The Retirement Thread

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Iam fully semi retired, work part-time when I want something to do. Ride my new bike to keep in shape, growing old ain't for sissies.
 
I've got a 65" Samsung QLED in the living room and a 55" LG Oled in the bedroom. I like them both and can't tell much difference in picture quality. The QLED is supposedly better for a brighter room and, as my living room has a huge window and gets the afternoon and evening sun, I think it maybe is a bit better for that.


Wouldn't specsavers and a pair of binoculars be cheaper :whistle:
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
I've got a 65" Samsung QLED in the living room and a 55" LG Oled in the bedroom. I like them both and can't tell much difference in picture quality. The QLED is supposedly better for a brighter room and, as my living room has a huge window and gets the afternoon and evening sun, I think it maybe is a bit better for that.
I rarely watch TV in daylight so I don't really have to worry about getting a superbright screen.

My current set is a 40" one. The ones I am thinking of now are 48", which is about as big as I would want to go in my smallish room. That extra size would be quite nice though.

The Philips set comes with 'Ambilight'. (It has coloured LEDs on the back which react to what is on the screen and projects similar colours onto the wall. It is an interesting idea. I would have to try it to see for sure if I liked it, but I think that I would.) I will check reviews for the Philips and the LG, plus any others that come to my attention while saving for the new set.

Plan C for the old set is to loan it to a new home buyer in the family. She could use it until the picture problems started to annoy her, and at that point I could have it back and try to fix it. If I broke it then, fair enough - at least I tried! Replacement backlight LED strips cost £40+ in the UK but I could probably get them from China for about £25, which would make it worth a punt.
 

rustybolts

pedalling tediously
Location
Ireland
From my Facebook page this morning, Lol!

A young woman was taking golf lessons and had just started playing her first round of golf when suddenly she gets stung by a bee.
The pain was so intense that she had to return to the clubhouse for some medical attention.
The golf pro saw her heading back and said,
“You are back early, what’s wrong?”
“I was stung by a bee!”
She tells him.
“Where?”
He asked her.
“Between the first and second hole.”
She replied.
He nodded and said,
“Your stance is far too wide.”

Spilled hot tea on myself laughing so much ! ..... you made my day :laugh:
 

rustybolts

pedalling tediously
Location
Ireland
I've got a 65" Samsung QLED in the living room and a 55" LG Oled in the bedroom. I like them both and can't tell much difference in picture quality. The QLED is supposedly better for a brighter room and, as my living room has a huge window and gets the afternoon and evening sun, I think it maybe is a bit better for that.

Mo ,you arrange the chairs in a long row by the back wall and I'll bring the popcorn . Sounds cool , would love a QLED 65"
 
Done walking half way round we had :rain:and I didn't have a coat :sad:
 
Well sadly dad's neighbours had gone off on holiday today according to the neighbour on the other side. No matter, I had a nice wander up the woodland trail. So peaceful just listening to the burn (stream for you suvveners. Lol) and the birds singing.

The kids round here like to have a "burn".......,.they set fire to the woods 3 or 4 times a year
 
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I made a mistake this morning, whilst our friend was here this morning I popped out to run some errands and stopped of at a favourite cafe in a favourite garden centre for a coffee, I've now got a couple of trays of bedding plants to put in. :laugh: its warmed up nicely here this afternoon, after dinner I put my Good lady in her wheelchair and we went down the local pound shop, the old Lyric cinema on Wheelwright lane and popped in the post office on the way back, by the time we got back I was dripping, thats the first time I've sweated up like that this year. I've now had my £150 payment they sent me a letter with a code for the post office to scan.
 
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