Suggestion for a new telly (after an earthquake)

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Dear friends,
yesterday we had a minor earthquake here. I would not have noticed but a few plastic thingies that where holding my Philips 46" (27 Kg) onto the wall for the past 4 years snapped and now I don’t have a TV anymore. :frowning:

I am thankful it happened while I was there fiddling with my Vero and the TV did not hurt anyone.

As I’ll have to buy a new TV are there brands/models you could reccommend ? Here are some requirements:

  • Play well with Vero via HDMI and CEC (I only want one remote for both TV and Vero)
  • Screen size between 46 and 50", LED, 3D not really a must, Full HD probably enough (or should I shell out for a 4K for future proofing ?)
  • If the antenna attachment was at/near the bottom left (when viewed from the front) that would be interesting
  • Nice to have: a support which would let me tilt the screen downwards a bit, decent sound

Thank you all very much.

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Sorry to hear that.

I think avoid LG for a good CEC implementation – although, some work is being done there.

I would not buy a 4K TV at this time.

I have a projector as my main display myself. I am sure some others can make a good recommendation

Sam

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My Sony Bravia has been decent enough.

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Have to agree on that, LG and CEC is really bad. I was impressed by the CEC features between SONY and OSMC but would have to say the picture quality on the SONY didn’t impressed me.

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Curious where you live that you experienced a minor earthquake. Just waiting for the big one to happen on the west coast of Canada. It’s predicted every 350 years and we are overdue. Sorry getting off topic, anyways I have a Sony 50" Bravia and pretty impressed. I would stay away from LG, they used to be a good brand but have slipped over the years. then again so has Sony, hear a lot of good things about Samsung.

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Thank you everyone.
After a lot of deliberation I have decided to buy a Sony 55" 55WDL808C

Bryan,
I live in Rome. All of Italy is squeezed between Africa ramming northwards into Europe and this country is very active seismically and we have several (some VERY) active/dangerous volcanoes.

If you want to relax about the “incumbent” earthquake I’d suggest you read a very good which explains a lot around the myths surrounding predictions including earthquake (which you CANNOT predict at all) :smile:

You all take care.

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All of Italy is squeezed between Africa ramming northwards into Europe

I thought you were talking about immigrants for a moment. I had to read it 3 times… and I am waiting for an earthquake to destroy my TV, so I can justify buying a projector :wink:

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Good choice on the TV.

I live in California so earthquakes (small ones) are a pretty normal thing here. If it’s not a 7 or above, I don’t get out of bed. :smile:

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The wife let me buy a projector without the natural disaster :smiley:
TV is for sale :slight_smile: