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I need tech help, I'm buying a 4K smart tv in the morning....

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  • njdawg81njdawg81 Posts: 364 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    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.

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  • 3rdshift3rdshift Posts: 546 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    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...

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  • FirePlugDawgFirePlugDawg Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited August 2018

    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

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  • Tdub0199Tdub0199 Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    My Vizio for my back deck has Smartcast and I love it....

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  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @moos said:
    Fwiw, I love these:

    https://www.cnet.com/reviews/tcl-65r617-2018-roku-tv-review/

    Great value. Built in Roku means it has YouTube TV, PSVue, Hulu, Netflix, etc all on one remote. I have PSVue as I like the interface a little better than YoutubeTV. You don't have to have a PlayStation to get it.

    I also have an antenna like @Thelordjohnson suggests. I don't strictly need it, but I also have a Tablo DVR which records and streams OTA stuff and makes it available on your network instead of having to run coax to all the TVs.

    Thanks, I live too far from Atlanta for antennas to work well, but I'll look into Roku tv.

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  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited August 2018

    @njdawg81 said:
    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.

    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.

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  • njdawg81njdawg81 Posts: 364 ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    @WCDawg said:

    @njdawg81 said:
    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.

    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...

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  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @njdawg81 said:

    @WCDawg said:

    @njdawg81 said:
    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.

    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.

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  • JimWallaceJimWallace Posts: 6,264 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    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!

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  • ThelordjohnsonThelordjohnson Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @BigGAdawg said:

    @Thelordjohnson said:
    For Fox, ABC, CBS, and NBC you can always keep your Sling (assuming you have the sports package) and buy a flat tv antenna. Lets you get local channels easily. I brought one that you cant even see.

    What sort of range do you have to have? How close to the broadcast tower does it require? I am looking to cut the cord on the cable co., but I live well outside the metro area. They just keep going up every year or two and the quality of their product gets worse year over year (Spectrum--I think that is the Latin for S_U_C_K_S).

    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.

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  • ThelordjohnsonThelordjohnson Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @JimWallace said:
    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!

    What channels does she watch and what channels do you watch? There may be a cheaper option.

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  • ReeldawgReeldawg Posts: 971 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    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.

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  • moosmoos Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @Thelordjohnson said:

    @BigGAdawg said:

    @Thelordjohnson said:
    For Fox, ABC, CBS, and NBC you can always keep your Sling (assuming you have the sports package) and buy a flat tv antenna. Lets you get local channels easily. I brought one that you cant even see.

    What sort of range do you have to have? How close to the broadcast tower does it require? I am looking to cut the cord on the cable co., but I live well outside the metro area. They just keep going up every year or two and the quality of their product gets worse year over year (Spectrum--I think that is the Latin for S_U_C_K_S).

    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.

    The antennaweb site I linked works Nationwide.

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  • andrews1253andrews1253 Posts: 427 ✭✭✭ Junior

    @WCDawg said:

    @umooner said:
    I imagine your TV will have the capability to run YouTube TV built in. I know for my 4K tv that as long as your internet can handle the streaming, YouTube app on the smart tv will stream 4K. If you use a chrome cast, there’s a particular one you can get that can do 4K.

    I’m not sure if that answered your question or not though to be honest.

    I'll ask the right questions before pick the tv, but you know some sales people will make it up if they don't know the answers.

    Ha! Home Depot employees are notorious for making up answers.

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  • ghostofuga1ghostofuga1 Posts: 9,232 mod

    @FirePlugDawg said:
    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

    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.

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