topic Re: New TV in Sky Q

New TV

steveblue8 — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:38:49 GMT

Hello

I have mentioned this before regarding black artifacts and blocking on my tv through sky Q,

I understand after getting support from this forum

that sky q being old now and newer televisions are more advanced that my budget samsung Q60D tv

will always show this,

so now i am buying a new tv, and would like peoples opinion of what to buy ?

not being really tech savvy, and really overwhelmed by all the new televisions it is hard to choose,

A friend reccomended 3 televisions, samsung S95, Sony bravia 9 or Sony bravia 8.11,

amy help offered would be greatly appreciated, i am looking at a 65 inch tv

Thanks

Re: New TV

BenJoBanjo — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:54:27 GMT

@steveblue8

The Sony Bravia 8ii was recently crowned the best TV of 2025 after blind testing against the other main competitors. It's an excellent TV, very versatile, with stunning picture quality, far exceeding the technology in the decade old Sky Q hardware.

If I was in the market for a new TV and had the money that's the TV I would buy.

Re: New TV

cuke — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:58:23 GMT

@steveblue8 wrote:
Hello
I have mentioned this before regarding black artifacts and blocking on my tv through sky Q,
I understand after getting support from this forum
that sky q being old now and newer televisions are more advanced that my budget samsung Q60D tv
will always show this,
so now i am buying a new tv, and would like peoples opinion of what to buy ?
not being really tech savvy, and really overwhelmed by all the new televisions it is hard to choose,
A friend reccomended 3 televisions, samsung S95, Sony bravia 9 or Sony bravia 8.11,
amy help offered would be greatly appreciated, i am looking at a 65 inch tv
Thanks

The Samsung s95d or f models are a good tv to have with SkyQ, I have the d model with excellent picture quality. The margins between them all in the recent hdtvtest shootout are small but the Samsung comes out slightly better in a bright room. and the best living room TV.

Really any choice is down to personal preferences.

Re: New TV

steveblue8 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:13:32 GMT

Hello again

thanks for your reply, but i had not realised how much televisions are ?

would a cheaper mini led tv about £1000 still suffer from black crushing through sky q box ?

Thanks

Re: New TV

BenJoBanjo — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:24:30 GMT

@steveblue8 wrote:
Hello again
thanks for your reply, but i had not realised how much televisions are ?
would a cheaper mini led tv about £1000 still suffer from black crushing through sky q box ?
Thanks

It depends on how the source content is encoded in the first place. One of the reasons I stopped watching HBO content on Sky several years ago was because they used such a high level of compression that it caused horrendous posterisation and near-black flickering to occur on dark scenes. No amount of money spent on a TV could improve that.

Sky have improved their compression in recent years, particularly on UHD HDR content, but less compressed content from third party apps on a dedicated streaming device as opposed to a Q box, still tends to look better.

MiniLED TVs can produced excellent image quality. Look for one with as high a peak brightness as possible and as many local dimming zones as possible. Try and watch some dark content on one before committing to buy. Some can have aggressive dimming algorithms where the backlight fluctuations can be distracting or cause blooming around subtitles.

I personally much prefer OLED which, although less bright than mini-LED, produces an overall better image quality for me, especially as we don't watch much TV in daylight.

Re: New TV

steveblue8 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:42:09 GMT

Thanks for your reply

i was looking at a bravia 7 or lg 65 C

i know they are more than £1000

but its so confusing with so many tvs to choose from

Thanks

Re: New TV

Chodley — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:21:46 GMT

Get an OLED. Mini LED is ok but OLED is still the best.

unless you tend to watch in a bright room during the day.

Re: New TV

cuke — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:07:12 GMT

@steveblue8 wrote:
Thanks for your reply
i was looking at a bravia 7 or lg 65 C
i know they are more than £1000
but its so confusing with so many tvs to choose from
Thanks

If you were to go with a mini led tv then TCL have a reasonable range. Have a look in this thread https://www.avforums.com/forums/tcl-tvs.591/

Re: New TV

steveblue8 — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:35:19 GMT

Hello again

Thanks for all the help i have received

i have got it down to two tvs, Samsung S95F or LG G5 Both 65 inch

both expensive but have saved up

any feedback to which one with the sky Q Box, I do watch in the day some light comes in the room ?

would be greatly received

Thanks

Re: New TV

BenJoBanjo — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:15:32 GMT

@steveblue8 wrote:
Hello again
Thanks for all the help i have received
i have got it down to two tvs, Samsung S95F or LG G5 Both 65 inch
both expensive but have saved up
any feedback to which one with the sky Q Box, I do watch in the day some light comes in the room ?
would be greatly received
Thanks

LG G5.

It's a more versatile TV and has Dolby Vision so you'll get the benefit of it from Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ and other streaming services, using the apps on the TV itself, not the Q box.

Samsung don't have a Dolby Vision licence and is limited to HDR10+ which Sky Q won't output either.

Re: New TV

steveblue8 — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:26:22 GMT

Thanks for the reply

I was leaning towards the LG

but was worried it would be darker than the Samsung ?

Re: New TV

BenJoBanjo — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:33:01 GMT

@steveblue8 wrote:
Thanks for the reply
I was leaning towards the LG
but was worried it would be darker than the Samsung ?

You will not be disappointed by the brightness level of the LG - it can go brighter than you'll ever need it to. You would need to sit it side by side with the Samsung and play identical content at the same time to notice much in the way of overall brightness difference.

Re: New TV

steveblue8 — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:18:03 GMT

Thanks for the info

Re: New TV

cuke — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:30:18 GMT

@BenJoBanjo wrote:
@steveblue8 wrote:
Hello again
Thanks for all the help i have received
i have got it down to two tvs, Samsung S95F or LG G5 Both 65 inch
both expensive but have saved up
any feedback to which one with the sky Q Box, I do watch in the day some light comes in the room ?
would be greatly received
Thanks
LG G5.
It's a more versatile TV and has Dolby Vision so you'll get the benefit of it from Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ and other streaming services, using the apps on the TV itself, not the Q box.
Samsung don't have a Dolby Vision licence and is limited to HDR10+ which Sky Q won't output either.

HDR10+ or DV, makes no difference as with today's TV's with their higher peak brightness, DV only came about when OLED's were all of low nits anyway, plus many recent tv's have excellent tone mapping as well. Thus any differences are extremely marginal.

There is no real justification in having DV over HDR10+ unless the individual has a collection of HDR blu-ray's with most of the streaming sources having both DV and HDR10+ content anyway.

Sky Q outputs in HLG , alongside the BBC's iplayer content.

The G5 was actually released flawed and with many picture quality issues, LG has released a number of firmware updates in an attempt to resolve them but the 'purists' are still stating they are there.

Re: New TV

steveblue8 — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:10:50 GMT

Thanks for the reply

yes people do say greenish blueish tint on LG G5 and burn in still a problem?

Also samsumg S95F has magenta tinge with burn in?

I thought about Bravia 9 but feedback says they are rubbish?

so many different tv types its mind blowing?

Re: New TV

BenJoBanjo — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:24:29 GMT

@steveblue8 wrote:
Thanks for the reply
yes people do say greenish blueish tint on LG G5 and burn in still a problem?
Also samsumg S95F has magenta tinge with burn in?
I thought about Bravia 9 but feedback says they are rubbish?
so many different tv types its mind blowing?

There is no perfect TV. Go and try out a few in a John Lewis, Currys or other such store. Pick the one that you like, not the one that any reviewer or poster on a forum thinks you should buy.

Purchase it from Richer Sounds or John Lewis so you get a decent warranty with it and can return if you find it has issues.

Re: New TV

cuke — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:03:45 GMT

@steveblue8 wrote:
Thanks for the reply
yes people do say greenish blueish tint on LG G5 and burn in still a problem?
Also samsumg S95F has magenta tinge with burn in?
I thought about Bravia 9 but feedback says they are rubbish?
so many different tv types its mind blowing?

Burn in isn't such an issue with today's oled's unless you are doing silly things such as running the picture mode in vivid, with a bright stationary on screen graphic and 24/7. As for the magenta tint on the s95f I can assure you this hasn't really been a reported issue. If you have a bright viewing environment with large sunny windows then that's the best tv for that environment. Having said that 2025 flagship tv's are all still overpriced thus, if you can get one, a 65" s95d, or the equivalent LG can represent better value.

The only issue with viewing a tv at a electric store is that they will not be setup correctly and the lighting within the store doesn't represent a home environment at all.

I suggest you have a look at that link I posted as the sub forums have all the makes in them.

Currently it seems to be accepted that the s90f is one of the better value for money midrange tv's at the moment. There are lower budget tv's, such as Hisense and TCL though.

Much also depends upon your usage and what you view on your tv, do you game at all?

Re: New TV

steveblue8 — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:38:37 GMT

Thanks for the reply

no i dont game at all

i was looking at the S90F at currys, to save money but in the specs it states

in the box S90D not S90F i know the S90F is slightly brighter

rang currys they could not tell me which tv i was buying?

i said how can you advertise the tv as S90F if it is not that tv in the box?

got no answer from them, Iam leaning towards the S95F but the matte screen pits me off ?

Thanks for your time and effort

Re: New TV

cuke — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:32:12 GMT

@steveblue8 wrote:
Thanks for the reply
no i dont game at all
i was looking at the S90F at currys, to save money but in the specs it states
in the box S90D not S90F i know the S90F is slightly brighter
rang currys they could not tell me which tv i was buying?
i said how can you advertise the tv as S90F if it is not that tv in the box?
got no answer from them, Iam leaning towards the S95F but the matte screen pits me off ?
Thanks for your time and effort

This labelling has been raised before on other forums and the model number on the box reflects the previous year's model for inventory or marketing purposes only, the tv itself has the correct model number on it.

What concerns you about the matt screen? I can state it clearly works when you have a bright room with reflections.