My Samsung from 12 years ago still works quite well, minus the original remote crapping out (Apple TV remote can turn it on and off). Was gonna keep them on the list when in the market for a new one, but if the newer models are crap, bummer.
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My Samsung from 12 years ago still works quite well, minus the original remote crapping out (Apple TV remote can turn it on and off). Was gonna keep them on the list when in the market for a new one, but if the newer models are crap, bummer.
Vizio is were it is at. my 10 year old 32" Vizo is still going strong and looks just as good as our newer mid tier Samsungs.
Sony and Samsung are the best. You may want to just go with the Vizio or TCL for a garage though. I don't personally like the LGs.
32"? You have that in your bathroom?
I've honestly never had an issue with any TVs I've purchased. Have a couple Panasonics (42/55) that I've had for 15+ & 10+ years and they still work great. Last purchase was an Amazon Fire TV and it honestly doesn't seem like it's slowed down in the 4 years we've had it.
We bought a 55" Panasonic Plasma back in 1999 when Plasma was all the rage. Still watching it as our every-night TV. 
Panasonic made great plasma sets. Plasma has better black levels and motion handling than most LCD sets, even to this day. The downsides that pushed the market to LCD was the weight, heat, and inability to bring down the production costs of plasma. It was never a case of LCD technology providing a better picture than plasma.We bought a 55" Panasonic Plasma back in 1999 when Plasma was all the rage. Still watching it as our every-night TV.
I held on to my Panasonic Plasma for a long time, it wasn't until OLED finally got more affordable that I finally made the change.
My current garage tv is a 40" Samsung Plasma. I don't know maybe 15 years old.
I have a Vizio in my garage and don’t really care for it. It has a decent picture and with a Vizio soundbar, it sounds fine, but mine freezes intermittently. It’s not buffering though. It’s like a micro tic and it’s really annoying. It also shuts off all audio and video when I’m flipping through the Hulu channel guide. That could be a setting I haven’t figured out, but it’s the only TV I have that does that.
I used to be a big TCL guy, but they are phasing out of their Roku relationship (now with Google), which means no new RokuTVs under the TCL brand, and finding one to fit the OPs specs would be almost impossible to find.
I recently bought a Roku branded TV, and it’s “OK”. Picture isn’t the same as any other TV I have, which is kind of off putting.
I’m also looking to upgrade my garage set up, but I’m stumped on what to get given my recent experiences. I’ll likely end up getting the Roku brand TV, but not sure yet.
I used to be a big TCL guy, but they are phasing out of their Roku relationship (now with Google), which means no new RokuTVs under the TCL brand, and finding one to fit the OPs specs would be almost impossible to find.
I recently bought a Roku branded TV, and it’s “OK”. Picture isn’t the same as any other TV I have, which is kind of off putting.
I’m also looking to upgrade my garage set up, but I’m stumped on what to get given my recent experiences. I’ll likely end up getting the Roku brand TV, but not sure yet.
This is the way. Buy the TV for the top notch screen, then replace the streaming box every couple years. Don't ever make a decision based on the built in streaming platform.
Sounds like a gigantic pain in the ass to me. TVs are so cheap now, it’s damn close to being worth it to just buy a new TV that has the platform I know instead of learning a new streaming platform. ****…it pisses me off that the remote to the Roku brand TV I recently got doesn’t have the Hulu button shortcut to turn the TV on.
I know this sounds incredibly lazy, but that’s where I land. My fried brain can only take so much.
Are you suggesting that replacing a plug in box is less of a pain in the ass as replacing a large screen TV? It’s a power plug, an HDMI, and an Ethernet cable. Don’t even need to take the TV off the wall to swap them out.
OK. I have gotten to the point of buying Apple TV devices now, so the interface never really changes. Roku’s and Chromecasts seemed to become laggy quicker and it did seem like they changed too much with each new generation. Roku especially with their quick access buttons changing depending on who is willing to pay.
Yeah…the quick access button change pissed me off. I didn’t know it until I unpacked the TV.
Never underestimate the power of fewer clicks.
Damn, I’m a lazy POS
We got a great deal on a TV today from Travis Audio. Our salesperson, Jeff, said they’ve reached retirement age and are shutting the doors in December.
