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

[Walaby]

Amazon Firestick can make a dumb TV smarter than a Smart TV.

Mike

[MACHZER]

Thanks for all of the reply's!

Up north here WIFI is very spotty at best.

If the smart TV is all about ease of use but Wi-Fi dependent then for sure we would not get the benefits of a smart TV.

THANKS

[boosTT]

I wouldn't buy another non-smart tv. They will be obsolete eventually.

[Cobra21]

toedtoes wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
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.

Not necessarily true. I bought a Smart TV for the living room. It constantly was losing the signal, etc. When I bought the upstairs TV, I spent $200 less and bought a $39.99 Roku. Never had a problem. Ended up buying another Roku for the Smart TV. The roku on the smart TV is in the exact same place as the TV, yet it never loses signal. The roku upstairs is further away from the modem yet it never loses signal. The smart tv connections are the problem - they just aren't that great.

Full Agree, I am using Roku also, even on my smart TV.

[Nicholsfamily05]

We have a smart tv in our new rig and love it.
We use our iPhones to crest hot spots as most camp grounds limit their wifi so you can stream and don't blame them for it.
We use the roko app and watch most of our shows. Works great through our wifi as long as we have a good service on our phones.

I'd say it's worth it.

[toedtoes]

DutchmenSport wrote:
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.

Not necessarily true. I bought a Smart TV for the living room. It constantly was losing the signal, etc. When I bought the upstairs TV, I spent $200 less and bought a $39.99 Roku. Never had a problem. Ended up buying another Roku for the Smart TV. The roku on the smart TV is in the exact same place as the TV, yet it never loses signal. The roku upstairs is further away from the modem yet it never loses signal. The smart tv connections are the problem - they just aren't that great.

[Johno02]

I just put mirror tiles up on the ceiling, mirror side up. All the spy stuff sees is a reflection of itself. Don't want no smart nothing telling what I am doing all over the internet. Just send anyone an email about buying anything, and watch the ads that pop up all over your puter...

[Johno02]

I just put mirror tiles up on the ceiling, mirror side up. All the spy stuff sees is a reflection of itself.

[jfkmk]

darsben1 wrote:

jfkmk wrote:
Non-smart tv's are getting harder to find. That being said, we have a new Samsung smart tv. We replaced a non-smart tv that I had Ruko for. In my opinion, the Ruko was much easier to use and had much better content to choose from. I'd go non-smart if I could.

What?
Best Buy and Walmart are loaded with non smart TV's

I said they were getting hardER to find. Less than half of new tv's are non-smart tv's, which is a significant drop over just the past couple of years. Hence the word hardER.

[CavemanCharlie]

I sure wish these modern TV's had better sound quality. I don't care if they are Smart or Dumb if you can't hear or understand what is going on what difference does it make ? I'm not sure if they even have a speaker but, if they do it is inside the TV with no holes for the sound to come out. Sucks.

At home I have my TV hooked to my stereo. In my TT I sometimes like to go Dry Camping so I don't want to bring along extra speakers and more power usage. So I'm stuck with the horrible sound quality of the TV.

I wish there was a way to find out the quality of the sound before you purchase but, no one does tests for things like that.

Oh Well, gives me another excuse to turn the TV off and go outside or read a book.

[westend]

DutchmenSport wrote:

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.

That upgrade worked good for you but sometimes, it's not about the level of Internet Service provided but about how the wireless signal is handled (interuppted) in the location of the devices.

For example, I have a Panasonic plasma screen that offers some basic Internet functionality. The signal was dropping, occasionally. The solution was to install a cheap repeater (sometimes called a range extender). The repeater was a one-time purchase for around $20. I don't have to pay any monthly fees and the signal has never dropped after installation. There are different ways to make a Smart TV, smart again.

[cbshoestring]

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Chris Bryant wrote:

cbshoestring wrote:


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[Old-Biscuit]

Chris Bryant wrote:

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 🙂

X2
And it have more then tin hats on it :B

[Mortimer_Brewst]

For watching OTA programming I prefer Samsung TVs. Most broadcasters include program info in their digital signal. On a Samsung remote look for a button that says CH LIST. This will give a list of upcoming programs for any channel that's been tuned in. They also have an INFO button which gives program descriptions. Our Sharp TV doesn't have these features.