There's pretty much no such thing as a "dumb" TV in today's consumer market. If you find one, it'll be an off brand. I bought the Vizio M55 last month and like it. It's GUI is simpler and thus less cumbersome than the Samsung TV we have. It's also 4K if that matters to you.

On March 14, 2016 5:18:27 PM EDT, Tim Keller <turbofx@gmail.com> wrote:
The site my cohorts keep pointing me at is the wirecutters... who recommend the Visio M##-C1 where ## is 43,49,50,55,60...

I've also heard of people who are quite happy with Samsung TV's though honestly I have a Roku so I'd rather spend the money on picture quality then on smartness.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:45 PM, John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org> wrote:

Tim> After 17 years, my venerable 27" Panasonic tube TV finally died.

Heh... my 32" JVC tube is still going strong... though relegated to
the basement now...

Tim> Now... what to replace it with?

What devices do you have hooked up to your TV?  I assume blueRay or
DVD, but anything else?

Personally, I'd probably skip or not use any of the smart TVs since
they seem to get hacked or broken after a few short years, esp when
the vendor turns off the website supporting them.  Or stops updating
the Netflix plugin, etc.

I've got a Sony 42" LCD from 2007 which is working great.  Hooked upto
a Tivo and DVD player.  So for me, getting more inputs would be a big
thing, so then I could try running a ChromeCast or someth other type
of system on a stick.  Basically, keep the TV as dumb as possible, so
that the sucker doesn't screw you over.

John
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