Winter Olympics are being shot and broadcast in 4K in many countries... https://www.whathifi.com/news/2018-winter-olympics-to-be-made-available-in-4k-hdr   " The option to broadcast in 4K HDR has been picked up by NBC in the United States. The Games, which start on February 9th and end on the 25th, and will be broadcast in the UK by the BBC. Whether or not  iPlayer  will carry 4K images is yet to be confirmed." ... View more

Guys! Just walked out of a JL store with a crisp Pana 55EZ952B, swapped my KS9000, without a word of argument! All my business is going to go to JL for sure (as always from last 10 odd years!) Thanks to everyone and Paul specially for helping out with the legal aspects of this issue!! ... View more

Store MK, and I only pursued the missing dongle / Smartthings ... View more

Don’t think JL will be an issue, if the user insist on “Smartthings”.. The most conniving retailer is “curry’s” in my opinion! ... View more

Guys! Just walked out of a JL store with a crisp Pana 55EZ952B, swapped my KS9000, without a word of argument!   All my business is going to go to JL for sure (as always from last 10 odd years!)   Thanks to everyone and Paul specially for helping out with the legal aspects of this issue!!   ... View more

Hi, I have a UE55KS9000 and the latest firmware update was 1208.2 in Nov-2017, nothing changed after that! and i can confirm that this doesnt support bbciplayer HLG - i have only re-checked it on saturday! ... View more

panasonic EZ952B ... View more

if you can wait untill april/may - then LG OLED C8 will be great at the minute i would suggest EZ952 (panasonic) - i have seen it in flesh and its great compared to LG (for now) ... View more

This is capable of playing HLG (bbciplayer) and also HDR10+ (i think!) ... View more

@daleski75 wrote: @CaptnSpaulding wrote: Ok I just had a reply and I take back what I said about it being good for the delay. This is my (unsatisfactory) response from another customer service agent -    " Dear Christopher,  Thanks for your email dated 16th January 2018. Sorry it’s taken us a while to get back to you.  I'm sorry to learn that you feel you have been mis-sold a product that was advertised on our website. The Smartthings Extend USB still has not been released by Samsung. Please contact them in regards to a release as we have control, as the retailer, of this matter.  I’m really sorry if this causes you any inconvenience. Thanks again for getting in touch.  Kind regards,  ******* Williams "   Going around in circles here!!! Curry's have no clue! The contract is between you and currys! period!!!  currys have contract with samsung! so its there responsibility to sort this out between them and samsung!   ... View more

Which curry store was this? when did you purchase the TV initially? ... View more

If I recall correctly it’s 3 things they went back on their words- 1) smarttgings  2) hlg format  3) hdr10+ ... View more

"So long as your next TV purchase supports these technologies (looking for an Ultra HD Premium certification is a good way to go), we reckon you won't be kicking yourself in six month's time when the next batch of sets arrive.."   http://www.techradar.com/news/best-tv-uk#article-body   how wrong is this statement? we all got the "Ultra HD Premium Certification" - still no future proofing!   ... View more

Guys! I have faced similar kind of chaos during christmas.. I ordered something for next day delivery and it didnt arrive untill after 7 days - so i went after all guns blazing after DPD, and i contacted citizen advise etc etc - presumably my contract is between myself and the seller, NOT the courier company, in the same light your contract is with Currys and NOT samsung - so currys is and will be responsible for anything to do with the claim...its so childish of them to blame it on samsung! ... View more

strange - Sony KD-65A1 OLED isnt on the list! ... View more

thanks a lot mate, very clever indeed to save the list... ... View more

BBC has most certainly taken the list down - its nowhere to be seen anymore! ... View more

Can’t find the “compatible TV” list on BBC iPlayer for HLG...have to select a TV based on the info!! ... View more

please also report this to CAD (citizen advise direct) immediately ... View more

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/template-letters/letters/consumer-template-letters/letter-to-complain-about-faulty-goods/ ... View more

the replacement is due to smart things not being provided till date, and there is no chance that we will get the newest firmware for it.. ... View more

  @paul1277 wrote: @hdmi wrote: @Sam-Knp wrote: Update - got a call from my retailer "we have made a decision to replace your TV", we will call in due course to discuss this further."    I need help from you guys - (1) if they decide to replace/swap my TV for a samsung - what do I do? accept / reject?? (2) if accept then what is the guarantee that the model (2017) wont be made obsolete by samsung in few months? (3) if they offer me another brand to choose from what is your suggestion? i am a lot iffy of OLEDs as they tend to burn the image - quite a few family/friends had this problem with B7s (LGs) - while watching news channels particularly (very confused on this one) - help!!! (3) if at all i HAVE to choose from samsung - which model do you guys suggest? its very stressful all over again - researching for the best TV for the money (£1699) - which should be "future proof"   thanks in advance for your help! OLED are very resilient to burn ins, rtings do lot of torture tests (leave static image for 20 hours) and sometimes you get temporaray image retention howevre that is very easy to overcome if you leave the sets in standby then they run correction algorithms, OLED sets do get some banding or tint but they are only for some extrem tests do not impact normal viewing, as no one on AV forums has reported permanet burn ins   Samsung sets have qulity control issues and lack of future support, from expert opinion, Samsung 2017 sets are a let down compared to 2016 except for top of the range Q9F, moreover Samsung expect you to buy new TV after every 2 years i would suggest to to anything but Samsung, Sony's are good alternative, in 65 inch Sony ZD9 and XE94 are good buys, in 55 or lower you have XE90 and XE93 Brill just check is that for misrepresentation and which retailer again? If so under the regs you can ask for a full refund, no or but's. If they are honouring the regs then I would suggest they are a reasonable place to replace your tele. If you say you will buy your new set from them it may be helpful, any idea's from any one here.  Great stuff Paul     its JL    ... View more

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Update - got a call from my retailer "we have made a decision to replace your TV", we will call in due course to discuss this further."    I need help from you guys - (1) if they decide to replace/swap my TV for a samsung - what do I do? accept / reject?? (2) if accept then what is the guarantee that the model (2017) wont be made obsolete by samsung in few months? (3) if they offer me another brand to choose from what is your suggestion? i am a lot iffy of OLEDs as they tend to burn the image - quite a few family/friends had this problem with B7s (LGs) - while watching news channels particularly (very confused on this one) - help!!! (3) if at all i HAVE to choose from samsung - which model do you guys suggest? its very stressful all over again - researching for the best TV for the money (£1699) - which should be "future proof"   thanks in advance for your help! ... View more

even if we suggest something like this as a bypass - samung or the retailers will certainly accept this as "full and final settlement" ... View more

got another response from CAD (citizen advise direct) " Dear Mr xxxxxxxx   Thank you for providing us with additional information.  We have updated the case notes and will pass the details to Trading Standards.    If we have understood correctly, you are waiting for another response from J L.  As per our first reply, you may also be able to pursue a remedy from your credit card provider.    Please contact us again if neither of these options resolve the matter.  ... View more

got a call from JL again and they assured me that "they are looking the matter" - lets be hopeful (not overly) but still hopeful ... View more

Samsung will never accept that the 2016 SUHD range is EOL...i.e only after 1 year of launch..unless they have realised that there was something inherently wrong with this range / motherboard or otherwise! ... View more

“As stated in the last email by my colleague, there are no plans for an update.” - this is the exact response they gave me regarding HLG for BBCiplayer, I don’t think they will be providing any support whatsoever for 2016 TVs as far as newer tech firmware are concerned! ... View more

1) you have to get a sky-Q 2 GB box, BTW this is still not HDR or HLG capable (yet), not sure if it will ever be.... 2) you need to subscribe for “multi room” package, even if you are not using any other TV in other rooms - it’s basically a new fancy name for “UHD subscription” 3) Also you will need £65 for installation    4) Top end subscription if you really want to see the UHD content (movies, box sets etc)   so so it’s a lot of expense per calendar month!     ... View more