watch videos on the VLC Android app streamed from our NAS. Can also sort of be done on the Samsung but requires a more complicated route whereas VLC/Android is pretty much plug and play.

I generally find Android TV to be laggy on pretty much any TV including the two Sony we have. Is it just an Android thing maybe? But the playback of the videos is generally quite smooth so the lag issues seem to be more to do with the operating system responsiveness to button presses etc.

If it was me I'd go with LG if their one has Android TV.

We have Apple TVs and google tvs never had a problem , I wouldn’t really use any of the actual TV apps normally

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#3386024 21-Jun-2025 20:23

KiwiSurfer:

Stu1:

What’s your budget? I really prefer Samsung better and it comes with Samsung tv which is not actually that bad

One big downside of Samsung is they don't do Android. Does limit your options somewhat e.g. we find it very easy to use the two Sony (Android) TVs we have we watch videos on the VLC Android app streamed from our NAS. Can also sort of be done on the Samsung but requires a more complicated route whereas VLC/Android is pretty much plug and play.

I generally find Android TV to be laggy on pretty much any TV including the two Sony we have. Is it just an Android thing maybe? But the playback of the videos is generally quite smooth so the lag issues seem to be more to do with the operating system responsiveness to button presses etc.

If it was me I'd go with LG if their one has Android TV.

The pano nx800 looks not bad at the wharehouse down to $848 ?

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#3386205 22-Jun-2025 15:12

The 55" Philips is 3.2kg lighter than the 55" LG if that is suggestive of anything.

Samsungs' reliability is unlikely to be on par with LG's.

The Panasonics with Google TV like the NX800 are rebadges. The real Panasonic models are the miniLEDs and OLEDs with Fire TV OS.

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#3386207 22-Jun-2025 15:17

KiwiSurfer:

Stu1:

What’s your budget? I really prefer Samsung better and it comes with Samsung tv which is not actually that bad

One big downside of Samsung is they don't do Android. Does limit your options somewhat e.g. we find it very easy to use the two Sony (Android) TVs we have we watch videos on the VLC Android app streamed from our NAS. Can also sort of be done on the Samsung but requires a more complicated route whereas VLC/Android is pretty much plug and play.

I generally find Android TV to be laggy on pretty much any TV including the two Sony we have. Is it just an Android thing maybe? But the playback of the videos is generally quite smooth so the lag issues seem to be more to do with the operating system responsiveness to button presses etc.

If it was me I'd go with LG if their one has Android TV.

The LG presumably uses WebOS so no Android.