But be careful of the “smart” ones. If you have a “dumb” one that is working fine, keep it. I changed mine last year and I don’t like the new “smart” one. IDGAF about Netflix and Amazon Prime buttons or apps. And now I’m stuck with a TV that boots. All I want is to use the HDMI input but the TV has to be “on” all the times because it runs android. So if I unplug the TV, it has to boot an entire operating system before it can show you the HDMI input.
I don’t use any “smart” feature and I would very much have preferred to buy a “dumb” TV but “smart” ones are actually cheaper now.
Same for my parents. They use OTA with an antenna and their new smart TV has to boot into the tuner mode instead of just… showing TV. Being boomers they are confused as to why a TV boots into a menu where they have to select TV again to use it.
New TVs may be cheap, but it’s because of the “smart” “spying” function, and they are so annoying. I really don’t like them.
Can’t speak for your TV, but mine takes all of 16 seconds to boot up into the HDMI input from the moment I plug it in, and there’s a setting to change the default input when it powers on. I use two HDMI ports so I have it default to the last input, but I have the option to tell it to default to the home screen, a particular HDMI port, the AV ports, or antenna
Not a fan of the remote though. I don’t have any of these streaming services, and more importantly I’ll be dead and gone before I let this screen connect to the Internet
But be careful of the “smart” ones. If you have a “dumb” one that is working fine, keep it. I changed mine last year and I don’t like the new “smart” one. IDGAF about Netflix and Amazon Prime buttons or apps. And now I’m stuck with a TV that boots. All I want is to use the HDMI input but the TV has to be “on” all the times because it runs android. So if I unplug the TV, it has to boot an entire operating system before it can show you the HDMI input.
I don’t use any “smart” feature and I would very much have preferred to buy a “dumb” TV but “smart” ones are actually cheaper now.
Same for my parents. They use OTA with an antenna and their new smart TV has to boot into the tuner mode instead of just… showing TV. Being boomers they are confused as to why a TV boots into a menu where they have to select TV again to use it.
New TVs may be cheap, but it’s because of the “smart” “spying” function, and they are so annoying. I really don’t like them.
Yeah the bootup kills me. I got lucky that my current tv doesn’t do it. But man the last one I had took forever to turn on. It’s stupid.
Can’t speak for your TV, but mine takes all of 16 seconds to boot up into the HDMI input from the moment I plug it in, and there’s a setting to change the default input when it powers on. I use two HDMI ports so I have it default to the last input, but I have the option to tell it to default to the home screen, a particular HDMI port, the AV ports, or antenna
Not a fan of the remote though. I don’t have any of these streaming services, and more importantly I’ll be dead and gone before I let this screen connect to the Internet