Normal freeview TV without being smart

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sweetgirl2015 said:

Thanks guys, well a 32 inch would do. 
The problem I had with my Sharp smart tv was I remember during set up it wanted to be connected to broadband to let the tv set up location and address details as a security feature with a pin number in case it got stolen, which is great but it wouldn't let me skip past that section. So I dread to think how we would do that at parents house with no internet.
My only option would be to set it up at my house and take it to them afterwards, but would it still work at their house? 

Sounds like the TV was in hospital/hotel mode if it is insisting on a PIN code, it won't be mandatory on the TV. I've had all sorts of makes of TV including Sharp and never had to set that up and it can always be disabled in the settings.

Worst case is you would set up a wifi hot spot on your mobile to temporarily connect the TV to the internet if such a thing did happen with your new parents TV but I'll bet my 4K TV on your parents new one not needing the internet to use it.

George_Michael

My current TV (Sony Bravia about 2 years old) requires the setting of a 4 digit PIN when setting up the set and without entering this, it's impossible to complete the set up procedure.
It there so that if you can use the parental lock option if you wish.
This is the screen that's displayed:

GaleSF63

Oh for the days when the only thing you had to worry about was the horizontal hold. 

gentlepurr

Ive bought a couple of non smart tvs recently. Both 40" tvs ( easier on the eyes for your grandparents?) one was £209 from ao.com, sadly it broke after 3 months but customer services were great and gave me the money back straight away in one phone call. Maybe i was just unlucky with that tv. Replaced that one with a 40" JVC from currys at £249, the telly is fine, but i dread to think how i would get on with customer services if this one breaks.......

mobileron

Ensure you buy your tv from Richersounds for the free 6 year warranty and good service you wont get at Argos.Lots of 32 inch on there stock list,forget brand names in this market, they have all changed now.

sweetgirl2015

George_Michael said:

Linsar 32LED400 | 32 inch LED TV HD Ready Freeview HD | Richer Sounds

Not a make I've ever heard of but if you can find one in a local store (when they are open again), it's only £119 and comes with a 6 year guarantee.
According to some of the reviews, the sound isn't too good but I'm sure a cheap sound bar or external speaker will fix that.

There's also this one on Amazon:
EMtronics 32" Inch HD Ready LED TV with 3 x HDMI, 2 x: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Thats ideal thanks

sweetgirl2015

Neil_Jones said:

Linsar appears to be a British company based in Bournemouth.  However they do use Vestel screens, so that puts it firmly into the budget end of the market.

Whats a vestel screen? 

Neil49

sweetgirl2015 said:

Neil_Jones said:

Linsar appears to be a British company based in Bournemouth.  However they do use Vestel screens, so that puts it firmly into the budget end of the market.

Whats a vestel screen? 

Vestel is a Turkish company that produces cheaper range television screens (amongst many other products). A wide range of companies use them in their lower end range of tv's including Panasonic, Hitachi, Toshiba etc as a means of keeping costs down. Basically, they just produce them in their thousands and stick on an appropriate label on behalf of the company placing the order. 

When looking for a new TV it's worth checking online reviews to get an idea of just how good it is from other users or technical sites such as Expert Reviews etc. 

RumRat

In the TV world you get what you pay for....