Smart TV

[Black can man]

There is nothing wrong with my sturdy non hdmi plasma panny viera , but looking at the smart televisions in Curry's i'm starting to feel i'm missing out what with the capabilities these TV's have. I stream a lot of football & Cricket but have to watch it on my mac rather than on the big screen. i assume the TV Just acts like a pc & would stream the pictures itself.

My panny seems so well built i don't think it's ever going to go wrong, I'm really thinking of just replacing it.

Any recommendations at around £1000,00 ? i looked at an LG that was rather large but it just lacked a bit of crispness,

We have always bought Panasonic , but the other brands seem to offer more for your buck.

please help , confused south london

[kingston12]

If you are buying just for the Smart features, I think that Samsung are the best of the bunch.

However, I don't think you need to buy a TV just for the Smart features, especially streaming.

I have got a Samsung TV with the latest 2013 Smart features, but my main streaming device is the £99 Apple TV that is connected to it. That allows me to stream anything that I have got on my Mac, Airplay anything directly from my iPad/iPhone as well as having the best interface for Netflix (imo).

Most Virgin/Freeview/Sky/Blu Ray players will give you access to the catch up TV services if that is what you are after.

This Samsung Blu Ray player for £99 actually seems to have exactly the same Smart features as their current TVs:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-BD-F6500-Smart-Blu...

The advantage of buying these features in a Blu Ray player is that when they become hopelessly out of date in 2 years time, you can sell the player on and replace it for a net £50 to get you back up to date. To do the same with a Smart TV will probably cost you 10x that.

[Black can man]

i do want the smart features but i also want HD , I am getting fed up with pushing the scart plugs back when they come loose & i want a bigger screen

Thanks for the reply sir.

[Dale 1]

We just updated our 42 in panasonic plasma which we bought in 2008 and it is still faultless, put it in the bedroom and bought the panasonic 50 inch gt smart tv plasma and it's great, I think if you stick with panasonic you shouldn't go far wrong.

[Black can man]

The Samsung f8000 looks stunning , but I do love a panny

The salesman told me to hang a month when the new 2014 Telly's come out , meaning the 2013 Telly's should be massively reduced .

[V8covin]

If you intend streaming from within a browser from one of the many dodgy sites I think you are going to be disappointed.
The browser on a smart tv is not the same as you get o a computer.For a start there's no flash and most streaming sites use flash.

I have a mini pc hooked up to a tv via hdmi,works well,the only problem is it's running xp and with support ending soon I'm giving Linux a go.
Hopefully sometime soon they'll bring out tvs with full browser support,then I might be tempted

[Black can man]

V8covin said:

If you intend streaming from within a browser from one of the many dodgy sites I think you are going to be disappointed.
The browser on a smart tv is not the same as you get o a computer.For a start there's no flash and most streaming sites use flash.

I have a mini pc hooked up to a tv via hdmi,works well,the only problem is it's running xp and with support ending soon I'm giving Linux a go.
Hopefully sometime soon they'll bring out tvs with full browser support,then I might be tempted

Cheers , yes after a bit of research & thinking more clearly about it, what i really want is a full hd picture & large screen, i mean i could just buy an extra long HDMI cable to connect from my mac or even one of the kids laptops for what i really want the smart telly to do. all the catch up stuff i can do from the Skybox & ipads etc.


off to john Lewis now lol