I would buy a TV for less and use it for a year or two then spend your 1k budget on the Vizio 4K HD TV that is supposed to be out later this year. I understand that 4K is not being offered yet but it will be a amazing TV none the less.
All my TVs are Vizio. I just got a 55 inch smart TV back in Feb for 6-700.
I'm looking also. I have done some research but mostly I talk to my kids(in their 20's) that seem to be keeping up with technology better than me. My son likes plasma but says I shouldn't buy one because our TV watching room has too many windows and will have too much glare.
My daughter says don't get a Smart TV. Get a Smart DVD player. They are less money and if something craps out on the "smart" pieces, you just replace the DVD player.
I like the Samsungs and will probably go with one of those when I am ready. Looking at them in the store, the Samsung's picture is visibly better than the Visio to me. Though I understand that they can mess with the settings in the stores.
I'm around different tv's all day long.... Samsung LED 1080's are by far the best and it's what I have and recommend... The smart option often doubles the price and a blue ray or whatever other system you have can do the same stuff.... My standard def looks close to the average high def on a lot of the vizios lg's ect ect.
Plasma is nice depending on the application but a lot of them you can feel the head a few feet away and like said above weigh a ton and I have seen the pic get crazy on them over time.
On the 4k and up stuff don't waste your money yet... Hardly anything in that resolution yet yet alone a cable provider that is running it.
I'm around different tv's all day long.... Samsung LED 1080's are by far the best and it's what I have and recommend... The smart option often doubles the price and a blue ray or whatever other system you have can do the same stuff.... My standard def looks close to the average high def on a lot of the vizios lg's ect ect.
Plasma is nice depending on the application but a lot of them you can feel the head a few feet away and like said above weigh a ton and I have seen the pic get crazy on them over time.
On the 4k and up stuff don't waste your money yet... Hardly anything in that resolution yet yet alone a cable provider that is running it.
I'm around different tv's all day long.... Samsung LED 1080's are by far the best and it's what I have and recommend... The smart option often doubles the price and a blue ray or whatever other system you have can do the same stuff.... My standard def looks close to the average high def on a lot of the vizios lg's ect ect.
Plasma is nice depending on the application but a lot of them you can feel the head a few feet away and like said above weigh a ton and I have seen the pic get crazy on them over time.
On the 4k and up stuff don't waste your money yet... Hardly anything in that resolution yet yet alone a cable provider that is running it.
This is a great option to a Smart TV. I have both and I use Apple TV on the "Dumb one". It works much better. The technology on Smart TV's as of a year ago (Maybe it has gotten better) was not as good as Apple or Google TV. More of a marketing gimmick IMO.Check out google's chromecast if you want to use netflix on tv. It will run you 35 bucks and play youtube, netflix, hulu and many others. Same the cost of the smart tv...
I was talking to a buddy today, and he mentioned getting a tv that is Bluetooth enabled so that you could use a Bluetooth soundbar so that the soundbar is wireless.
Does anyone have experience with this?
While I have not even settled on a tv, but I do think we will want to look at a soundbar at some point and anything wireless is obviously preferred. So - any guidance or suggestions?