Quote:So we bought a house and I'm upgrading the TV in for the living room. I'm at a roughly $500 budget for the TV. Needs to be 55" or bigger and 4k.


I'm looking at these two:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01BGC39V...op?ie=UTF8


Walmart has this for $398. Value is awesome, I like the Roku built in. My concerns are the refresh rate says 120, but some say it's 60 with some sort of upscaling. And the display looked a little shaky around lines but you can't always trust a display tv that never turns off.


Then there's this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01IFBWE7...ref=plSrch


Walmart price $498. I like Vizio, the display picture looked a little cleaner. The built in Chromecast is awesome, but no built in smart features like the Roku. So I'd have to stream Netflix or use the Xbox. Not a deal breaker, but an inconvenience. $100 more, but a more trusted name, and has a true 120 refresh.


The TCL actually has better average reviews than the Vizio.


Thoughts? Also, the cost of TV's now is ridiculous. I remember my first flat screen I bought was a 47" 1080p (great for 2007) and it weighed like 100 pounds and cost $1600. I'm getting bigger, lighter, better, for a third of the price...

 

 

If you just bought a house, get the TV that you want even if you need to spend an extra $400.  The TV is one of the main features of a house and a product that will be used every day for years.  Assuming you have the same TV for 5 years, you're essentially spending an extra 22 cents per day for a TV that is $400 more than your budget.  You hit the nail on the head when you stated that you paid $1,600 back in 2007 for a TV of much lesser quality.  That said, if there's a TV out there for less than $1,000 that you really like, I recommend you go for it.

 

Also, Xfinity now has NetFlix, Pandora, and other features built into their programming apps if you decide to go with a value TV that doesn't have built in Roku and don't want to have the extra Roku box to deal with.

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