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Large Screen Smart TV's

I still use my 720p TV because I mostly watch DVDs, over the air broadcasts that top out at 720p/1080i, and streaming content.

When the local channels start doing 4K boadcasts I will get a new TV (probably a year or more).
 
rmay635703 said:
In My area at least the next Gen station carries all the main non-sub channel
Channels ABS, CBS, NBC, CW, My network , etc

They are simply broadcasting at the native resolutions for each channel (720p,1080i)

Primary reason for next Gen is simply that many channels don’t come in many areas and the next Gen signal reaches more folks

No new content and no 4K is a no from me but maybe someday they will change content
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When buying a new smart tv, and if you watch off air sub-channels, you need to ensure that the set can do 420 as some can't.
 
Well it's a done deal. I settled on the LG 65" Smart UN9000 4K. I'll let you know how it turns out after it's delivered.
 
Agent Orange said:
Well it's a done deal. I settled on the LG 65" Smart UN9000 4K. I'll let you know how it turns out after it's delivered.
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Wierd I am getting mixed information as to whether that set has ATSC3

Does the spec list ATSC 3?

Would be rather silly if the same set in a different size has the tuner and this one does not.
 
rmay635703 said:
Wierd I am getting mixed information as to whether that set has ATSC3

Does the spec list ATSC 3?

Would be rather silly if the same set in a different size has the tuner and this one does not.
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I have a HDHomeRun tuner for off air as part of my setup, and it has ATSC 3 available if you want to pay the monthly premium just to record. I don't use that function. It seems that only the high end OLED sets have ATSC 3 and then on sets 55" and up. I use Fubo and it has an outstanding recording feature and it's even better than Hulu in my estimation. So, the LG 65UN9000AUJ does not offer ATSC 3 as far as I know. That and OLED are not big selling points as far as I am concerned. My tired old couldn't tell the difference. If one had a home theater, which I don't, OLED and ATSC 3 may be an attractive option, but for me this new LG will reside in my bar area and be mainly used for sporting events or whatever the lady of the house decides on where and what she wants to see. If you Google the UN9000, you will see that it has just about every feature one needs.
 
Oh I don’t disagree that it’s a good set and have considered just that TV as an upgrade.
I find the approach LG has been taking to tuners somewhat confusing as in 6 months it will be hard not to get an ATSC 3 set even on the $79 24” units. (If the timeline is to be believed)

My main interest is in the possibility of selling and upgrading my moms 2015era 50” smart Visio TV (that came from the factory with 3 year out of date obsolete technology that now crashes randomly during YouTube advertising)

I have a Roku on there but she doesn’t want to use it because it’s on a separate remote . (New Remote costs more than the Roku)

Unloading a TV worth $100ish seems to be a lot of trouble these days but better than tossing or cluttering,
Was hoping your set had all the features plus ATSC 3 to motivate an upgrade
ah well good luck
 
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I have 3 smart TVs, a 2015 Samsung (which I hate), a Roku based Sharp from 2018, and a Roku based TCL from 2021. I like the Sharp and the TCL. The Samsung lives in the closet. All 4K, one gets the Samsung sound bar.

The best of the lot was the Sharp which I was looking for when I bought the TCL. That one gave me the least trouble.

Samsung's proprietary GUI sucks, so does their remote. That TV drove me nuts. The TCP/IP stack takes longer to load than my Tandy 1000 starting up MS Network client with DHCP. Almost any streaming app goes out of sync or starts playing it's audio over OTHER streaming apps. My wife would call constantly while I was at work about the freaky crap it does, hence replacing it.

My only gripe with the Roku TV's is the remote itself. They are easily lost. Before we were controlling them with universal remotes I was chasing them around nonstop. The Sling/Hulu/Proton/whatever buttons for specific channels always get in the way and would interrupt our streaming Plex/Netflix/YouTube watching almost every time. It got to the point I was prying remotes apart and putting electric tape over the contacts to stop them from working.

As for the Samsung, the only reason I keep it is I could use it as a ginormous computer monitor, and it actually has some kind of scaler built in because it actually handles retro-gaming the best out of the three (the Roku TV's irritate me with a DSP I can't turn off, even game mode has lag with my RetroPie).

Here's something nuts - I'm on lunch and right next to me is a commercial video monitor that runs Android. Why the hell does what is going to end up running as some kind of "dummy monitor" for a wallboard need a friggin O/S, TCP/IP stack, and applications. It's annoying, it's just more crap we have to turn off, and when user's have access to the remote it's just one more way they can cause trouble.

I seriously hate IoT and "smart" stuff - seems not that smart to me. Maybe I'm turning into an old curmudgeon, but that's how I feel about it.
 
I have a Sharp 44" in our family room which has been going strong since 2007. It has an excellent picture with a surround sound bar but not much in the way of smart this and that. The consensus of opinions around here, meaning wife's, is that it stays until it dims out because she like it. It really does have a nice bright, crisp picture. So, the LG is a done deal and it will be here next Tuesday, and I let you know how it turns out.
 
My new 65" LG UN9000 tv arrived this afternoon. It took about 2 and half hours to get everything setup, as most of the time was spent on the heavy duty center mount stand assembly. Attached the antenna cable and the off air setup found all of the local channels, installed the Fubo app and there were no problems connecting to the wifi. All that remains is to connect the fiber optic cable to the stereo tuner, and then a little retune on Alexa to get the whole shebang working on voice commands again. Just about ready for the Super Bowl.
 
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