Which TV to buy

GDB2222

As I know nothing about this, can I ask why people buy smart TVs at all? Why not buy a dumb TV and an external box to do the smart stuff? 

Then 5 years down the line you might need to throw away the smart box, but you can get another for a fraction of the cost of a new TV.

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GDB2222 said:

As I know nothing about this, can I ask why people buy smart TVs at all? Why not buy a dumb TV and an external box to do the smart stuff? 

Then 5 years down the line you might need to throw away the smart box, but you can get another for a fraction of the cost of a new TV.

Most TVs are smart TVs now.

The relatively low price is subsidised by the streaming services who are desperate to have their app on the home screen (or better yet on a dedicated button on the remote) to encourage people to join and pay them monthly subs.

missile

My Samsung is quick to respond. Perhaps it is your Firestick which is slow i.e. old / memory is full of apps?

Keithy13

Cello offer a range of options, also made in the UK  65" smart tv £49999  .https://celloelectronics.com

Neil_Jones

Keithy13 said:

Cello offer a range of options, also made in the UK  65" smart tv £49999  .https://celloelectronics.com

I hope you mean £499.99 (ie a penny short of £500). 

The TV on this website at £499.99 is out of stock until the end of May which might have been worth mentioning.

flaneurs_lobster

Keithy13 said:

Cello offer a range of options, also made in the UK  65" smart tv £49999  .https://celloelectronics.com

Much more reasonable £499.99 with missing dp inserted.

wongataa

GDB2222 said:

As I know nothing about this, can I ask why people buy smart TVs at all? Why not buy a dumb TV and an external box to do the smart stuff?

Every half decent TV is a smart TV.  You just can't really buy non smart TVs any more.  You don't have to use any of the TV's smart features if you don't want to (for example if you prefer to use an external stick/box for these smart services).

Keithy13

flaneurs_lobster said:

Keithy13 said:

Cello offer a range of options, also made in the UK  65" smart tv £49999  .https://celloelectronics.com

Much more reasonable £499.99 with missing dp inserted.

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DullGreyGuy

Buy a TV based on its picture quality primarily, sound quality secondary if you arent wanting to have a soundbar or other external sound system. All TVs will be "smart" these days but even the top manufacturers are bad at maintaining their smarts but you dont need to throw the TV out when its gets redundant but just move the smart to an external box like FireStick/ AppleTV etc.

Even buying a top of the range Samsung and LG TV my external streaming devices were better at not buffering etc from day one and the gap got bigger as the TV's systems were slow to be updated. 

Not sure about the previous commentator's comments that all TVs are made by one company... for a start all OLED panels are made by LG with the exception of the ones used in Samsung TVs. Plus there is a difference between a manufacturer and the people that put the thing together... Foxconn assemble mobile phones for a wide range of clients but that doesnt make an Apple iPhone the same as a Google Pixel phone just because the same company puts them together... they have very different components inside.

Chickereeeee

GDB2222 said:

As I know nothing about this, can I ask why people buy smart TVs at all? Why not buy a dumb TV and an external box to do the smart stuff? 

Then 5 years down the line you might need to throw away the smart box, but you can get another for a fraction of the cost of a new TV.

I used to thnk like that, but I have to admit having the apps I want to use on the the TV (LG) - iPlayer, YouTube, Plex, Ch4 Catchup,  Live record etc - and all accessed/controlled using the same remote control makes life a lot easier.