[donozark]

You can always try to find a good, used Sony. I’ve had excellent luck with all I’ve owned. Also, if a member of Sam’s Club? Try post-Christmas sales. Sure Costco would likewise have bargains.

[MayflowerMadam]

When we were shopping for TVs a couple years ago, it seems the answer we got from everyone was that all TVs are smart TVs now. Anyhow, we got three — all Samsungs. They’ve been great. I had to call Samsung tech support many months ago with a question, and the rep was wonderful.

[Trumpet 1]

Sony plasma 40 inch. Very good color.

[Vendome]

Any of the TV’s at Walmart or Costco that LG, Samsung
https://www.costco.com/black-friday-tvs.html

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Sharp does it for us.

[mountainlion]

If you are a Veteran you can shop Army Air Force Exchange. No taxes and free shipping.

[MayflowerMadam]

Truth be known, probably all TVs are manufactured by just one or two companies.

[yarddog]

Looking at them in the store I really can’t tell the difference in picture quality from different brands tho I am sure there is some.

It seems 4K is the next big thing but no one is broadcasting that yet. I bought a cheap ($139) 43 inch at WalMart and the picture is fine. The sound is pretty mediocre tho. It is 1080 dpi resolution too.

I noticed they will be selling a 40 inch 1080 during Black Friday for only $99.

[knarf]

They're all the same and now almost all are SMART.

We have two SANYO's for about 260 ea. and both are SMART

[Rannug]

Non-smart tv? Vizido”

[oh8eleven]

Bought a SONY 55" in 2005, used it 10 years with zero failures.
Bought a SONY 55" in 2015 and so far zero failures.
Great pictures and decent sound, both.

[SunkenCiv]

• The larger the screen surface, the better off you'll be with 120 or higher refresh rates, and for that matter, higher res (the 4K sets). I've got a 40, and it's more than satisfactory (I picked it up off the Sam's "last ones" rack five or so years ago), but that's very much a middle of the road size now, and in some parts of the US, probably considered entry level.
• Avoid 720p, even if you're not streaming.
• More than two HDMI ports is not an extravagance, as the ports sometimes go bad, and you may add some kind of Roku or other streaming box, in addition to disk players.
• Stick to your budget, because you won't stick with the same flatscreen TV as long as you have any CRT style TV you've ever owned. My parents' first TV was a small B&W Crosley they bought used in the 1950s, well before I was born, but when I was a kid I watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, and a few years later watched Neil Armstrong make the first human footprints on the Moon. It died a couple of years later, and my mom often lamented later on that "we should have just had it fixed."
• Reviews of electronics are always months behind the models' end-of-life availability, and reviewers have biases, favorite brands, graft, corruption, stupidity, and scores to settle. Mostly they are a subclass of social parasite.
• Judge the picture using your own eyes. Screw alll brand recommendations, and trust your own eyes.
• Go to the Big Box store (yellow tags) for maximium selection, and to the wholesale clubs for best prices and pretty broad selection (probably buy at the latter; check the Sam's "last ones"; this time of year, Costco blankets the entrance area with big screens).

[bgill]

They’re all pretty much the same these days. If it matters, get one with a higher count of pixels. Shop the Black Friday and Christmas sales.

[Herman Ball]

You probably can find a new Vizio in that range. I see where prices have really come down. I have two Vizio’s and a Smart TV Samsung and the Vizio’s are older but still have wonderful Picture’s. I am amazed at them.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

We have all Samsung on the computers and the TVs. Not one has failed.

[Pollard]

Not the best sound in the world but a sound bar takes care of that.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017AHR3BE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sceptre 43 inches 4K LED TV (Price: $199.99 & FREE Shipping)
I paid $300

Hard to find a dumb TV these days. We’ve got a 39/40 inch sound bar with sub-woofer from wally world.

Speaking of, https://www.walmart.com/ip/SAMSUNG-43-Class-4K-2160P-Ultra-HD-Smart-LED-TV-UN43NU6900-2018-Model/840956662

$277.99 with free shipping for a Samsung. I went there to see what soundbar we got and saw “Samsung Event”. I’d have gotten this if it was this price when I was looking. I don’t see the soundbar we got. They’re pretty cheap and kind of necessary for these new TVs. They automatically assume you’ll either have a soundbar or a surround system these days so the speakers in new TVs are little sucky things. ymmv and I’m sure a Samsung will have better sound than a Sceptre. Sceptre seems to be about the biggest china brand. Been around quite a few years.

[Do_Tar]

Costco has a 2 year warranty and if you use your Costco Visa they add another 2 years.

They have a Hisense 43” 1080p LED LCD TV
$189.99 Online with free shipping.

I think they’re all made by the same Chinese children now.

[Simon Foxx]

Samsung. If you have a COSTCO near you, that would be the place I would recommend looking. Best deals on Samsung TVs.

[upchuck]

I don’t watch TV. But, IMHO, Smart TV=Telescreen from 1984. Maybe not yet, but it’s coming.

[NorthMountain]

I like the color and brightness of Samsung monitors and TVs.