Best TV for holiday home
Discussion
(tried AVforums with no joy so far, let's try the knowledgeable ones here!)
We have a fairly old Alba TV in a holiday home. Remote symbols rubbed off, hard to use.
Looking for a 40-43” replacement.
Ideally with the following:
- Easy to use remote (perhaps most important!)
- Aerial only
- Freeview (HD desirable!)
- Ideally with a decent EPG - the Alba is rubbish!
- IPlayer & any other catch-up services
We have reasonable WiFi (up to around 26Mbps): it would be great to also enable some smart features, BUT being a holiday home, if we shared our Amazon prime (for example), we would absolutely NOT want people to be able to buy films on it, or at least would insist on a password in some way that we could secure it.
Don’t mind a fire stick or similar, but must be easy to use.
If it had built-in DVD, that could be a bonus, but I am also aware (from previous experience!) that may break before the TV, so not essential.
Any suggestions?
We have a fairly old Alba TV in a holiday home. Remote symbols rubbed off, hard to use.
Looking for a 40-43” replacement.
Ideally with the following:
- Easy to use remote (perhaps most important!)
- Aerial only
- Freeview (HD desirable!)
- Ideally with a decent EPG - the Alba is rubbish!
- IPlayer & any other catch-up services
We have reasonable WiFi (up to around 26Mbps): it would be great to also enable some smart features, BUT being a holiday home, if we shared our Amazon prime (for example), we would absolutely NOT want people to be able to buy films on it, or at least would insist on a password in some way that we could secure it.
Don’t mind a fire stick or similar, but must be easy to use.
If it had built-in DVD, that could be a bonus, but I am also aware (from previous experience!) that may break before the TV, so not essential.
Any suggestions?
I wouldn't bother with DVD, especially if you're going to do Netflix/Amazon.
Would look for something 2nd hand from the AV Forums classifieds.
I would have thought most people will sign in and then sign out with their own Netflix account as long as the TV is available. Just make sure that whoever is in charge of preparing the property for the next guests adds signing out as a 'to do' item.
Would look for something 2nd hand from the AV Forums classifieds.
I would have thought most people will sign in and then sign out with their own Netflix account as long as the TV is available. Just make sure that whoever is in charge of preparing the property for the next guests adds signing out as a 'to do' item.
I take it you let it out.
Get the best internet connected tv you can (and of course you can claim the costs back), just make sure the HDMI slots are accessible, for the visitors fire stick etc..
Nothing worse than renting a pad for the weekend and finding the tele/internet connectivity is y2k safe but not connected, so I have to connect via 4 g to my iPad so the kids can watch there tv, rather than the big screen on the wall.
Get a generic Apple TV/decent internet TV, or if in the uk get full Sky/Netflix if it’s well used (guest accounts no buying sign ups).
But remember people bring there own ‘subscriptions’ to watch, make it accessible for them..
Get the best internet connected tv you can (and of course you can claim the costs back), just make sure the HDMI slots are accessible, for the visitors fire stick etc..
Nothing worse than renting a pad for the weekend and finding the tele/internet connectivity is y2k safe but not connected, so I have to connect via 4 g to my iPad so the kids can watch there tv, rather than the big screen on the wall.
Get a generic Apple TV/decent internet TV, or if in the uk get full Sky/Netflix if it’s well used (guest accounts no buying sign ups).
But remember people bring there own ‘subscriptions’ to watch, make it accessible for them..
leemanning said:
I wouldn't bother with DVD, especially if you're going to do Netflix/Amazon.
Would look for something 2nd hand from the AV Forums classifieds.
I would have thought most people will sign in and then sign out with their own Netflix account as long as the TV is available. Just make sure that whoever is in charge of preparing the property for the next guests adds signing out as a 'to do' item.
A fairly technophobic housekeeper...that could be a challenge ;-)Would look for something 2nd hand from the AV Forums classifieds.
I would have thought most people will sign in and then sign out with their own Netflix account as long as the TV is available. Just make sure that whoever is in charge of preparing the property for the next guests adds signing out as a 'to do' item.
Deesee said:
I take it you let it out.
Get the best internet connected tv you can (and of course you can claim the costs back), just make sure the HDMI slots are accessible, for the visitors fire stick etc..
Nothing worse than renting a pad for the weekend and finding the tele/internet connectivity is y2k safe but not connected, so I have to connect via 4 g to my iPad so the kids can watch there tv, rather than the big screen on the wall.
Get a generic Apple TV/decent internet TV, or if in the uk get full Sky/Netflix if it’s well used (guest accounts no buying sign ups).
But remember people bring there own ‘subscriptions’ to watch, make it accessible for them..
& yes, it is let out....Get the best internet connected tv you can (and of course you can claim the costs back), just make sure the HDMI slots are accessible, for the visitors fire stick etc..
Nothing worse than renting a pad for the weekend and finding the tele/internet connectivity is y2k safe but not connected, so I have to connect via 4 g to my iPad so the kids can watch there tv, rather than the big screen on the wall.
Get a generic Apple TV/decent internet TV, or if in the uk get full Sky/Netflix if it’s well used (guest accounts no buying sign ups).
But remember people bring there own ‘subscriptions’ to watch, make it accessible for them..
Good points about letting guests use their own accounts. Why didn't I think of that!
I've found Samsung TVs generally easy to use...but yes, just a well connected unit sounds a good idea: thanks!!
For a holiday let. I'd look at JVC. They have all the features you want and are cheap.
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mikeiow said:
(tried AVforums with no joy so far, let's try the knowledgeable ones here!)
We have a fairly old Alba TV in a holiday home. Remote symbols rubbed off, hard to use.
Looking for a 40-43” replacement.
Ideally with the following:
- Easy to use remote (perhaps most important!)
- Aerial only
- Freeview (HD desirable!)
- Ideally with a decent EPG - the Alba is rubbish!
- IPlayer & any other catch-up services
We have reasonable WiFi (up to around 26Mbps): it would be great to also enable some smart features, BUT being a holiday home, if we shared our Amazon prime (for example), we would absolutely NOT want people to be able to buy films on it, or at least would insist on a password in some way that we could secure it.
Don’t mind a fire stick or similar, but must be easy to use.
If it had built-in DVD, that could be a bonus, but I am also aware (from previous experience!) that may break before the TV, so not essential.
Any suggestions?
On a side note, I am about to buy my kids a couple of Amazon Fire Tablets and was looking at the account setup (as in don't want them to accidentally buy stuff). Turns out that with a household account you can add 2 adult and 4 children accounts to one Prime account. The Children accounts have purchasing disabled so that could be an option for you to set up the prime in a child's account.We have a fairly old Alba TV in a holiday home. Remote symbols rubbed off, hard to use.
Looking for a 40-43” replacement.
Ideally with the following:
- Easy to use remote (perhaps most important!)
- Aerial only
- Freeview (HD desirable!)
- Ideally with a decent EPG - the Alba is rubbish!
- IPlayer & any other catch-up services
We have reasonable WiFi (up to around 26Mbps): it would be great to also enable some smart features, BUT being a holiday home, if we shared our Amazon prime (for example), we would absolutely NOT want people to be able to buy films on it, or at least would insist on a password in some way that we could secure it.
Don’t mind a fire stick or similar, but must be easy to use.
If it had built-in DVD, that could be a bonus, but I am also aware (from previous experience!) that may break before the TV, so not essential.
Any suggestions?
Sorry nothing to add re TV's except to say JVC has an awful epg interface (or has on the 5 year old model I have).
tribalsurfer said:
On a side note, I am about to buy my kids a couple of Amazon Fire Tablets and was looking at the account setup (as in don't want them to accidentally buy stuff). Turns out that with a household account you can add 2 adult and 4 children accounts to one Prime account. The Children accounts have purchasing disabled so that could be an option for you to set up the prime in a child's account.
That is a great idea!We happened to be at Costco this week & found they had a good deal on a Hisense set - 43" UHD 4K Series 6 - nice clear & easy remote with big buttons for Amazon, Youtube, NetFlix, FreePlay. EPG looked okay (way better than the Alba TV we have down there!)
Tried it last night - I would say it is pretty good: default screen a bit bright, but cinema effect good, and very tunable....not necessarily 'top of the class", but certainly in the top group!
With a current £20 off deal taking the price down to the frankly bargain price of £276 inc VAT
Thanks for the ideas, I can set quite a bit up, will try the Amazon child thingy...and the TV does have an easy to see side HDMI port as well (good idea for us to leave a cable with it to help people)
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