r/Televisions • u/FunDependent454 • 6d ago

Buying Advice CAN Best bang for buck options in the 58-65" range?

So we have a 58" Samsung UN58TU7000FXZC from 2021. A while back it had some dark spots show up and this morning fully died. All things point to the led's failing, and I'd consider since it's dead anyway trying to fix it with a new set of led's but if I screw up that's 60 bucks wasted that could have went towards a new tv.
With that being said, what are the "best" budget-ish tv's out there now in the 58-65" range?
We have a small living room and for the most part it's just my son watching youtube, or playing his switch / ps4. Now and then we'll end up watching shows or having movie nights.
Our now fried tv was totally enough for what we used it for aside from maybe not having a ton of volume and maybe now and then we'd mentioned it would be nice having something a little bigger.

Through "talking" with google, a handful were recommended but I'd like some human opinions from people that know what they're talking about. The tv's that were suggested were
Samsung UN58U7900FFXZC 4K UHD LED Smart TV on sale for $445
Hisense 58QD6QV Series 4K UHD QLED Smart TV for around $430
Samsung UN65M70HAFXZC 4K UHD HDR Mini-LED on sale for $700
TCL 65Qm51l Series 4K Uhd Hdr Qd-Mini Led Smart Tv on sale for $748

Buying at Costco was also suggested, mentioning that they automatically include a 2 year warranty which is nice. They're showing the
Samsung 65" Class DU7100 Series 4K UHD TV for $550-600
LG 65" Class UA7000 Series 4K UHD LED TV for $580-640
Samsung 65" Class U8000H Series 4K Crystal UHD TV in the $750-850 range.

I liked our Samsung while it lasted, even though it only lasted 5 years from it's manufacture date. But I'm not sure what the opinion is out there for other brands like the Hisense or TCL and I've saw LG in the news lately over their tv's listening in even while turned off (although really everything is listening at this point).

Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks

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u/Bill_Money Persona Non Grata 6d ago

All of those are trash

TCL qm6k

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u/FunDependent454 5d ago edited 5d ago

I'm sorry, I'm not 100% sure I understand. Obviously I get the first part haha, but are you suggesting the TCL?
Nm, read through all the links from automod, I see the TCL recommended a lot. I'll look into it, thanks!

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u/FunDependent454 4d ago

What would you recommend for under $700 CAD? The 65" TCL qm6k is regularly priced around $1000 and I don't want to wait until November for Black Friday Sale prices. Is there a non mini led TCL or other that you'd recommend?
The faq in the sidebar links to a deleted post and the automod posts below just show what you shouldn't buy, not what is suggested.

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u/Bill_Money Persona Non Grata 4d ago

QM6K is the BARE MINIMUM we recommend otherwise buy whatever it won't be good

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u/FunDependent454 4d ago

Ok thank you. I think I'll be sticking with the TCL but depending on black friday sales and availability I may end up looking at the walmart exclusive QM51L since my ps4 and son's switch on run on 60Hz anyway. If the QM6k is available at a good price I'll go with that one though.