Budget 50" smart tvs.

[Oldschool297]

I have understand that many has the same parts inside but different manufactors? Which is the best tv for 400$? It must be at least 3 hdmi ports.

This seems pretty ok? 2gb ram +16gb ram.

TCL 50PF650 50-tums 4K Ultra HD, HDR TV, Smart LED Fire TV (Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, DTS, HDR 10, Alexa inbyggd, Airplay2, Miracast)​

https://www.amazon.se/TCL-50PF650-5...6a-9a85-b7574aa6632a&pd_rd_i=B0D8JCWT4N&psc=1

TCL in Europe, the old Thomsons (big on the continent in the 80s-90s) and a Thomson TV today is basically a TCL TV with varying fluff. There are a lot of brands that are basically TCL. Anderson and Luxor are built by the Turkish company Vestel and are the same as Toshiba, Hitachi and others today. Then the hardware is the same and more about it is what matters. Andersson (netonnet) for example has a 10-year warranty, which I thought was a smart move on their part. The TV itself is nothing special, there are probably 10-20 other brands with exactly the same hardware in Europe. However, when a store gives a warranty like no other, they have something of their own. If you are looking for devices where the brand stands for something distinctively their own, it is the big names that still apply. So LG, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Philips, TCL and Hisense are the ones that in the Nordic countries stand for something of their own and where there are a lot of distinct characters, features and differences between different products. If you use a different brand, it is almost always OEM/ODM and then it is the same TV set in different boxes.

 

[Vayra86]

Honestly any LED TV (non oled) should not be costing any more than 400 at this point. It has always been bottom tier trash; we just didn't have anything better but really, LCD/LED was always a major step back from CRT, except in pixel density/diagonal metrics.

400 dollar TVs are nothing special, is what I'm trying to say. Sifting through the offerings now is just a capital waste of time if you ask me. Even the companies that 'do something of their own'... why does it matter? Every cheap LED will suffer the same drawbacks, basically, the tech has been limited by itself for decades now. None of them will do FALD or have good enough local dimming in this segment either (and when they do... just get an OLED instead, its cheaper and still better).

What real, defining feature is there in this segment that stands out to you? All those labels on the box (HDR10 with a weak contrast ratio and dolby atmos... out of shitty speakers... I mean... lol) are just marketing.

 

[JIWIL]

There really aren't that many panel makers these days, it's pretty much all about finding a 'smart' interface that annoys you the least. I gave up and use AppleTV's for streaming services.

You''ll have to go somewhere with demo units and try them out.

 

[bonehead123]

There really aren't that many panel makers these days, it's pretty much all about finding a 'smart' interface that annoys you the least. I gave up and use AppleTV's for streaming services.

You''ll have to go somewhere with demo units and try them out.

^^THIS^^

And the usual caveats apply here as much as it does with a lot of things:

"cheap is as cheap does" & "you get what you pay for"

As stated above, a lot of TV's use the same or similar panels from a couple of mfgrs. However, it's the rest of the hardware & QA/QC inside the box that will make the biggest differences in picture quality and more importantly, life expectancy...

So to summarize:

If you want a cheap TV that you will have little to no after-purchase customer service (firmware/feature updates, RMA processes etc) and that you will HAVE to replace in 1-3 years (thereby contributing to more e-waste), by all means go with TCL or any other "budget" brand.....

If you want the opposite experience, then spend a few more $$ & get one from a better brand, like Samsung, LG or Sony.... This is not meant to imply that products from those mfgr's don't ever fail, but their reliability is well documented by numerous reviewers all across the websters.....

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[Fluffmeister]

Yeah that sort of money isn't going to get you anything to exciting but then that shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

One of the best "budget" TV's is something like the Hisense U6N, it's mini-led and a huge step up over most budget brand TV's, but then it's decent increase in price over your budget:

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