Ok folks… new flat, need a new TV as I don’t have one!
Haven’t looked for a TV in over a decade but…
I know I want between 28-32"
Ideally with Freesat or some way of watching HD included so that I don’t have to buy another box. Only interested in Freeview channels.
I have a preference for look and feel of Samsung and LGs - both my brother and parents have had these and they seem pretty decent.
Ideally they can play .mkvs and .x264 avis… so should need USBs to connect Hard drives…
Not interested in having BlueRay/ DVD as one… But it must have HDMI ports at rear (which I guess is standard).
Budget… no idea but not crazy. I would say off the top of my head £300ish but that could be way off?
one has 720p, one has 1080p (better definition), one has 1080p and ‘Smart’ TV which gives you internet connectivity through it so you can stream lovefilm for example through it.
minimum 100Hz
minimum 1080p
Freeview HD
WIFI or internet ready (mean you can use smart tv without buying additional hardware)
USB useful for movies
3-4 HDMI inputs
And yes Samsung has crispier picture on default settings (not demo settings which obviously boosting all up)
if you can go £350 I’d get the last one on your list.
To not the one fo £280 does not include wifi so you will be look at another £40 for the dongle meaning there is only a £30 difference anyway.
I have the 23" version of the last one and I love it mate, would not want anything else, I have a Media Centre PC setup in my front room and I can just watch the films from that on the tv in my room (the 23" samsung one)…
Well I dunno … I ain’t a tekky geek … I only went flat screen 6 months ago I was happy with 100hz tube tech but it finally broke down after 20 years of service
Samsung all the way. the 5000 series is pretty basic but the previous is right, not all samsungs come with wifi built in.
to be honest, the samsung wifi is pretty atrocious. circumstances like good signal but not connecting, then connecting only when choosing to test it.
not really… just was the only one I could find with the 200hz…
actually come to think of it, my brother has a Rasberry pi on his with NaviX running on it. Might be the way to do it?
To be honest, I haven’t got any idea how all of this works… I know he runs the internet through the electricity sockets. I’m gueessing you’d then connect that to the Pi which is connected via USB to PC? Or would I need the TV to have ethernet port.
