There are lots of things you need to know before buying a smart TV & the OS on your smart TV will define its interface and software capabilities
I just use a PC as then you are more in control.
I came here to say “none of them” because they all suck gigantic balls and I just use a NUC instead. I also just use unified remote on my phone to control it with a track pad keyboard as a back up.
Buy them fast, cause they’re discontinued!
Asus bought the NUC brand
None. Any “smart” TV won’t be upgradable. It might get a few software updates but it will eventually be incapable of being updated enough to function as it used to with changes in services and codecs.
I have Roku and Fire devices, even on the “smart” TV. When the device isn’t enough anymore I can just replace the device for like 20 bucks, not so for the built-in software on the TV.
And the TV itself doesn’t get Internet. Shouldn’t need a direct connection.
NEC makes some TVs where you can slot in a pi as the host OS, so i’d say that’s probably the best “smart” TV as it has an OS of your choosing.
wow, that’s actually sounds nice
How is Apple TV not on this list? It’s miles ahead of the competition in every way
This is only going through TV OSs, not stand alone hardware.
Anything that can load videos from my NAS. Preferably with software like Kodi. Streaming services come and go but my media library has been growing for years.
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I’m a fan of Android TV / Google TV. The Android TV we bought didn’t have enough memory and had problems catching up but we stuck with the brand and bought a Chromecast with Google TV. It was a good decision.
The built-in TV software may be trash, but there is no way I can convince my dad that another device that does the exact same thing is worth it.
They all suck, but I’ve always found myself going back to Roku when I try any of the others. Still selling my data, but at least 99% of apps work.
I use Google Chromecast with remote so I don’t fuck with Roku’s smart TV software anymore.
I have a raspberry pi 4 hooked up to a projector with Kodi. Replaced my Chinese android tv box, which is reportedly stuffed full of spyware these days. It was an easy setup once I had an SD card writer.
