I agree with the rest of the comments. Get the TV you like and let the Roku do the smart part

Oct 11, 2019
7:48:00am

Cheesy Gordita All-American

You'll get way better app support going that route. Plus you can upgrade the Roku every few years to keep up with the latest and greatest hardware.

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I'm not much of a tech guy. What's your favorite smart tv?

unctoothman All-American

10/11/19 7:38am

My experience

permiso

10/11/19 7:39am

Agreed with this, we have a Roku and Chromecast. I prefer the Roku.

Dakota Cougar

10/11/19 7:40am

Amen. Buy a TV for its image quality. Make sure it has an input or two. . .

CosmoK

10/11/19 8:15am

Yep, spend your money on the best quality image you can get. Then buy a $50-$100

Cougar TD

10/11/19 8:38am

Roku TV from Costco. Then get a soundbar and you are good to go.

Cougar-Duck

10/11/19 7:40am

TCL series 6 got good reviews. Not sure if there’s a newer model now

Mike Honcho

10/11/19 7:42am

We just bought one. It's great. Probably the best bang for your buck out there. 65-in TCL for $730.

kccougar

10/11/19 8:23am

I agree with the rest of the comments. Get the TV you like and let the Roku do the smart part

Cheesy Gordita

10/11/19 7:48am

I was in this exact position last weekend. Loved my plasma tv. The new tech just can't do blacks the way plasmas can,

scootsy

10/11/19 7:55am

Our OLED blows away our Plasma. It's truly magnificent.

ebv

10/11/19 8:13am

Yep, there is a reason that tech has been phased out, but there still seems to be that one thing that hasn’t been

scootsy

10/11/19 8:18am

Are you saying plasma has better blacks than OLED?

Radioactive Coug

10/11/19 11:13pm

It doesn’t. We still have our 2012 plasma. And it’s great. But it looks gray

ebv

10/12/19 8:26am

Yeah, plasmas may retain their color longer than oled but the picture comparison between my pioneer plasma

Radioactive Coug

10/12/19 9:40am

Yes, the blacks were the best part of the plasma tech and they were, at the very least, on par with current OLEDs and

scootsy

10/12/19 8:53am

You literally can't get more black than oled unless you go to light capturing materials.

Radioactive Coug

10/12/19 9:33am

Plasmas also had true black.

scootsy

10/12/19 9:39am

Not really. Because the cells have to be precharged to have adequate response time they aren't truly black like an oled.

Radioactive Coug

10/12/19 9:47am

OLED can literally turn off pixels (giving you the truest black possible).

ebv

10/12/19 10:04am

Don't worry about a smart TV.. get a Nice TV and ignore the 'smart' parts..

TheLost

10/11/19 8:06am

Whichever one spies on you the least

maxpowers

10/11/19 8:07am

Echo the comments. Get a good 4K OLED (or at least something with HDR)

ebv

10/11/19 8:14am

If we don't watch much TV, is it worth paying more for OLED vs regular LED?

unctoothman

10/11/19 8:44am

Best rated TV for the value: TCL 6 Series with Roku built in

Richbyu

10/11/19 9:42am

Roku & LG

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