also a retired navy vet.
Walmart Visio...70”
Got mine few months ago to replace a 10 year old 52” Phillips flat screen. I love it! It was something like $999.
.....Oh, and it does Netflix and Amazon and also the outlaw Kodi with Exodus app..without an external box all for free!
Watching it now:)
Good Luck!
I will add additional info.
I have 4 big screens in my house and one in my welding shop.
All of them are nearly new.....Only one is over 55” and that is the new Vizio in my living room, which was also the least expensive.
The other TV’s are Samsung.
The larger and less expensive Vizio has best features and picture....It is just smart enuff that it comes wifi ready to display Netflix and Amazon and other stuff, but not so smart it has hidden camera and microphone....It is easy to install Kodi player with USB stick and also the outlaw Exedous app to watch everything free in HD.
I love it.
We got a new Samsung 55” last Christmas - about $1200 on sale but included 3D and ultra HD/4k capability - 4 HDMI’s - love the internet linkage - thought we’d have to go for something faster than DSL from the phone company, but the Samsung processor is very fast - movies in less than a minute - happy with the purchase.....
I used to buy the latest and best but they all became obsolete, so this summer i bought a Vizio 65” 4K ultra at Walmart here in Alaska for around $1100. Its the base model but its amazing how god it is! Especially with regular bluray. I’m not sure i’ll ever buy the 4k ultra bluray player.
My best recommendation is to first go 1 month without watching any TV, but keep Internet.
if you need news/entertainment, get it from the Internet at whatever site you wish. Then do something with family or find some hobby to fill in the other time. Before long you won’t even miss the old TV.
If after 1 month you just can’t be without TV, I’m sure that the beginning of the “holiday season” sales will begin to appear and you can get a better deal than now.
The specs you want of 55 or more, , 4 HDMI under 1K is a wine taste with a beer budget. The market does not dictate that at this time.
The closet you can get is the 2016 Samsung 60” 4K UN60KU6300 on Amazon for $946.
It has everything you want, but 3 HDMIs instead of 4.
The TV that has all the specs you want at under 1K is the 2015 Sony LED 4K, but it’s 49”.
Both are great TVs. Although I would lean toward the Sony for picture, the HDMIs you are looking for and you can even hook up a computer to it.
***Warning*** don’t buy a TV for the Apps that come with it. You are better off using Apps on a Roku or Apple TV.
If you can, get 240 MHz over 120 which is more common. It reduces the potential for a blurred image.
I’ve purchased 2 Samsungs in the last 10 years, one I fixed once, both are dead and in the landfill now.
I have a Toshiba I bought about 12 years ago and is still going strong. I also bought a couple of cheapo TCL TVs figuring I could afford to replace them a couple of times for the price to buy one Samsung, despite their reputation, they seem to be working fine after a couple of years.
Your mileage may vary.
One last point.
Tell everyone not to buy a “smart TV”, just get a TV with all the amazing specs and just buy an Roku, Apple TV or a Chromecast and just get all the functionality with continuous updates without having to worry about it “getting old”.
The reason why is because TV companies don’t update the software on their “smart TV” so it’s not worth going out of the way and buying a “smart TV” when you can get the same exact specs for cheaper without all the useless apps they throw on but never update.