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LG OLED65C9PUA Alexa Built-in C9 Series 65" 4K Ultra HD Smart OLED TV (2019)
LG THINQ, ALEXA AND GOOGLE ASSISTANT: LG TVs are the
first to integrate both the Google Assistant and Alexa with LG ThinQ AI
technology
LG a9 GEN 2 INTELLIGENT PROCESSOR: Images, action and
color are brought to new life to instantly enhance picture quality through LG's
best 4K processor, empowered by AI at its core
DOLBY VISION AND DOLBY ATMOS: Transform your TV into
an entertainment powerhouse Advanced image and sound technologies inspired by
the cinema optimize picture and sound for a spectacular, more lifelike
experience in every scene; The ultra vivid picture and powerful, moving audio
seem to flow all around you
WISA SPEAKER COMPATIBILITY: works seamlessly to
deliver high fidelity in wireless audio; It dramatically elevates the cinematic
sound of everything you watch; Only supports 5.1 Channel and 2.0 Channel;
Transmitter dongle required and sold separately
NVIDIA G SYNC COMPATIBILITY: exceptional picture
quality of perfect black and intense colors combine with smooth gameplay to
take PC gaming to new heights
AIRPLAY 2: with AirPlay 2 built in, you can
effortlessly cast anthing from Apple iPhone or laptop to your LG AI TV
Reviews:
I went to BestBuy in Miami over the Easter Weekend and a buddy of mine who works there showed me the new C9 series from LG. I already own a C7 and that has one of the best pictures of any TV I have ever owned. I was now in the market for another TV for the bedroom to replace my aging Panasonic Plasma. I looked at several other TVs that interested me which included the Sony A9F OLED and I have to say it was close but the C9 was just a hair better. Anyway long story short I ended up buying the C9.
Ok so if you own the C7 or C8 (both use the same screen) the picture quality on the C9 while viewing a slow moving or still image will not look any different from the older models. What you are really paying for is the faster processor and how well it handles fast moving images and cleans up artifacts and does upscaling. This is where I could really see the difference. I put on a few high bit rate 4K Demo Files (580MB for 90 seconds of video) and played them back through an Nvidia Shield TV and I could see much better blending and motion handling and even the colors looked better. It's ability to upscale 1080P was better than my C7 and was very impressive. Once again though old SD 480 video was not all that great. It is better than the C7 but you really cannot get a good pic from something that low in resolution.
Samsung UN65RU7100FXZA Flat 65-Inch 4K UHD 7 Series Ultra HD Smart TV with HDR and Alexa Compatibility (2019 Model)
ENHANCED DETAIL WITH HDR: 4K depth of detail with high
dynamic range lets you see shades of color that reveal more detail than HDTV
can deliver
4K UHD PROCESSOR: Powerful 4K UHD processor optimizes
your TV’s performance by upscaling every show, season, and scene with 4K
picture quality
PURCOLOR REVEALS SPECTRUMS OF COLOR: Millions of
shades of color reveal a vibrant, lifelike picture that conventional HDTV can’t
create
SLEEK, SLIM DESIGN: Modern and polished, the sleek
design naturally fills the contours of your space with refined design. Product
Size (W x H x D) Without Stand-57.4 x 33 x 2.3 inches
SMART TV FEATURES: Simple on screen universal guide to
find streaming content and live TV shows, OneRemote to control all compatible
devices, smart speaker expandability with Alexa and Google Assistant
compatibility, and more
See all your favorite entertainment as it was meant to be seen with the Samsung UN65RU7100FXZA Flat 65-Inch 4K UHD 7 Series Ultra HD Smart TV. Featuring a powerful 4K UHD processor, this UHD Smart TV offers 4x the resolution (3, 840 x 2, 160) of Full HD 1080p HDTV. The 4K UHD processor instantly upscale content to 4K-level picture quality, even from non-native 4K sources, allowing you to enter the world of 4K with every show, season, and scene. Adding to the level of realism, the TV includes HDR (High Dynamic Range) and Proctor to reveal millions of shades of color with a vibrant, lifelike picture that HDTV can’t create. UHD Dimming dynamically fine tunes the deepness of the blacks to the brightness of the whites for a picture with sensational contrast. The slim design of the Samsung RU7100 naturally fills in the contours of your space with a refined, modern aesthetic that complements your lifestyle. The Samsung 7 Series UHD TV includes smart features such as One Remote, on-screen universal guide, smart speaker expandability with Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility, and more. BLUETOOTH CAPABILITY only supports audio profiles such as Ear Buds, Headphones, and Soundbars, but does not support Human Interface Devices such as a keyboards.
Toshiba 32LF221U19 32-inch 720p HD Smart LED TV - Fire TV Edition
Voice Remote with Alexa - Everything you’d expect from
a remote – plus launch apps, search for TV shows, switch inputs, control smart
home devices and more, using just your voice. With Prime Video, Netflix, HBO
and PlayStation Vue buttons, instantly access your favorite apps.
Fire TV experience built-in - Fire TV Edition brings
together live-over-the air TV and your favorite streaming content on the home
screen. Connect any HD antenna (sold separately) to watch live over-the-air TV
or stream movies and shows from Disney+, Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Hulu,
HBO and more.
Keeps getting smarter - This TV is smart and simple in
every way. Just plug it in, connect to Wi-Fi and enjoy. Plus, your TV keeps
getting smarter with new Alexa skills and features through automatic
over-the-air software updates, so that you always have the latest.
Get it all in one place - With Fire TV Edition it’s
easy to see everything you’ve recently watched – live TV, streaming services
and connected devices – in one place. Plus, you can connect your
cable/satellite box or gaming console through one of the TV’s three HDMI
inputs.
Endless entertainment - Watch over 500, 000 streaming
movies and TV episodes in HD, from Prime Video, Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, HBO,
and more. Plus, access tens of thousands of channels, apps, and Alexa skills.
Reviews:
Firstly, YOU *CAN* CHANGE THE SETTINGS SO THE TV DOES NOT ALWAYS START AT THE HOME SCREEN when it turns on. I almost did not buy this TV because of all the negative reviewers who said it sucks so bad because there's nothing you can do about it......... that is simply not true. The TV does factory default to start/turn on at the Amazon Fire home screen, but THERE *IS* A DISPLAY SETTING for you to set the TV to turn on/start at the last input/channel you were on when you turned the TV off last. (See picture).
Now that being said, this really is a great TV; I am entirely happy with my purchase (and I have never really been that excited about buying a new TV). I remodeled my bedroom and I was looking to replace my 20-year-old tube TV for relatively cheap. This TV fit my budget, it sits great on my dresser, and because of the angle of my roof/ceiling I really could not fit a bigger TV even if I wanted.
At the same time I also "cut the cord" and got rid of cable in my house. I wanted a smart tv so I could use my streaming apps (DirectTV Now, Netflix) and I already had a Fire stick in my living room, so having the "Fire" platform built into the TV is a great option. There are certain things I don't like about Amazon Fire but having used other platforms (Roku, GooBang Doo/ MXII & XB-III/Android Box), Fire is the best option for my bedroom. And I didn't want to have additional hardware/boxes & separate remote controls to deal with in my room, so I love that it is all integrated into the TV and I only have 1 remote to deal with.
I have a fairly large master bedroom, and I have my desk at the other side of the room with a PC/router and a separate amp/speakers for the PC. Before setting up the TV I ran some wiring (3 wires) along the baseboards from my desk to the TV -- a Cat5 (wired network for TV), HDMI (video from computer to TV), and a RG6 coax (digital sound FROM the tv back to my amp). The TV itself doesn't have a digital coax output (it does have SPDIF out); a 50-foot fiber optic cable would have been way too expensive, so I bought a $20 SPDIF to coax converter for the back of the TV. I like that the TV has a wired ethernet connection, because I'm not a fan of streaming over wireless, especially when there are like 20 other wireless devices already on the network.
With my cabling in place, I was ready to rock-n-roll. Opened the box, plugged the tv & wires in, turned it on. We had lift off. There was a first-time setup video that played; I skipped past it but for the novice user it might be informative. On screen programming was fairly simple and straight-forward. The biggest decision was whether to set the TV to "Full" or "Basic" mode (which was probably explained in the video but I skipped past it). BASIC mode is just native OTA channels, inputs, and 6 built-in apps (NetFlix, PSVue, HBO, etc). FULL mode gives you access to the entire Fire application and app store, but you will need to already have or create a new Fire account. Obviously I chose Full mode.
From there, I was determined to show all the reviewers wrong by finding the setting that controls start up behavior. I knew it had to be there. It is. Settings > Display & Sounds > Power On > Last Input. GOOD, because I am one of those people that likes the TV to turn onto the last channel/input I was watching. So there we have it, my only real reservation to initially buying the TV was found and fixed. I went through all the other settings and set them to my preferences. Then I went to the App store and downloaded the apps I use. I also deleted the pre-installed apps that I will never use.
I also bought an OTA digital antenna. Since I've had cable for the last 20 years, I never dealt with that analog-to-digital conversion that happened 10+ years ago, and I never experienced all the new .2 and .3 digital channels there are now. Wow. After scanning stations, I had 84 OTA channels available. Honestly, there's enough on regular TV for me to watch that I don't really use the streaming apps. Why didn't I get rid of cable 10 years ago???
THE ONLY CON I have with this TV, is the way it displays OTA channels in the guide and in the quick-view bar.
1) The guide sorts by channel ID (alpha). I wish it sorted by channel number, or gave me the option to sort by channel #. In fact, it doesn't even show the channel # until you select a channel. I know in the modern era we are getting away from #'s. But I still like my channel #'s. If I want channel 9, I want to go scroll to channel 9, but instead I have to scroll all the way to the bottom to find WGN.
2) I miss having channel up and channel down buttons. Everything is through the "guide" now. You can press the down button, and you get a quick-select menu, which I find more convenient that the "guide." I would still rather flip from one channel to the next with 1 click and not have to go through menus.
3) YOu can set stations as your "favorite" and then show only favorites. But that only applies to the guide. The quick-select menu still shows every single station available. Since the quick select menu shows recently viewed stations first, my solution was just to go view each of my favorites, and then they show up first before all the other channels.
Given the few "cons" which are negligible, I would still buy this TV again, and I may end up buying a larger version of it for my living room the next time my projector lamp goes out. Definitely 5 stars for value received to cost.
SAMSUNG QN32Q50RAFXZA Flat 32" QLED 4K 32Q50 Series Smart TV2019
HD: see shades of color that reveal more detail than
HDTV can deliver
4K UHD Processor: a powerful processor optimizes your
tv’ s performance with 4K picture quality
100% Color Volume with Quantum Dot*: Over a billion
shades of brilliant color—powered by Quantum Dots—deliver our most realistic
picture
Smart TV with Universal Guide: our simple on-screen
Guide is an easy way to find streaming content and live TV shows
4K UHD: see what you’ve been missing on a crisp, clear
picture that’s 4x the resolution of Full HD
Sound Output (RMS): 20W
Reviews:
This TV is awesome. I recently bought an Apple TV 4K so I wanted to upgrade my TV to 4K also. 32 inch is what fits my space and in that size it’s actually hard to find 4K TV’s unless you get a monitor. So I tried a highly rated Dell 4K monitor, the problem is Apple TV sends commands like volume control through its HDMI connection to the TV and monitors aren’t set up with that type of HDMI protocol, called HDMI-CEC; so I couldn’t even turn the volume up or down without using controls on the monitor. That brings me to this Samsung TV, which was double the price of the monitor but honestly worth every penny. The picture is amazing, the onboard speakers are really good for internal speakers, and everything just works perfectly!
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