I want to get a smart TV.

I ditched cable and just have internet and YouTube TV... which I might just dump because it's pricey at $64.99 a month, and the mother fuggers don't even include commercial free "YouTube Premium" in that price.

Anywho... kinda tired of watching shows on a laptop. I'm thinking a 37"-42" smart TV will do the trick. Then I'll figure out if I want to get hulu or something.

So... what should I get?

If you already have a regular tv. I use a PlayStation 4 to basically convert it into a smart TV. Then download the apps you want onto your gaming system of choice. I don’t play games much but for the app availability it’s an easy setup. I just ditched direc tv. So I’m interested to see where this goes.

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To clarify. I have a Samsung smart tv. It’s cool. But for some reason if I put the same apps on my PlayStation. Xbox 1 will also do the same trick. The apps run smoother. All connected to the same internet. I’m not super tec savvy but I had the gaming consoles given to me. At this point the newer systems are out so the PS4 and Xbox 1 can be had pretty cheap. I have both cause friends be like that.


It’s super simple though if I can figure it out. I have YouTube and Netflix on mine. Just another option in case this could work for you.

I don’t understand how or why the gaming consoles run the apps faster but I use one or the other of those instead of using the smart capabilities of the tv.

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Last gaming console I had was a PS2. Years ago.

Plus you can get a non smart tv cheaper. I just happened to get a deal on mine. That said I’ve had it about 3 years and like it. My local tv guy told me he liked Samsung. When my Visio gave up I sorta kinda shopped for a Samsung.

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I feel ya on the gaming consoles mine were freebies. I met you on the herf a bit ago. If you have a good tv. It’s an option.

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Saw some commercials for tvs with Roku built into them. I'd look into that if I were in the market... wife Ram's permission of course.

Waiting on Ram... Meanwhile, we cut out cable, got a Samsung smart TV, it has built in Samsung programing and Amazion Prime. We added apps for Discovery plus and Hulu, easy pezy. I recommend getting one, maybe two sources so you actually explore all they have and you don't end up like cable, a hundred of channels, nothing to watch.

I am surprised at how much I do not miss cable programing. It was especially clear today while waiting for car service, they had it on Fox News, the adds, F'!

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DONT GET FRISKY WITH THE WIFE IN FRONT OF IT...

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BECAUSE THE N.S.A. CAN FILM YOU, RECORD THE AUDIO AND SEND IT TO THE INTERWEBS ANY TIME THEY FEEL LIKE IT ..PLUS THEY CAN HEAR ANYTHING YOU SAY WITHIN 20-25 FEET OF THAT SMART TV...ANYTIME They WANT TO...

F.A.C.T.

86 Samsung in the living room and a 65 Vizio in the garage both have jail broke Amazon firesticks.

Ditto.........I much prefer the Firesticks over Rokus.Got a free appletv set-up ...............hated that **** ing thing,gave it to my son in law who then gave it to one of his coworkers,flat out POS


Hey a Cooper sighting.............good to see you around Mike.Shoot me a text sometime,new phone and not sure if I have your current digits.

Oy vey to many choices for me to pick out . Lot of good suggestions but in the end you and only you can make the best decision. Good luck.😉

Huh... YouTube tv seems like cable to me. Lots of channels, little I want to watch.

Maybe a Amazon Fire TV? They're smart tv's with the firestick built in, right?

If you're thinking of going that route why buy a tv.............just add a firestick to your current tv.I'm using the FS 4K in the man cave and I love it

Um... because the Vizio I have in the man cave was old enough to vote in the last election?

What ever you get, get at least 1080 resolution. I have Sceptre TV (43") in my bedroom and for both of my computer monitors (24"). Bedroom TV uses an external Roku. Also had a Amazon fire stick but I got use to the Roku interface so that's what I stuck with. Maybe about 2 years old on each and haven't had any issues with them.

Just bought a TCL 55" 4k resolution with built in Roku for the living room to replace an Onn 43" 1080 resolution. I didn't have any issues with the Onn. I bought last year on a Wally World Black Friday deal (actually bought 3 of them for around $90 each to give as gifts). The TCL was another Wally World Black Friday deal that I couldn't pass up.

Disclaimer: I'm not a video freak and wear glasses when I watch TV so I probably couldn't pick out any detailed differences in image quality between a $200 vs a $500 vs a $1,000 one.

Had a 32" Vizio maybe about 4 years back, again, I didn't have any issues with it except someone "broke" into my house one day and stole it. (I rarely locked my doors unless I was going to be away for an extended period so technically they didn't break in, they just wandered in and walked out with it).

Had an LG about 5 years back but it blew a capacitor on on the power supply board - apparently the model I had was known for this problem, so much so that you could by a handy-man fix it kit off of e-bay to replace the blown cap(s). Being frugal and since I like Franking with things, I bought the fix-it kit and replaced the bad cap. It worked well after that.

No mater what you get, I'd recommend a sound bar or some sort of external sound system as most flat screen TV's speakers kinda suck (at least the one's I've owned).

Another piece of advice that I got from someone is don't get too big of a screen for the room or for the distance away where you plan on watching it. For the best viewing experience, you just want to move your eyes right or left to see the action and not be turning your head (think sitting in the front row of a movie theater vs halfway to 3/4 of the way back).

One more thing. Look at the connections and number of them available for the TV. You can plug your laptop into it (preferably HDMI connection), and use it as an external monitor. With a wireless mouse and keyboard you can sit in your lazyboy and do anything that you were using your laptop for.

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Lots of good advice on this thread.

Roku, FireTV, AppleTV, Nvidia Shield...all great for whatever it is you want to do. The essentials Amazon Prime and Netflix...after that it becomes a preference. We get free HBOMax because we have AT&T cell phones. Hulu, Peacock, Paramount, FoxTV...have all the content you'd want to pay for. Kodi is another option as well for sports and movies.

I cut the cord years ago. The hardest part was finally ditching the satellite tv (I live out in the country...no broadband nor fiber) because my wife is addicted to ID Discovery. Well, took the plunge with their app while I still had satellite...it's better than the channel! everything is all there waiting to stream. I would NEVER go back to watching regular tv...EVER. The ones we subscribe to we get the commercial free versions and we NEVER have to see dumbass commercials. Seems like every week another channel pops up with free try out periods so you can dip your beak into whatever twirls your beeny.