Smart TV

[SincereTheRebel]

unlike yevrah, im not going through any crisis of any kind. I just need a decent smart tv. Is there anything i should avoid or look for. I dont have a budget but the more money saved, the better.

[SincereTheRebel]

http://www.tesco.com/direct/digihome-287cntd-smart-full-hd-43-inch-led-tv-with-freeview-hd/539-8278.prd?source=others

It has a pathetic amount of hdmi and usb ports

[CJay]

What are the advantages of a smart tv? You can buy a stick that makes it smart for around £30, or just plug a laptop in. I don't see how smart is worth the extra money.

[SincereTheRebel]

I guess having something built in is better than an additional add-on from an interface perspective. But if buying an additional add-on is ideal, then that is also an option.

Last tv was 43" and is perfectly fine. Dont need to go any bigger than that.

[SincereTheRebel]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01E6GS0PA/

4k smart tv for under £300 is probably awful...

[SincereTheRebel]

http://www.staples.co.uk/televisions/cbs/434045.html?utm_source=cj&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=cj_affiliates&cm_mmc=AFF-_-CJ-_-11555931

[Boydy]

Just get an Amazon fire stick. Loads of Smart TVs (especially cheaper ones) are really shit and laggy on their user interfaces.

[SincereTheRebel]

I actually have a firestick already that has been shelved. Ill consider a non smart tv, and just connect the firestick

[SvN]

I've not seen a Smart TV interface that comes close to a Chromecast. Haven't used a Firestick, but I assume it's about the same.

[SincereTheRebel]

bump

[Giggles]

Buy a Nexus Player. They must be for buttons now and gives a good TV interface with a remote while also having the function of a chromecast too. An Nvidia Shield TV is a better, and more expensive, version of the same.

Apple have something similar as far as I know too, though I don't know the functions of it.

[Samadini]

Smart TVs are pointless. I have one because I got it for free and I go straight to my Raspberry Pi over using the built in smart function.

[Raoul Duke]

I'd much prefer a massive, dumb screen I can plug a cheap computer into for managing media. No-one want some Samsung/Sony shit clogging up the thing trying to give me adverts when I change the volume etc.

[SincereTheRebel]

I decided to go with a sony 43 inch
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-KDL-43WD756--inch-1080-pixels/dp/B01GA3Z3K2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1471897860&sr=1-1&keywords=43WD756

[SincereTheRebel]

Just realised that i make a thread about smart tv's and it turns into a media stick discussion. Not one of you assisted, advised or recommended any tv help at all. Im in here helping myself.

Someone else makes a 4k tv thread and its suggestion after suggestion
Someone else makes a digital camera thread and they get a recommendation

I know you're not my friend, but im pulling out the racism card

[Baz]

I decided to go with a sony 43 inch
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-KDL-43WD756--inch-1080-pixels/dp/B01GA3Z3K2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1471897860&sr=1-1&keywords=43WD756


I know you're not my friend, but im pulling out the racism cardYou nicked that from your neighbour, right?

[Danny]

Just realised that i make a thread about smart tv's and it turns into a media stick discussion. Not one of you assisted, advised or recommended any tv help at all. Im in here helping myself.

Someone else makes a 4k tv thread and its suggestion after suggestion
Someone else makes a digital camera thread and they get a recommendation

I know you're not my friend, but im pulling out the racism card

:D

Its because a smart TV is pointless, an external media device just smashes them. My 4K is smart but I don't think I have used its features barring the built in YouTube.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bought a chromecast but I instantly hated it. I assumed that it was an actual interface type box/stick thing. What's the point in just 'casting' video from your phone or tablet? I'll be returning it (or if anyone wants to buy it for £20 here, it's actually amazing lads, I'll sort it out).

I did get a Fire TV stick and that was the thing I was expecting. It's damn good and shits all over the smart TV bollocks as it doesn't lag to fuck and randomly freeze.

[Yevrah]

Aren't all TV's 'smart' these days?

[Samadini]

You can spend a hundred or more less on not going smart.

[CJay]

Until they can make them as simple to work with as a Fire Stick or equivalent then it'll never be worth it unless there is no non-smart version of the tv you want.