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Smart tv or not? 1080px or2160?
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fishinguitarman Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 8:10 PM EST
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Going 43" or bigger...what up?
MACS Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 8:43 PM EST
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If you just use your tv to watch tv... a simple tv will do, right?

I have never had a smart tv, so I don't know.
frankj1 Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 8:47 PM EST
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my TV is like a idiot
dharbolt Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 8:57 PM EST
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My TV is like a genius
Nicar Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:05 PM EST
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Why not just put a new bulb in your tube.... then your TV will be like a new
jjanecka Offline
#6 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:09 PM EST
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Go with the 4k resolution. Hands down worth it.
fishinguitarman Offline
#7 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:11 PM EST
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Thanks for an intellegent reply! 👀
fishinguitarman Offline
#8 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:12 PM EST
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Hey bolt... At least one of u is!
dharbolt Offline
#9 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:17 PM EST
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I know right? Gotta have a brain somewhere in the house.
frankj1 Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:21 PM EST
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dharbolt wrote:
My TV is like a genius

may I quote you?
frankj1 Offline
#11 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:22 PM EST
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fishinguitarman wrote:
Thanks for an intellegent reply! 👀

T-gerbs will be along soon with the intel...

How ya doing Ray Ray?
fishinguitarman Offline
#12 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:24 PM EST
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Great frank... How r y'a
Krazeehorse Offline
#13 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:31 PM EST
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If you have Netflix or like to watch YouTube videos, use network apps etc.a smart tv is convenient because you don't need an external interface. I have one in the cave. I would buy another.
frankj1 Offline
#14 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:35 PM EST
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fishinguitarman wrote:
Great frank... How r y'a

happy, my friend. Happy and blessed!
Abrignac Offline
#15 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 9:52 PM EST
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jjanecka wrote:
Go with the 4k resolution. Hands down worth it.



This
fishinguitarman Offline
#16 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 10:53 PM EST
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This?
clickbangdead Offline
#17 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 11:00 PM EST
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Do not buy a smart TV. Buy a $200-400 cheaper dumb TV and them plug in any number of $50-100 smart TV appliances into it. Roku, apple TV, Fire TV, etc. Most smart TVs don't receive security updates ( which are essential for any Internet connected device) within just a year or two of release. Then often times they fall out of support of mainline streaming services, rendering the smart bit a useless hunk.

Most TV's you expect to last 5-10 years, but those 1-2 year guaranteed updates make smart TVs a non-starter for me. With one of the little plugin doohickeys, it goes out of support you toss it and plug another one that is supported in.
bassman45 Offline
#18 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 11:04 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
my TV is like an idiot


Fixed it for yaAnxious
fishinguitarman Offline
#19 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 11:21 PM EST
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Tnx Click!
frankj1 Offline
#20 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 11:22 PM EST
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bassman45 wrote:
Fixed it for yaAnxious

no no no!
say it the way i wrote it...funnier.

I am like uh idiot.

My wife and I, we are like uh idiot too
fishinguitarman Offline
#21 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 11:22 PM EST
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What. About resolution? 1080 or 2160????
fishinguitarman Offline
#22 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 11:26 PM EST
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And do the 55 or 60" get blurry to you?
bassman45 Offline
#23 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 11:41 PM EST
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fishinguitarman wrote:
What. About resolution? 1080 or 2160????

2160!!!!
teedubbya Offline
#24 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 11:51 PM EST
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Non smart if you can find it then add roku.
dharbolt Offline
#25 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 7:57 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
may I quote you?


Of course and stuff
Mattie B Offline
#26 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 8:34 AM EST
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I just replaced a tv that was about 8 years old.


I rarely watch tv in the living room, so I was going the cheap route. I bought one of the cheapest 55 inch tvs I could find. Somewhere around $300.

It's so much better than what I had.


I just can't spend a ton of cash on a tv. Other things, yes, but not a tv.
KingoftheCove Offline
#27 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 10:42 AM EST
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What's a TV?
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#28 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 11:15 AM EST
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KingoftheCove wrote:
What's a TV?



Transvestite. Apparently FGM wants to get freaky.
fishinguitarman Offline
#29 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 12:16 PM EST
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Freaky..."YES!

Come on TG.......
ur opinion
dstieger Offline
#30 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 12:42 PM EST
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Some day they're gonna put real stores in MS...like the ones here up north where you can go into them and look at the difference between tv's....hope that happens soon for you, Ray.

I've got a 70" LG, going on about 4 years old....primary seating is about 7 or 8 feet away. It is not blurry...I have no clue what the resolution is....I do know that it is not 4K, nor ultra....I was truly blown away by the higher end tv's in the stores nowadays....and tho I'm not the least bit of an AV techie aficionado...I could tell a huge difference. When I bought mine, the difference was about $3K between mine and the one that the cool kids were gettin....too rich for my blood...no clue what any of them go for today

That said, I have NEVER, ever watched my tv and thought..."Gee...I wish this was an ULTRA or 4K...(or whatever the new great thing in TV's is)"....it's kinda like bluray; I can tell the sight/sound difference from a bluray dvd....but if I'm watching a regular dvd, it never occurs to me to think "I sure woulda preferred if this was bluray"...I just don't care enough.

As to the smart/not smart; my main tv is dumb; the sound/dvd system is smart. Works perfect for us.

One of the smaller tv's is smarter - and I like not having to use the peripheral type gear when I don't want to....it sorta goes both ways.

The tv that is in the 'exercise room' is very smart -- and perfect there -- I'm not looking for better sound system or dvd's or anything else...but the tv alone will stream Netflix and Amazon as well or better than that stuff clckbang mentioned...never had a problem with firmware not updating
Beretta61 Offline
#31 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 12:50 PM EST
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I'm going smaller. Makes it harder to see the politically correct garbage I'm subjected to on a nightly basis...
Gene363 Offline
#32 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 1:36 PM EST
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4K is nice, but expensive and as TG pointed out some time ago, if you sit back very far, (normal viewing) you cannot see the extra details anyway.

Make sure the content you intend to watch is available in resolution you are paying for. Content labeled, "High Definition" is not necessarily 4k resolution. I found this out with Blueray DVDs, many titles were just ported over from lower resolution masters. YMMV
Stinkdyr Offline
#33 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 1:48 PM EST
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Shoot your tv.
Read a book instead.

Beer
frankj1 Offline
#34 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 7:36 PM EST
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Stinkdyr wrote:
Shoot your tv.
Read a book instead.

Beer

will large print look fuzzy?
jackconrad Offline
#35 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 9:07 PM EST
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1hve several but the depth of a quality plasma still looksfog best to me
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#36 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 9:14 PM EST
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jackconrad wrote:
1hve several but the depth of a quality plasma still looksfog best to me

And they keep you warm in da winter...
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#37 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 10:25 PM EST
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fishinguitarman wrote:
Freaky..."YES!

Come on TG.......
ur opinion


Shame on you Not a Ram27 approved thread.
fishinguitarman Offline
#38 Posted: Tue, Feb 14 2017, 1:59 AM EST
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Avera 50eQXX10 50" 2160p 4K LED... shipping free... $289.00...
Ram27 Offline
#39 Posted: Tue, Feb 14 2017, 2:56 AM EST
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Thunder.Gerbil wrote:
Shame on you Not a Ram27 approved thread.










ram27bat
DrMaddVibe Offline
#40 Posted: Tue, Feb 14 2017, 6:42 AM EST
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I've got a Samsung 60' SmartTV...with 3D and love it.

Had it for over 5 years now. No problems except with the internet we had at the time. Our TV was telling us that the internet connection wasn't good enough for the TV...it wasn't. We upgraded as soon as we were able to. It's the price of living out in the middle of nowhere. No FIOS, no cable modems...just DSL.

Meh...


Didn't buy the TV for the 3D...it came with it...it blew away the other TV's it was near in the showroom. Bought it, and when we bought a few 3D titles...whoa...it's amazing. I saw "How To Train Your Dragon" in the theaters, and at home the 3D effects were sharper and the picture much better.

I'm pleased with the purchase and if I'm in stores I'll look for my TV...it's only gone down in price like 400.00 so I feel like I bought a really good one!


Oh...almost forgot...if you like to play video games...WHOA! It's so awesome.
teedubbya Offline
#41 Posted: Tue, Feb 14 2017, 7:43 AM EST
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Video games? The dudes like 89 years old.
fishinguitarman Offline
#42 Posted: Tue, Feb 14 2017, 7:54 AM EST
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Does that mean it's Ram approved now?
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#43 Posted: Tue, Feb 14 2017, 8:00 AM EST
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fishinguitarman wrote:
Does that mean it's Ram approved now?


Not talking

That didn't look like an approval to me.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#44 Posted: Tue, Feb 14 2017, 8:20 AM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
Video games? The dudes like 89 years old.



Yeah...who doesn't have kids or grandkids????
Ram27 Offline
#45 Posted: Wed, Feb 15 2017, 5:07 AM EST
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Thunder.Gerbil wrote:
Not talking

That didn't look like an approval to me.






ThumpUp
dstieger Offline
#46 Posted: Wed, Feb 15 2017, 9:01 AM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
Video games? The dudes like 89 years old.



I assume that as you approach 90, its hard to see Clash of Clans on the ipad.....Clan Wars on 70" screen!!
teedubbya Offline
#47 Posted: Wed, Feb 15 2017, 1:52 PM EST
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I heard Wheel was funding the development of a game called clam wars before his untimely passing.
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#48 Posted: Wed, Feb 15 2017, 6:59 PM EST
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DrMaddVibe wrote:
I've got a Samsung 60' SmartTV...with 3D and love it.

Bought it, and when we bought a few 3D titles...whoa...it's amazing. I saw "Back Door Boys" in the theaters, and at home the 3D effects were sharper and the picture much better. I swear I could SMELL that movie!











Gross.......
MACS Offline
#49 Posted: Wed, Feb 15 2017, 8:02 PM EST
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I've got a 52" Sharp Aquos in the living room and a 37" Vizio in the man cave. Neither smart, but I just watch TV on them... and won't be replacing them until they don't work.
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#50 Posted: Thu, Feb 16 2017, 12:14 AM EST
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Go with 2160 or the best specs best picture for the best price ...Do not pay for frills (Smart TV) unless that is part of the best spec best picture for the best price deal....
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