Looking to buy a 120hz tv, and while browsing with a 120hz filter the Samsung s93d comes up, but it says 100hz (up to 144hz) some sites say 100hz others say 120hz ?

I've been searching for a TV to pair with my PS5 Pro order. I recently learned that OLED TVs are generally the best for gaming, with the least input lag. However, my budget was around $800, and I couldn’t find anything in the 65" range within that price.

I kept searching and comparing different models. Today, I found someone on Facebook Marketplace selling a new open-box 77" Samsung S89C for $995 at their small outlet store about an hour away. I asked if they had any available in 65", and they mentioned that a Sony A80L was available for $750.

I did some research on the A80L, and even though the LG B4/C4 models are slightly better for gaming, this seemed like a deal too good to pass up since the nearest price I found was around $1200 at Best Buy for an open box.

So, I drove an hour to the shop, where I saw the A80L priced at $995 with a runtime of ~78 hours. I asked the seller what his final price would be, and he said $950, saying he couldn't go lower. Then I reminded him he had mentioned $750, and he agreed to sell it for that price. So, I got it!

Was this a good buy, considering I wanted a TV mainly for gaming and watching sports? Also, there's a 45 day warranty on the A80L, is there any way to get a 3 or 5 year warranty?

Is there a tv that's easy to set up password protected app access? I want to take off youtube etc and not let there be access to reinstall?

So I turn my TV exactly one time each week, when I have friends over to watch Netflix. The rest of the week, I stream stuff on my laptop. I'm also a very frugal person. All of this is to explain why I haven't bought a TV in over a decade and why, given that my current TV was purchased used, I've literally never purchased a new TV before.

But now my TV is telling me it's so old that the Netflix app is going to stop being supported, which means I need a new one. And I am so at sea with all the tech out there; I feel like I've been raised by wolves and suddenly I'm back in human civilization and I have no idea how anything works. I've Googled but can't find good answers to my really basic questions, so I'm hoping someone here can help!

I'm thinking Google TV for various reasons. My very basic questions are these:

• What's the advantage/disadvantage of getting a streaming device (Chromecast or the new Streamer) vs a TV that just has Google TV baked in? Is it just that you can use the streaming device with an existing TV?
• Could I get a streaming device and plug it into my current TV? It's a Vizio that's, like I said, over a decade old.
• Can you connect the streaming device into any TV? Could I use a Google TV device on a Roku TV? Is it even possible to get non-smart TVs anymore?

If you're inclined to answer, thanks for your willingness to help. :)

I see it the volume bar pop up on the screen with the decrease bar and the volume either gets a little lower or decreases entirely. But I haven’t touched the remote at all.

I try turning it back up but after a little while, which works, but then the same thing happens. I’ve only got one remote and made sure I’m not sitting on it or anything. What the hell is going on?

I wondered at first (with some paranoia) that a neighbour might be using the same remote to turn the volume down? I have no idea. Thank you for your expertise and suggestions

Hi, I am planning on buying a new TV and I have my eyes on 2 specifically.

Hisense 43A7NQTUK and TCL 43C655K

Its an upgrade from LG 42LE4500 (which is at least 14years old and 1080p), I do not watch TV often so I am not after high end the best OLED for £1500+. One of these would be a huge upgrade compared to what I have now.

But I am not sure which one to go for, on paper they look very close the Hisense is around £350 while the TCL is around £278 so there's a good £70 difference between them. But TCL seems to have few extras.

I dont game on the TV I just use it for Youtube, Netflix and Amazon Prime and not even that often. I am still planning on using my 4k firestick with it so I dont care too much about the Android TV (TCL) vs Vidaa U7.6 (Hisense) smart platform.

i’m not sure how old this tv is, maybe 8 years old? i use a fire stick so i’m not sure if it’s a problem with the tv itself or the fire stick. but whenever i turn my tv on after not watching it for a while it will take around 5 minutes for it to turn off and once i turn it back on it will only take a couple seconds for it to turn off. like the whole tv shuts off completely and every time i turn it back on it just turns itself off again. i’ve unplugged and plugged everything back in but nothings changed. is there anything i can do to fix this? i have a video but i didn’t realize i couldn’t attach it lol

75” for $799 at BJs. I like how it looks and the viewing angle is attractive to me. Other than “Vizios are garbage,” why should I be wary?

This only happens during very bright scenes, often with bright blues and greens. Its like a glow that goes around the edge. It's not unbearable, and could be easily ignored, but once I noticed it, I can't unsee it. I'm familiar with backlight bleed, but as far as I was aware, thats more a problem with darker scenes. The opposite is true with my TV. It's a new TV, so will this decrease as I sort of "wear it in". My TV is a Philips Ambilight 55"

I want to buy a tcl 43 inches tv, my budget isn't big. I want to know if it's good or not.

I have a 65” TCL Roku TV that went black a month ago. We invested in a new TV and better brand, but didn’t want to scrap the old one if it’s salvageable and can be used either elsewhere in the house, or sold to another.

Sound still works, and it responds to controller commands, but nothing can be seen.

Any suggestions? Google’s been next to useless.

Make: TLC Roku Model: 65S4

Hisense 55QD65NF vs TCL 58S571F

I'm in the market for a new 55-inch TV and have my eye on the U88N—it seems like great value for the price. However, I've read that the 55-inch model has fewer dimming zones compared to the larger versions. Has anyone noticed any significant differences in performance, like in contrast or HDR quality, due to this? Would love to hear your thoughts!

Guy bought it in 2021. Paid 2400 apparently. Wants to sell for 750. Is this a good price?

I'm getting my girlfriend's grandmother a new TV remote, since she's having trouble with the buttons on hers. Her TV is an old LG 32LC56. The remote I'm getting is specifically designed for use by seniors, with much fewer and lighter buttons.

But, since I want to avoid an awkward visit, I'd like to be somewhat sure that the thing will work with her LG. The website claims that the remote should work with just about any TV with a built-in infrared receiver. So, my questions are: Does the 32LC56 use infrared, and, if it does, can I expect it to accept this new remote?

The website is in Swedish, but I'll link if asked. Thanks in advance.

I need to get this out there to raise awareness of the issue, back in december 2021 i purchased a QE50OQ60AAUXXU, it worked flawlessly for the first 2 years but back in july this year i started noticing a black line that would show up during motion on some colours, it got worse over the next month and became permanent, then there was another faint line just beneath it.

I thought i just needed a new T-CON board as it was just for some reason dying, but two days ago now it fully crapped out.

I'd been using it most of the day without problems, but sometime passed 8 it restarted by itself with the QLED pre loader, i thought it was just a software update.

But give or take 30 seconds later, the image kinda dissolved, it freezes, a black spot appears and it grows to fill the screen, then the TV would restart before it can, obviously the processor was detecting a fault condition and causing the boot loop.

After some of these loops, it died completely, only sound and the backlight worked.

Googling it, all i could find was heaps of people with QLEDs from 2021 all with the exact same issue, all ranging from late 2023 to present, it seems only QLED is affected, as my parents Neo QLED is fine, in most cases it also happens just weeks after the end of the warranty, suspicious.

Right now i have a 32" HD Polaroid Roku TV that looks like it came straight out of an old persons house.

I'm not yet sure if it's a planned ob or a bad batch of hardware, samsung are no strangers to bad hardware, the eMMC chip in the Note 4, exploding batteries in the Note 7 and S7, and the other fault with the S7 that means it can shut down and never work again.

So if you buy a QLED TV from them, don't expect it to last more then 3 years, mean while, i'm going to have a moan at samsung.

Thinking about what to get when our TV dies. Currently we have a 42in 1080p LG from 2012 and it's still kicking, but I know it can't last forever. My main concern is most of the content on our Plex server is 1080p and below, with some cartoons even being 480p. I really don't want to fork up more money for storage to replace 1080p files with 4k rips and I'm worried the kids content will look like garbo on a 4k display. I'm leaning towards some sort of 1080p QD Mini LED and kind of just want some reassurance I guess. Make sure my thought process checks out. Is HDR support even a thing in this resolution, or is HDR reserved for 4k displays? I only own three titles on UHD discs, so it's not a deal breaker.

So I currently have an old LCD 1080p "Dumb" TV, and I've finally decided to upgrade.

I have a Chromecast with Google TV, which I love, so I've been leaning towards getting a TV with Google TV but I think they all start just outside my current price range.

So assuming the TV checks all of my other boxes, and I buy a TV with a random OS, let's say the "Hisense A7 50 Inch", would I be missing anything important, or would things like changing settings be more difficult if I use the Chromecast?

My biggest concerns with NOT having a TV with the Google TV OS is being locked in to their random OS or be limited with the apps I can install (e.g. Steam Link), or for it be sluggish and slow. The Chromecast would bypass this, but I don't want to lose functionality from the TV...

God, I hope that made sense! TIA

After a lot of backs and forth and asking people to take pictures of the label behind their tv on Facebook marketplace I have 4 leading options for a ~500 dollar tv!

Please help me decide which deal is the most worth it! These are all 55 inch tvs.

Samsung Q60A $300 July 2021 Samsung Q70A $500 April 2023 Samsung QN90B $450 2023 LG CX OLED $550 March 2021

Let me know if you want to know anything else!

It would be for watching 4K streaming as well as playing games on a PS5 and Xbox series X. I will be attaching a soundbar to this too.

Looking to refresh an old wall-mounted 32" Samsung in a guest bedroom that was using a FireStick Lite. It doesn't need to be 4K or anything fancy, just as long as it's a better picture and easy to use. Things I'm looking for:

• Full 1080p HD picture would be nice, 720p is probably OK though
• Native applications for NetFlix, Hulu, Prime Video, and Peacock. Native apps for Max and Paramount+ are a bonus.
• Native AirPlay / Screen mirroring ability
• Bluetooth speakers / headphones are a plus
• Fire TV OS is a big plus, since we have a Fire TV Recast DVR
• Budget: $100-150 USD

I picked up a Toshiba V35 last weekend and while it has all the features, the Fire TV interface is painfully slow and is getting returned to Best Buy. Possible replacements:

• Insignia F20 - Great option, but likely has the same slow Fire TV interface as the Toshibia.
• Roku Select Series and Westinghouse Roku TV - No bluetooth
• TCL S3 S-Class - Best bang for buck, but don't think it will do AirPlay
• LG LR65 - Just not a great deal. Uses webOs, almost $200, and is only 720p.
• Pioneer Xumo - Cheapest at $90, but never used Xumo OS

Anyone picked these up recently and have thoughts?

And yes, I realize 40-43" sizes aren't much more, but those start to run the risk of someone smacking their head on the TV when walking around the bed.

I get motion sickness so I'm concerned about getting a new TV as technology has changed over the years 😢. We now have an older 55 inch Roku TV back when that was considered a big screen. . We watch NFL, news, and some movies. Our TV is not used very often. We have a new home and can easily sit 13 ft back from the screen as our living room is a good size. We have A LOT of natural light in the room so I know that's a concern.

Can anyone please send me their recommendations? We don't have a budget we're tied too, but as I said I don't like the look of those Qled or super high resolution, not sure of lingo, because it makes me dizzy. Thank you 😊

Was wondering what would be a good 24 inch smart TV for my grandma. Looking into them on my own was tough because a lot of them seem a lot more jank than normal sized TVs. Any brand really but specifically samsung and vizio as those are the ones we have been using for a while.

Hi,

Does anyone know where I can find an online user manual for the tv below:

Amazon.com: Feihe 14 inch Small Smart TV, HD Flat Screen Android TV Download APPs, Portable TV with Antenna ATSC Tuner for Kitchen, Bedroom, RV Camper : Electronics

This is an Android tv. I am trying to help my dad get his new smart tv setup. I have been able to do everything but setup the antenna. Does anyone know how to get on this tv where to scan for the antenna channels? I have gotten the YouTube tv account setup but cannot figure out how to scan for the antenna channels. This is really necessary for when the internet goes out during severe weather.

So I'm looking for a tv and I had my eyes on a horizon tv ,the model is 43HL4331F/C, and I'm not that knowledgeable about this subject. Like what is an D-LED is it better than a normal LED tv, is horizon a reliable brand, and what CPU does the tv use, if someone smarter than me could help me out I'd appreciate it, and if someone knows a good tv under 200€ I'd like to know

So I know this isn't much of a contest from a technical perspective, but I have some variables that make it a little more complex in my case. After a bunch of research I'm kinda torn if I should go for The Frame for lifestyle dynamics or QDOLED for pure performance.

Just moved into our new home a few months ago and the only reasonable place to put the TV is above the fireplace. About 5ft to the left of the TV, we have large bay windows. There are trees outside so while we get plenty of light, it's not direct sunlight, and I've never noticed glare on our Hisense H9G so far (but its not OLED either so maybe that's a factor)

My SO - while she has never complained about the TV just being a permanent black rectangle - would LOVE to have The Frame from an overall aesthetic standpoint, I'm sure. That said, she works nuts hours and isn't going to be spending nearly as much time on the couch as me, but also I agree, it would be nice.

As for usage, I have the TV on a lot. Mostly sports in the background, but when we have time we love to watch movies & shows, and I enjoy video games - although I don't end up playing all that much because of time constraints and when I do I usually just default to ripping rocket league. Need to get back into God of War and Horizon and all that, though.

On viewing angles, our dining room table is about 40ft away at a pretty acute angle. Not the end of the world if we can't see from there, but it would certainly be nice if I could watch the game. Ive read that the viewing angle on the Frame is very narrow, which is fine for how we would normally be watching (everything would be fairly close and straight on in the living room), but obviously that would impact the view from the dining room.

I'll attach a pic in the comments of the setup, but another piece worth mentioning is the mounting situation. If I do The Frame, the whole point is to have it look clean and beautiful. There are no existing outlets really anywhere close to where the TV is going to hang, so I guess I'm gonna need to have an electrician come install one behind it? I would also need to add a bar of sound below. What about wiring in HDMIs?

Final note, if I really wanna go hardcore on the home theater, I could probably do that in the upstairs office.

All in all, I'm hoping yall can help me boil down which would be a better fit. I'm hesitant to go QDOLED in this room because I feel like we wouldn't often be able to maximize its benefits? As mentioned above, we're coming from a Hisense H9G which we feel like has been solid (although the blooming does annoy me), so it's not like our standards are sky-high right now. I'm guessing The Frame would be at least just as good in picture quality?

EDIT: After writing all of this out, I feel like I'm leaning toward The Frame, but performance aside I've heard a lot of complaints about The Frame just being a pain in the ass in general when it comes to blue screens popping up randomly and the like. Appreciate any help yall can provide.

My head is 78" from the screen, I'd like to go bigger but every source says 55 is good. Any advice on a new tv? Needing an upgrade.

Is there any way to manually lower the refresh rate or set it on a TV? A lot of TV's will automatically switch to 24hz for movies and whatnot but there are some video games which have unstable framerates between 30-50fps. In these cases since they are console games I can't do anything on a console level so would like to change my TV to 30hz to basically force a 30fps cap that way since it won't display the frames above that. Do any TV's allow refresh rate to be set manually?

I was planning to get the Samsung S90D in 83inch when Black Friday sales arrive for a room I plan to turn into a media movie room. However, I came in store across a 98 inch Samsung 80C (floor stock) which has is half the retail price making it even even cheaper than I anticipate come Black Friday for the S90D.

I appreciate the 80C is QLED and I really wanted the OLED. But that much more screen size of the 80C is it worth it? Will my brain forget about the picture quality difference and lap up the size?

Viewing distance is 3M /9.84ft.

I taped both dimensions up on the wall and the 80C appears to have more punch.