top challenge: find me a telly!

[thebish]

I have been given an amazon voucher for £200 as a thankyou from a church i have just finished helping...

the missus has decided i will spend it on a second telly for the spare room.

how hard can it be? well - for an old duffer like me - not a straightforward as I thought..

I have never owned a "smart" telly - we access netflix and amazon prime and that stuff via the kids' X-box 360

I read summat online that said that "smart" tellies are not really all that smart - and that it is better to use a set-top box which is smarter at being smart - and not have a smart tv or turn off the smart functions... I don't know if that is true - though it sounds reasonable..

what I need:

it can get freeview/netflix/Prime/BBCi-player/other TV catch-up services (more4 etc)
screen size not a crucial factor - tho - bigger is better!

all for £200 (or slightly over that)

either - a smart telly - OR - a telly with a set-top-box that does the smart stuff

and it has to be from Amazon.

(I looked at a few - and saw what looked like what i wanted - but then in the comments it said stuff like "needs an update to view netflix - but updates cannot be downloaded via the telly directly" - which all started to scare me!


has anyone got the time/knowledge/inclination to find me summat?

cheers!

(the missus has Amazon Prime - so if it is a Prime product - delivery would be free - I hope!)

[Hoboh]

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-hom ... 20092534:s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[TANGODANCER]

If you are anywhere near a branch of Argos, it may be worth a look here:

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q= ... e&tbm=shop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[jaffka]

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-hom ... 20092534:s

Just go into currys get the advice and see what you like.

Decide on the tv and note the manufacturer and model then buy it on amazon. Simple.

[thebish]

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-hom ... 20092534:s

cheers - not!

[thebish]

If you are anywhere near a branch of Argos, it may be worth a look here:

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q= ... e&tbm=shop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

cheers, Tango - but is is an Amazon voucher!

[thebish]

I spent the week researching and bought this beast from a bloke on amazon marketplace - it looks the dogs-bollox!

[TANGODANCER]

If you are anywhere near a branch of Argos, it may be worth a look here:

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q= ... e&tbm=shop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

cheers, Tango - but is is an Amazon voucher!

Noted. It was just for ideas. We have two sets, a 32" Toshiba the wife prefers, but I've had a Sharp 26" in the back for maybe five years now and find it ace.

[BWFC_Insane]

If non smart is ok....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-UE32J51 ... rds=LED+TV" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Smart version
http://www.amazon.co.uk/63/dp/B00UGK31A ... 0K190WH4DH" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Smart version says that there is no iplayer or demand 5 app yet which means you wouldn't be able to watch those services currently. Sure they'd be added in.

If you have an Xbox or any other sort of smart box I'd just buy the non smart version myself....

[thebish]

If non smart is ok....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-UE32J51 ... rds=LED+TV" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Smart version
http://www.amazon.co.uk/63/dp/B00UGK31A ... 0K190WH4DH" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Smart version says that there is no iplayer or demand 5 app yet which means you wouldn't be able to watch those services currently. Sure they'd be added in.

If you have an Xbox or any other sort of smart box I'd just buy the non smart version myself....

cheers! (the x-box will still be nailed to the downstairs telly!)

[bobo the clown]

I spent the week researching and bought this beast from a bloke on amazon marketplace - it looks the dogs-bollox!

OK .. but don't put anything metal or eggs in it.

[thebish]

I spent the week researching and bought this beast from a bloke on amazon marketplace - it looks the dogs-bollox!

OK .. but don't put anything metal or eggs in it.

[TANGODANCER]

^^ Is it a Schroedinger?

[thebish]

^^ Is it a Schroedinger?

feck!! might there be a cat in there???

[TANGODANCER]

^^ Is it a Schroedinger?

feck!! might there be a cat in there???

Possibly a CAThode....