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monkey44
Nomad II
Feb 02, 2021

New Television

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 ...
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    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 input
    And optional componet (Which I have never used which is why optional)

    Multiple Composite. may also be nice.
    Front panel input is nice
    Audio out is nice.
    Digital audio out is also nice
    (Feed audio to a home theater system)
  • 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.

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