Have not bought a new TV in about ten years. We're putting the old one in the RV and buy new for home. What should we look for in specs to tell us we're buying the right technology for home?We watch mostly sports and movies. We will probably enroll in some streaming types services too. Not even sure what to ask here. We have Cable ISP - Comcast Xfinity - that comes with our HOA, and we have Smart Phones with unlimited data - not sure how that works with the streaming access, if it does. Not looking to break the bank, but don't want to buy technology that's on it's last legs and will be soon replaced by the 'next version' of something. We have 43 inch now, will probably go bigger a notch or two.ON Edit - we'll probably get some wireless speakers to replace what we have (two wired) and connect in a surround type auditory. Nothing major or real fancy ...

Your old TV is probably very heavy compared to a new TV. If you have $250 buy a new one for the RV with all the bells and whistles.

I am somewhat opposed to "Smart TV's" but love Samsung. OLED is good too. most all modern tv's (one exception) DO ATSC (Digital OTA) NTSC (analog OTA/Cable) and QAM (non-encoded digital cable) Now some cable companies (Spectrum/Charter) are nasty. you MUST use one of their Set Top boxes.. I'd like multiple HDMI inputs (At least 2 3 would be nicew)Composite (Red-White-Yellow RCA type coxial jacks also called Phono Jacks)At least one computer inputAnd optional componet (Which I have never used which is why optional)Multiple Composite. may also be nice. Front panel input is niceAudio out is nice. Digital audio out is also nice(Feed audio to a home theater system)

We have two Samsung TVs in the RV and two more at home. Never a problem with any of them.

We have Samsung now ... very good set, no reason to update it but to get the old one for use elsewhere. Altho', we see a lot of visual and audio improvement over the past ten years, for sure.I see Samsung does not make OLED, but only QLED, which seems on the cusp of its development at this time. But if only LG makes the OLED screens, then no matter the brand, you get the same screen tech. Not sure that matters in the real world. I like Samsung and have it in the past with good quality. Will take a peek at some in the big box and see what it looks and sounds like. Wa8wym, I like your advice, and that list sounds like it covers what we need for sure. Always better to have more connections that you need because you always need more than you get. And a multi-variety is nice as well. One thing we'll skip it all the voice activated stuff ... no need to share our lives with Alexa and the world. We like our privacy. :)

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monkey44
Nomad II
Feb 14, 2021
1492 wrote:
Actually, I said 'relatively' new? OLED is still in its early generation. There are questions of OLED longevity as it uses organic based LED which reportedly degrades unevenly over time, part of the problem. Some manufacturer released firmware have also resulted in known loss of brightness by users in some display modes? The next generation of OLED is coming as early as this year, and should address some these issues with earlier models.

That's kinda what I read about the OLED, and why we decided on the QLED. We're not big TV watchers ... and not gamers or in need of the most refined and newest gadgets.
1492
Moderator
Feb 15, 2021
My first choice would have been Panasonic, but they left the U.S. consumer market in 2016. You can still get them on the industrial market.

We have an older Panasonic plasma monitor in our office that's run for 15 years 24hrs/365dys, while all other brands burned out their power supplies long ago. Before my IT office got it, it was used as a signage monitor in our building. The problem is that it's an SD monitor, and I want to have our AV dept. swap it out with my supervisors 55" 4K monitor once he gets his new 65" 4K. It will match up with the same 55" 4K monitor next to the Panasonic now. When we will all get back in the office in another question?
monkey44
Nomad II
Feb 15, 2021
Was surprised to see/know about the Organic components... when I read that, I envisioned some future TV screens with a buncha rainbow fireflies behind a flat glass screen shooting off the correct color in sequence. The firefly dance :) Imagine that, we could grow our own TV's ...

Altho, I understand computers have been developing the organic components for awhile, particularly in military applications, I had no clue it's adaptable to consumer motion and TV screens.

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