SMART TV IS IT WORTH THE CHANGE ?

[MACHZER]

Hello Everyone,

I am going to update our 32" tv in the trailer.

Is it worth it to go with a smart tv in a trailer?

Thanks

[Cobra21]

Chris Bryant wrote:
Add me to the dumb TV smart device plugged in camp- we have the Roku streaming stick with really dumb TV- works fine.

The term smart TV always makes me think of George Carlin bemoaning the stupid programming on TV- he tried turning the brightness control up but it didn't work 🙂

It is the TV. It has the yahoo format for the smart function which is not to my liking at all. Roku is so complete and easy to follow
it's hard to be satisfied with anything less.
Brian

[Chris_Bryant]

cbshoestring wrote:


If I give you my bank card number and pin....can you send me one of them tin foil hats.

We already have them 🙂

[wing_zealot]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I don't want the goberment spying on me while I camp......dumb TV for us.

You should have went completely off the grid about 15 years ago then.

[mobeewan]

I just updated my post prior to yours one. Get the tin hat.

[cbshoestring]

Old-Biscuit wrote:

darsben1 wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I don't want the goberment spying on me while I camp......dumb TV for us.

Are you prepared to shoot down satellites and drones that the government uses to "try" to control the border? Or don't you see them?

I only worry about things within my control....smart tvs, cell phones, OBD devices, info stored on computer etc.

Besides.I have tin hats for outside use





:B Knew someone would bite

You guys have me concerned about big brother.

If I give you my bank card number and pin....can you send me one of them tin foil hats.

[mobeewan]

I have a Roku 3. It has Ethernet and wifi for input signals. It has wifi, USB and HDMI for output. It also has an earphone jack in the remote. Once the earphones are plugged in the roku stops the sound to the TV and passes it to the remote. Remote has the volume control for earphones built in. Good for watching tv without disturbing anyone sleeping and no cord to bother with. Additional remotes can be purchased and paired for use with the roku. I got the roku since it is very portable and can take it with me camping if I want and have wifi available where stopped. I don't really need a smart tv.

By the way HOW TO STOP YOUR SMART TV FROM SPYING ON YOU.

Vizio was recently fined $2 million by the FCC for their selling of personal info. They were the very worst offender.

[Chris_Bryant]

Add me to the dumb TV smart device plugged in camp- we have the Roku streaming stick with really dumb TV- works fine.

The term smart TV always makes me think of George Carlin bemoaning the stupid programming on TV- he tried turning the brightness control up but it didn't work 🙂

[DutchmenSport]

Cobra21 wrote:
Don't buy a smart TV. We have a Vizeo smart tv that is so bad we bought a ROKU Stick for it, now it is "smart".
Brian

It's not the television that's the problem, it's the internet connection. We have a Panasonic (smart) TV in the family room of the house. Because of where we live, we have a line-of-site service, which requires a signal be sent from a cell tower.

Our Panasonic TV acted bad sometime, and the DVD/Blue Ray in the camper was really bad.

We took the plunge and beefed up our signal to a 10G which made all the difference in the world. No more pauses, freezes, or time-outs. Works great.

It's not the television, it's the internet service you're using that's causing problems.

[Cobra21]

Don't buy a smart TV. We have a Vizeo smart tv that is so bad we bought a ROKU Stick for it, now it is "smart".
Brian

[Old-Biscuit]

darsben1 wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I don't want the goberment spying on me while I camp......dumb TV for us.

Are you prepared to shoot down satellites and drones that the government uses to "try" to control the border? Or don't you see them?

I only worry about things within my control....smart tvs, cell phones, OBD devices, info stored on computer etc.

Besides.I have tin hats for outside use





:B Knew someone would bite

[dave17352]

I read a article on this very subject. Basically it said smart TV are not very smart. They are slow and the software sucks. So as many have all ready said whether or not you buy a smart TV. Buy a Roku or similar device it will run much faster and better than the smart TV ever would. We have a roku 3 with the voice search and it works great at streaming all the services including youtube.

[darsben1]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I don't want the goberment spying on me while I camp......dumb TV for us.

Are you prepared to shoot down satellites and drones that the government uses to "try" to control the border? Or don't you see them?

[Old-Biscuit]

I don't want the goberment spying on me while I camp......dumb TV for us.

[FrankShore]

DutchmenSport wrote:
We have both types of televisions in our home. After having internet service and accessibility to Netflex and HULU, it's hard to watch a television without internet now.

But, in the camper we don't always have internet service. The televisions in the camper do not have internet features. So we bought a $30 BlueRay / DVD player with internet on it. This works out very well, as the original DVD player in the camper used the old RCA type plugs (Red, Green, Yellow) and the more modern televisions don't have these inputs any more. So to watch BlueRay or DVD's we had to get a new DVD player anyway. So we made sure it had all the internet bells and whistles.

Now we have the best of both world. When we want to watch internet programming from the televisions in the house, we simply use the DVD player from the trailer. This works very well for us. Except we have to remember to grab the player from the house when we go camping, or if we spend the night in the camper at home and want internet programming.

If you have access to internet, then I suggest the newer "smart" televisions are the way to go. If the internet is NOT your cup of tea, then get the television without out, and you can always add the internet ready DVD player if you want.

Sounds like a nice setup!

[DutchmenSport]

We have both types of televisions in our home. After having internet service and accessibility to Netflex and HULU, it's hard to watch a television without internet now.

But, in the camper we don't always have internet service. The televisions in the camper do not have internet features. So we bought a $30 BlueRay / DVD player with internet on it. This works out very well, as the original DVD player in the camper used the old RCA type plugs (Red, Green, Yellow) and the more modern televisions don't have these inputs any more. So to watch BlueRay or DVD's we had to get a new DVD player anyway. So we made sure it had all the internet bells and whistles.

Now we have the best of both world. When we want to watch internet programming from the televisions in the house, we simply use the DVD player from the trailer. This works very well for us. Except we have to remember to grab the player from the house when we go camping, or if we spend the night in the camper at home and want internet programming.

If you have access to internet, then I suggest the newer "smart" televisions are the way to go. If the internet is NOT your cup of tea, then get the television without out, and you can always add the internet ready DVD player if you want.