Smart TV - would you?
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#17
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As Animal said what I like most about the Smart TV is the fact that it has one remote and no set top box.
My house over the years has collected Xboxes, Playstations, Nintendos, DVD Players, Blu-Ray plays plus the Cable box which now comes with a seperate hard-drive. It was just nice getting a bit of tech that didn't take up more room.
FWIW I now have all gaming consoles in the basement with a non-Smart TV, I have one smart TV in the bedroom and every other TV in the house now has a 'smart' Blu-ray player.
My house over the years has collected Xboxes, Playstations, Nintendos, DVD Players, Blu-Ray plays plus the Cable box which now comes with a seperate hard-drive. It was just nice getting a bit of tech that didn't take up more room.
FWIW I now have all gaming consoles in the basement with a non-Smart TV, I have one smart TV in the bedroom and every other TV in the house now has a 'smart' Blu-ray player.
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i swapped over to US netflix because it has a huge selection of films and programmes not available on Canadian Netflix.
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Bought one, its great, going to buy another, disconnect cable and stream over the internet. Right now I use a PC with a VPN for UK and US netflix. If you subscribe to a DNS service, you can change the DNS in the TV or router and this does the same thing, problem is you need to change the DNS to a UK or US one manually, the VPN through the PC is easier.
Bought the TV on sale at Futureshop and got a smokin deal, same as they now charge for a dumb (unsmart) TV. Forget the box, smart is the way to go, less wires, added a decent soundbar, can stream music & video off the PC over wireless connection.
Personally, would not buy high end TVs, cost a lot now and are half the price in 6 months. I buy the cheapest with the features I want. Had Sony, failed in 3 years, now have Samsung and it is great.
Going to put smart TVs in all the rooms we have TV.
Bought the TV on sale at Futureshop and got a smokin deal, same as they now charge for a dumb (unsmart) TV. Forget the box, smart is the way to go, less wires, added a decent soundbar, can stream music & video off the PC over wireless connection.
Personally, would not buy high end TVs, cost a lot now and are half the price in 6 months. I buy the cheapest with the features I want. Had Sony, failed in 3 years, now have Samsung and it is great.
Going to put smart TVs in all the rooms we have TV.
#21
I no longer need to use a full VPN as the Smart DNS service I use works with UK Catchup channels but makes Netflix think I am US based (if necessary the netflix location can be changed to any country by visiting one website)
I don't use netflix though as anything on there I can stream online for free - whether that be movies or TV shows etc.
I'd actually get rid of Satellite similar to Aviator but am currently in contract so have just lowered the package to the minimum.
I don't use netflix though as anything on there I can stream online for free - whether that be movies or TV shows etc.
I'd actually get rid of Satellite similar to Aviator but am currently in contract so have just lowered the package to the minimum.
Last edited by Animal; Mar 26th 2013 at 2:17 am.
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Don't bother with 3D - it's a gimmick. The next big thing for TV's will be 4K.
#27
I always pay too much for a crap tv as I buy a new one every four years just before the World Cup.
#30
I bought a smaller Samsung Smart TV (latest 32" model) which is what I wanted because it's for a small room, here in France, from an online suppler, for 300 euros (ca $490) including all tax and delivery to the door.



