Damn used 4k smart TVs getting very cheap.

[MacDoc]

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I have been very happy with my now 3 yr old used Samsung I scored for $169 used with no remote.
That's still a decent deal for name brand but not exceptional anymore.

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no wonder I can't sell my 27" 2k monitors tho I did sell one for less than hoped.

Wonder what people are replacing the 55" with or are they bailing on streaming?
My partner has.

 

[crankcall]

I don’t think people are bailing on streaming though O have heard people are no longer keeping five or six services and pairing back to two or three . I’m sure some have exited completely, so one is always moving a new direction.
I’m not sure unless it’s ridiculous value I’m ever buying a used TV , they are so cheap new .


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[mimico_polak]

My 60” plasma is starting to show its age (it’s a decade old) so will eventually have to replace it with something new as it’s time.

Glad to see prices coming down.

 

[Jampy00]

I don’t think people are bailing on streaming though O have heard people are no longer keeping five or six services and pairing back to two or three . I’m sure some have exited completely, so one is always moving a new direction.
I’m not sure unless it’s ridiculous value I’m ever buying a used TV , they are so cheap new .


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I agree, the market for used (non vintage) electronics must be shrinking.

 

[nobbie48]

I don’t think people are bailing on streaming though O have heard people are no longer keeping five or six services and pairing back to two or three . I’m sure some have exited completely, so one is always moving a new direction.
I’m not sure unless it’s ridiculous value I’m ever buying a used TV , they are so cheap new .


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I wore out my remote on my 15 year old Toshiba and went generic. The proper remote would cost more than the TV is worth. The TV works fine but one input died and I switched to a spare. No service calls ever.

Remember the tube sets and fading CRTs?

 

[crankcall]

I remember tube sets my granparents had , and turning on the set ten minutes before Lawrence Welk show so the set could warm up.
And the " imigrant" TV stand , one unit on top of the other , picture on one working and sound on the other . And mixing up channels on both under penalty of death , lucky we only got 3 stations so the combo was maybe 9 tries?

 

[LePhillou]

The big sizes are still expensive(r) but they're pretty nice. If you don't go for big brand names (Sony and the like) you can get something in the 50-70" range near $500-800 which is kinda nuts when you think of it

 

[FullMotoJacket]

I don’t think people are bailing on streaming though O have heard people are no longer keeping five or six services and pairing back to two or three . I’m sure some have exited completely, so one is always moving a new direction.

I have only ever had one service. Torrents. The pricing structure is unbeatable.

I remember tube sets my granparents had

I remember going to the hardware store with the old boy, tubes in hand, to check them on the TV tube tester in the store. There was a cabinet in the base where a selection of new "usual suspect" tubes was stored.

 

[GreyGhost]

TV's are still evolving so quickly (mainly in image quality, I don't care about most of the features) that I rarely buy used. I don't change them often so I buy new. There is a reasonable path of buying a couple years old and changing every few years but I know I won't bother to do that.

The current house came with a TV in a built-in. Obviously it only fits that specific TV. I haven't decided whether to proactively change it or wait until it dies as replacement requires me to rebuild part of the built-in (and paint match, ugh). It's currently a 55" but I'll probably tear out some pullouts that are in the existing cabinet and put a much bigger tv (probably something like 75" can fit but I'd have to check actual dimensions to see what I could get in there..

 

[Baggsy]

I have been very happy with my now 3 yr old used Samsung I scored for $169 used with no remote.
That's still a decent deal for name brand but not exceptional anymore.
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no wonder I can't sell my 27" 2k monitors tho I did sell one for less than hoped.

Wonder what people are replacing the 55" with or are they bailing on streaming?
My partner has.

The picture you have is a hisense, and the facebook link goes nowhere.
I'm not sure what you're getting at? My old house's 20+ year old flat screen (Sharp, Sanyo or Samsung?) is still doing well, as is the 12 year old and brand new Samsung's at the new house. Kids all have their own, probably from Amazon that are several years old, and There's another Panasonic that I won in a raffle on the treadmill. They seem to last a long time, so the only reason to swap is to get more or larger.

 

[TwistedKestrel]

I have been very happy with my now 3 yr old used Samsung I scored for $169 used with no remote.
That's still a decent deal for name brand but not exceptional anymore.
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no wonder I can't sell my 27" 2k monitors tho I did sell one for less than hoped.

Wonder what people are replacing the 55" with or are they bailing on streaming?
My partner has.

We had a Samsung 3D TV that died twice. Once while under warranty, where they sent a guy to our house to replace something substantial, and then the second time something on the motherboard gave up, parts were unobtainable. Now we have an LG 4K TV, some hrmm-years old, and while it's mostly okay it acts up once it a while like there's a ghost hammering the input select button.

Like for $169 you can't go wrong, but I definitely wouldn't trust your average modern flatscreen to make it five years or be repairable

On the other hand, I have a 4 year old 27" Gigabyte M27Q that I'm pretty sure I could get $200 for if I wanted to sell it today (I don't). I think I paid $440 + tax for it new?

 

[MacDoc]

The point is that used smart TVs are plummeting in price, That 55" HiSense was on offer for $50 with the remote.
It always bothered me that prices were so high for quality computer monitors when the prices of 4k TVs, brighter ( now up to 2,000 nits ) and superb HDR which you can barely achieve on computers have fallen dramatically both new and used.

I liked our first TCL and it was ground breaking feature for price but our $690 one here failed and TCL replaced with an inferior model - was happy to sell it for $400 and buy a bunch of LEGO for the same space use ...pardon the pun.


Over time ( 50 years in high tech ) I've generally found Panasonic products the most durable. We gave up on LG as short warrantied and products failed.
Now have a Pannie.
Won't likely buy a TCL again.
Not sure what OLED I'll get if the Samsung fails. Can't afford anything anyways so would likely settle for another 55-65" Smart non-OLED.
They are terrific to use as a computer monitor.

 

[PrivatePilot]

My 60” plasma is starting to show its age (it’s a decade old) so will eventually have to replace it with something new as it’s time.

Glad to see prices coming down.

We bought an 86" 3-4 years ago when they were still in the kinda-stupid expensive price range, but I regret absolutely nothing - every time I turn it on and enjoy that giant screen....money well spent. And it's still working perfectly years later. I have never had an ounce of problem with any of our LG stuff.

Now they're available (in the cheapie models) for less than half what we paid though, and there's some even bigger ones available for around the price we paid for the 86 back then.

One thing to keep in mind that a cheap giant TV isn't going to have the same picture quality of a medium priced giant TV, or of course high end models. If sheer size is what you want but you don't want to shell out big $, you're going to get mediocre quality screens of course. It comes down to what you're looking for in the end - some people are more than happy with a well priced big TV that doesn't have the bells and whistles like Dolby Vision, HDR, etc.

Another thing....a lot of "smart TV's" are increasingly coming with garbage on them that you can't escape. I was listening to a tech podcast today and the guy was talking about a 75" Roku TV that was priced really well, but was constantly annoying the heck out of him with advertising and bloat that can't be removed, not to mention a lot of smart TV's are constantly "calling home" to share your TV watching choices, show popup advertising, etc - I hear Samsung is particularly bad for covertly calling home and reporting what you're doing.

On some you can block the advertising and tattling using something like a pi-hole or blocking at the router level if you have a prosumer router capable of that, but the podcast guy was saying that he tried that on the Roku in question and the TV just outright refused to work at all anymore.
Perhaps food for thought to get a higher end model where the price isn't subsidized by you being the product forever.

 

[MacDoc]

So sold the 3 year old Samsung 50" for $180 and they were lining up to buy it despite my "fair condition".

Now have two or three Samsung compatible remotes to sell as can't see how to switch them over the FFalcon/TCL/Google eco- system.
They don't even power on the new tv.
Picked up a slightly larger 55" FFalcon with 3 year warranty, HDR10 and Dolby for $539.
Certainly it's better from the couch area with the larger screen.
It's about the same in brightness but has an an automatic function to self adjust to the ambient.



So $360 all in out of pocket for a 2025 model with 3 year cover and same HDR and Dolby as the Samsung. BlueTooth is better. Otherwise it's about the same.

 

[danp]

Another thing....a lot of "smart TV's" are increasingly coming with garbage on them that you can't escape. I was listening to a tech podcast today and the guy was talking about a 75" Roku TV that was priced really well, but was constantly annoying the heck out of him with advertising and bloat that can't be removed, not to mention a lot of smart TV's are constantly "calling home" to share your TV watching choices, show popup advertising, etc - I hear Samsung is particularly bad for covertly calling home and reporting what you're doing.

I don't know about the calling home, but it's likely the advertising can be removed with Pi-hole. It works to remove ads on my Hisense Roku TV. Of course it's ridiculous people have to go to this trouble to remove ads on something they've already paid hundreds of dollars for.

 

[MacDoc]

Anyone know how to reprogram remotes?
I have a several that were set up for the Samsung but are supposedly universal.
Don't want to buy another set if not needed.
The one I would like to update is the GE lighted remote.

The new TV is a TCL subsidiary.
Found the manual for my GE remote - says it should work with TCL ...so far no joy but no patience either
Wish I could just type in the code for the specific TV model

https://manuals.plus/general-electric/ge-33701-universal-remote-control-user-manual#programming_your_remote

 

[GreyGhost]

Anyone know how to reprogram remotes?
I have a several that were set up for the Samsung but are supposedly universal.
Don't want to buy another set if not needed.
The one I would like to update is the GE lighted remote.
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The new TV is a TCL subsidiary.

Hold setup until things flash, press TV, type in code, press power to test.

Common TCL codes include 11756, 12434, and 2891,

 

[MacDoc]

Thanks - Type in how? ( I'm sitting in the dark at the moment. ) Is there alpha numeric on the remote?

 

[GreyGhost]

Thanks - Type in how? ( I'm sitting in the dark at the moment. ) Is there alpha numeric on the remote?

No Alpha needed, just numbers which the remote has. Most remotes can also code cycle (enter programming mode, press channel up or volume up, then power, repeat until TV power state changes) if direct code entry doesn't find a winner.

 

[MacDoc]

Yeah no alpha - not having luck but not working too hard at it.
Would be nice to revive the lighted remote. The one they provided might as well be a black hole as far as visibility even when lit.
Not getting Alexa connected with the settings yet.
Can't figure why the volume is low on the Blu Ray player/

So nice to have Wifi 6 speed through out the house - no more having to switch between nodes.
It even has a 4G sim in it if the main network goes down...that's kinda cool.

https://www.optus.com.au/connected/news/optus-launches-next-gen-ultra-wifi-modem

They also offer a 5G node without connection to the NBN with WiFi 7

https://www.optus.com.au/internet/5g-home-internet/5g-modem

Not available in our area yet but they rolling out across the nation ....after all that money spent on the high speed to home.

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