I don’t mind it being wide - the audio solution is built-in, after all.
The bigger problem* for me is that it’s QLED and not OLED. So on balance, I’d sooner buy a new Sony TV and plug all my bits and bobs into that instead. But to be fair to Sky, I’m clearly not their target market, and they’re targeting potential upgraders who are far less nerdy than me.
(I know, I did complain about disc issues earlier, but disc issues happen but once a year and a TV I have to look at all the time. Which is why for me getting a better TV would trump getting disc-free viewing from Sky, as it stands.)
I mean I still mind the width, and the thick bezels, because I’m a bit fussy about what goes in my lounge and I just think it’s ugly.
But yes with you on OLED too although in fairness it isn’t priced like an OLED TV especially when you consider the sound bar is integrated. It’s a midrange TV at a midrange TV price.
I guess again that matches the target audience for this.
I like it. It’s all about the sport for me with Sky. I have a dish on my property but Sky engineers can’t actually access it (due to a strangely built extension) so I can’t get Sky TV. And Now TV is a poor alternative, limited to 1080p.
So for my (niche) use case it makes perfect sense to buy the 43" model as a second screen in the spare room, and add on one of the ‘pucks’ for the main TV
And the TV package seems to only be a one month rolling contract which is good
I mean, it’s neither bad nor great, it’s about the right price for a midrange TV with a soundbar. A Samsung QLED 43 inch TV is about £550 on Amazon, soundbars £150 - £200 for good ones. Then there’s cheaper LED TVs and more expensive OLED ones.
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Indeed, good spot. Hopefully everyone saw that I meant the depth being 4 times thicker, probably due to the soundbar.
It’s a shame it’s not a clip-on.
Then again it’s a shame the Sky is integrated into the product rather than a tiny dongle like the add-on pucks.
It’s definitely due to that, you just can’t create decent sound from something thin. Speakers by necessity need depth. That’s why all flatscreens normally need soundbars - actuallly surprised they still bother putting speakers in them at all.
A thought though is that good sound bars often last longer than TVs. A nice Sonos one will probably do you for 15 years (I have some 20+year old decent speakers and they are great), so there is an advantage to keeping them separate
I guess that’s subjective! But I always go for the mounted flat screen, soundbar on desk look. Like this. When I imagine the Sky TV in its place - yeah for me I know which looks better image|690x427
Still to be convinced I want my tie in to Sky to be at this level, I am looking at a new TV in 2022, and there is the Sky Store at Bluewater, so I’ll check out the Glass, and then look in John Lewis and see what’s in price range.
I was probably being a bit dramatic, but I do think it looks cleaner not having it there. But that is the price of having the tv nice and slim on the wall.
