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I've purchased two 50" 4K Smart Insignia from Best Buy on sale for ~ $280 and love them. Insignia TVs are made for BestBuy by Samsung so they are good quality and they have Ruku built in. The key to 4K content though is that you have to have at least 35-40MB constant throughput to support it. If your internet connection cannot handle that, they don't waste the money on a 4K TV.
stand alones ie roku...have been in the game longer than the combo pack deal...plus if it goes out...just buy a new one...
I suggest you at least consider Vizio. Fairly inexpensive and ~ feature rich. Has Smartcast (Chromecast new name?) + built in I think.
https://vizio.com/tv-overview
My Vizio for my back deck has Smartcast and I love it....
Thanks, I live too far from Atlanta for antennas to work well, but I'll look into Roku tv.
Ouch. I have 30 megs, I get it for 15 bucks because I live in a retirement zone. Moving up to 60 megs would cost an extra 50 dollars a month.
PS. I just ran a speed test, It registered at 38 megs, so I'm good.
I'm lucky - I have Verizon Fios where I get over 900mb download speeds...
I have access to 60 plus megs, but I'd have to pay 50 more a month for it and so far I haven't needed the bandwidth.
The technology for cable cutters sure is improving. All I care about is Netflix and college football, but my wife likes some cable shows. Otherwise I probably drop the cable.
I like reading about what solutions you folks are following. Gotta keep up, you know
Go, Dawgs!
Im not in the GA area. From STL, Mo and live in Fort worth Tx now. Always lived on the outskirts but have really good signal.
What channels does she watch and what channels do you watch? There may be a cheaper option.
Just an FYI on 4k -
When running 4k via Netflix, my info screen shows I am using 15 Mbps.
At 1080 it is about 7.5.
The antennaweb site I linked works Nationwide.
Ha! Home Depot employees are notorious for making up answers.
I have a small older Vizio now. Not smart, but it's been a good tv. Before that I had a LG that was good, but started going out after about 6 years. When I buy again, which will soon, I'll probably go with either a Vizio or Samsung.