OT: TV recomendation

[merlinmurph]

Originally Posted by Ralph

My TV is a ROKU TV. So I get what they offer. (which now with Peacock is about everything except maybe Google). Would prefer to connect with a ethernet cable to modem VS Wi Fi is all I'm saying. Not a big deal, but everything being equal....wish I had an ethernet port on this TV.

I'm running 5 ROKU TV's on Wi Fi. Only one sits close enough to modem to use ethernet cable. I can't tell expensive TV's last longer than cheap ones. Maybe pic quality is better on expensive TV's, but is kinda lost on me.

Sorry, I forgot one important detail: my Roku box is connected via ethernet

[Keith A]

Just a quick note, but I just spent a while researching 43" TV's and I ended up with this one...
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-43...?skuId=6400729

We've been happy so far. I would agree with those that say go bigger if possible, but 43" was as big as we could put where we wanted it.

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by Ralph

Not about brand or size....but I would make sure it has an ethernet port.

Because why just watch your television, when you television can watch you!

https://entertainment.ie/trending/ye...ations-340669/

[reuben]

Originally Posted by grateful

I just went through the process of researching a new TV. Please keep in mind that these recommendations are for picture/features, not reliability. That being said I have had a 65 inch TCL for over a year and it has been trouble free

If you want the best of the best-LG OLED

If you want the best value-TCL 6 Series

I am not sure if you can get a smaller OLED but it appears you are more interested in value anyhoo.

Yeah, let's talk about value. I bought a new TV about 3 years ago. Given how little I watch it, I bought a good, but fairly inexpensive TV. LG, I think. It will display 4K, but when I watch 1080 OTA or via Ye Olde Internete, 4K is irrelevant. And it's not OLED, which was crazy expensive at the time (maybe still is).

I don't subscribe to Verizon, AT&T, Hulu, Amazon, Disney, ESPN, or any large package like that.

So before you go whole hog, or even half hog on a good TV, think about how much you'll use it, what you'll use it for, and what sort of signal you'll be receiving.

I may upgrade my TV when ATSC 3.0 broadcasts become widely available (I currently watch some stuff via ATSC 1.0, and 2.0 never really happened) . Or I may not, if my viewing time decreases even more.

[trener1]

I'll be using it for the usual, watching streaming shows on the usual suspects, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu etc...
I also watch Baseball and Football on some of the steaming services, as well as bike racing of course.
As well as Zwift.

[FriarQuade]

We recently replaced a Sony that had some dead pixels with a Samsung Q800. I went with that one specifically because it's supposed to be really good in bright rooms, which we definitely have. I'm pretty impressed with it, didn't realize how awful our Sony was until we replaced it. I always thought it was just the nature of the natural light in the room and that anything would look bad in those conditions, I couldn't have been more wrong.

[trener1]

Another quick question, someone locally is selling a higher end 2017 Samsung.
I think it was around $1000 new and he is asking $200.
Would that be better then one of the new ones in the $250-$300 range?.
Is it to much of a risk?

[yinzerniner]

Originally Posted by trener1

Another quick question, someone locally is selling a higher end 2017 Samsung.
I think it was around $1000 new and he is asking $200.
Would that be better then one of the new ones in the $250-$300 range?.
Is it to much of a risk?

I'd go with a $500 new tv over a $200 3 year old used one.

[bigbill]

Since canceling DirectTV and switching to Hulu TV, I have been impressed with the picture on my 3 year old Vizio. It is a 50" and I've got more room so I might go bigger and move the 50 to the office/bike room.