Facing some TV buying decisions here and hoping you guys can give me some insight and input.
I've had a Sony 40W600B for about four years now and I still love it - beautiful picture quality, fairly low input lag, and was a great size for my old living space. Problem is, I bought a house last summer and that 40" screen went from "almost too big for my bedroom" to "awfully small for my living room." Still, I'd planned to suck it up and just deal with it for a while since it's a great TV and fits my needs other than size - possibly until I can afford a Sony 900E/F, or even until 4K content becomes a bit more prevalent (maybe next gen?). I don't have a Pro or an X, so I don't really have any 4K content - it'd mostly be an upgrade in terms of size and any picture/color improvements that would come along with the upgrade.
But recently the new TCL 6 series piqued my interest and seems like a great set - and I was actually really surprised by how great it looked in Best Buy, although I know that display TVs aren't a good representation of how they'll actually look once you get them set up and calibrated. So I've had thoughts of saving up and picking up a 55" one of those, though I'd like to hold off and see if Costco sells them since I'd want the return policy because of all the quality control/uniformity issues they seem to have.
Complicating things more, one of my local Walmarts has a Samsung 55" MU7000 for $349. Looking at Rtings it seems like it's a full HDR TV with a wide color gamut, but the HDR still isn't as good and it doesn't quite have as many features as the TCL R615. But for $349, I'm seriously considering it. Does anyone have any experience with the MU7000? It's going for about $700-800 even on clearance at other stores, so it seems like an absolute steal at $349, and I could afford to pick it up now. It seems like the reviews of that TV are based on the fact it's like an $800 TV competing against other (better) TVs in that price range, but at $349 I don't see anything even remotely comparable, and I'm not sure it'd be worth the extra $250 for the TCL.
Like I said, I'm satisfied with my Sony (and 1080p in general) now, but it's mostly just that 40" is so small in the new space, and while I had planned to hold off a bit before upgrading, both the MU7000 and the TCL wouldn't stretch my budget too much. Figured you guys would be able to shed some more light and help my decision making, so should I bite on the Samsung, wait and save up a bit more and get the TCL (and hope the QC issues get ironed out in the meantime), or continue to save for something really nice like a 900F?
