TV
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What? Are you trying to make us believe they've got colour down there?
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So time for me to get a new telly. My old CRT (!) has been asking for a replace for several years now, but it has still a very decent image and I have always fond a better way to invest my money in until now. The TV is however giving signs of exhaust... You guys are experts, so I will happily take any piece of advice you'd be kind enough to give me, as I have near to no knowledge in the area. My couch is about 2.5m away from the TV, I heard this might be an important data for finding out the adequate display size. The TV will be mainly used to watch ... TV, so no gaming, no professional picture viewing, no movie from the NAS, no fancy experimenting turning it to a stroboscopic light using lego mindstorms, no sick-making 3D, etc... just the basics function of displaying a video signal. I also only need one HDMI input. I watch about 2 to 3h TV/a week, sometimes more when there are interesting sports events, so the picture need not be the latest and greatest, as I am unable to spot any difference anyway. Considering this, a thorough search yields between 100 and 200 different TVs matching these requirements. I still wonder why each brand need to have 50 different size/quality/etc.. and how they still can earn money with it, instead of having 5 to 6 sizes (with 2 low-, 2-mid, and 2-high quality for instance), but I am surely not a marketing genius either. Enough said, you get the picture (no pun intended), so I'd be happy to know what could be a good invest.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
I have a 51 inch Samsung smart TV. It has an amazing picture and can be hooked up to internet via hard line or wireless. Has all the USB/HDMI ports, etc... Can hook up to your Google account if you like.
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So time for me to get a new telly. My old CRT (!) has been asking for a replace for several years now, but it has still a very decent image and I have always fond a better way to invest my money in until now. The TV is however giving signs of exhaust... You guys are experts, so I will happily take any piece of advice you'd be kind enough to give me, as I have near to no knowledge in the area. My couch is about 2.5m away from the TV, I heard this might be an important data for finding out the adequate display size. The TV will be mainly used to watch ... TV, so no gaming, no professional picture viewing, no movie from the NAS, no fancy experimenting turning it to a stroboscopic light using lego mindstorms, no sick-making 3D, etc... just the basics function of displaying a video signal. I also only need one HDMI input. I watch about 2 to 3h TV/a week, sometimes more when there are interesting sports events, so the picture need not be the latest and greatest, as I am unable to spot any difference anyway. Considering this, a thorough search yields between 100 and 200 different TVs matching these requirements. I still wonder why each brand need to have 50 different size/quality/etc.. and how they still can earn money with it, instead of having 5 to 6 sizes (with 2 low-, 2-mid, and 2-high quality for instance), but I am surely not a marketing genius either. Enough said, you get the picture (no pun intended), so I'd be happy to know what could be a good invest.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
I don't have a tv, just a largish monitor and I get everything I need through the interweb. Dr Who via iPlayer and the rest comes through Lovefilm or YouTube.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Beware of TVs with freaking boot times. Little has made me happier about buying my cheapo TV than watching my friends massive beast take 30 seconds plus to turn on.