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Gulfcoastguy
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well I came home from 3days away . The Sharp Aquos that I bought in January 2006 seems to have croaked while I was gone. Any recommendations on a 40 to 50 inch flat screen with good picture and sound? Any new features to look for? I subscribe to Amazon Prime, Hulu, and have an iTunes collection if that is relevant.
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Just don buy anything from the Korreans.
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I have a new LG and am very pleased. It’s a 65”. Make sure you buy a TV with 240Hz. If I’m correct that’s the refresh rating and the higher the Hz the clearer the picture when watching sports.
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Also recommend the fine korrrean-built LG's. I have an 8-year old, 47" LED with local dimming that I'm still very happy with, but when it goes will be jumping on one of their new OLED sets, beautiful!
I can't speak for their sound, I have that routed through my British-made Monitor Audio speaker setup._____________Remember when teachers used to say 'You won't have a calculator everywhere you go'? Well, we showed them.
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Thanks, I’ m sure FOC objects To LG being. Korrean but life is full of little disappointments.
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FlyOverCountry said:Just don buy anything from the Korreans."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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It a shame plasma TV's are dead.
As far as what to buy? Well that depends how much you want to spend.
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Well there are the Good Korreans and the Bad Korreans. More to the point, I looked up prices do OLED TVs and I don’t think that I have the coin to be bleeding edge right now, my car tag is up for renewal by the end of the month.
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Hungry Joe said:It a shame plasma TV's are dead.
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Gulfcoastguy said:Well there are the Good Korreans and the Bad Korreans. More to the point, I looked up prices do OLED TVs and I don’t think that I have the coin to be bleeding edge right now, my car tag is up for renewal by the end of the month.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
I paid off the house a couple of years ago. It needs a new roof pdq, last year was a heating and cooling system. No more notes or I have to pose as a Girl Scout and sell cookies.
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Gulfcoastguy said:I paid off the house a couple of years ago. It needs a new roof pdq, last year was a heating and cooling system. No more notes or I have to pose as a Girl Scout and sell cookies.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
Yeah I paid the “rent” in January. Now I have until August to save up for the hurricane alley house insurance robbery.
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We have an LG 43" and it works flawlessly, has an incredible picture, and the grey bezel looks good too. Bought a 55 and it was way too big and just overpowered the room. It would have been fine if we could have moved the recliners out to the carport, opened up the doors and peered in from out there. 43 was the right size for our room.
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I bought a 50" 4K smart (Roku) TV for the bedroom about 1.5 years ago. $350. I'll look up the model whe I get enough energy together to get off the couch.______________________________________________I love lamp..
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We just bought a Samsung QLED from the TV shop in our town. Find somewhere to go and see the TVs operating and you will work out where to spend the money. When we were looking, the next one down from the QLED was not far off in picture quality and at 45" would be around your budget. Sound is a problem, most TVs are thin with minimal surrounds now and have no space to put decent speakers. A sound bar is a good idea, but adds to the budget.
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I just replaced a TV as well. Went with the Sony X850E model line. Great TV!~ John - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
XL BGE, LG BGE, KJ Jr, PK Original, Ardore Pizza Oven, King Disc
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I will never buy from LG (Lousy Goods) again. I bought a 56" and after two years it developed a line of dead pixels. After three months of fighting with them they finally said they don't have replacement parts. They offered me a pittance to exchange it. I'll go back to a B&W tube with rabbit ears before I give them any more money.XL BGE in San Jose, CA. Also a Pit Barrel Cooker, a Cal Flame P4 gasser, and lots of toys including the first ever Flame Boss 300 in the wild. And a new Flame Boss 500.
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Samsungs are good, like them so far. Unfortunately, all of these new "digital" TV's are not much more than giant monitors for any type of media client and sadly, they last about 5-7 yrs before the let out the magic smoke from their components. My son has a newer one that has netflix, hulu, etc as a widget. However, I do not like the idea of my TV being directly "connected" to the internet. Just sayin...
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I have always been a Sony guy, never been disappointed._________________________________________________Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!Large BGE 2006, Mini Max 2014, 36" Blackstone, Anova Sous Vide
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I just bought an LG 6300 series 43 inch 4K set. Always bought Samsung's before. All the new Samsung's now have a separate box to serve as a "hub" for all the HDMI etc inputs. Seems like something that will break to me so I changed brands. The LG 6300 is a cheap decent entry level 4K. Mine was $300 at Sams. The picture out of the box was not good at all. Read the reviews and turned off the default "eco" setting and the picture improved significantly. The new OLED and QLED sets have great pictures but were a lot more than I wanted to spend. I put the set in front of my exercise bike. It is not connected to the cable so I will use it to experiment with streaming and over the air stations to decide if I want to cut the cable off in the future.Houston (Clear Lake) TX
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It ended up being a Sony Bravia, 4 K 2160p. I can now watch: Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, and YouTube on a 49 inch screen. Switching from streaming to regular tv is proving to be an issue juggling remotes so far. It was an open box sale so $500 our the door.
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Samsung curve..Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN
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onedbguru said:Samsungs are good, like them so far. Unfortunately, all of these new "digital" TV's are not much more than giant monitors for any type of media client and sadly, they last about 5-7 yrs before the let out the magic smoke from their components. My son has a newer one that has netflix, hulu, etc as a widget. However, I do not like the idea of my TV being directly "connected" to the internet. Just sayin...
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Just bought two 2017 Sony 4K 930E's for the new house. Best model before the big bucks for an OLED.
You need to go to Best Buy or where ever to see the new technology. It's pretty amazing.
The future is internet content. The cord/dish is going to go away. We wired for cable but also ran ethernet cable.New Albany, Ohio -
What's the paranoia about a TV being connected to the internet @onedbguru and @nolaegghead? I'm all for privacy, but I don't see a lot of danger here.
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Eoin said:What's the paranoia about a TV being connected to the internet @onedbguru and @nolaegghead? I'm all for privacy, but I don't see a lot of danger here.
Greensboro North Carolina
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Gulfcoastguy said:Switching from streaming to regular tv is proving to be an issue juggling remotes so far._____________
Remember when teachers used to say 'You won't have a calculator everywhere you go'? Well, we showed them.
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Botch said:Gulfcoastguy said:Switching from streaming to regular tv is proving to be an issue juggling remotes so far.Southeast Florida - LBGE
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