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Originally Posted by OtinG
My 40" Sony Bravia is about 12 feet from where I sit and that is about the right size for me. Much bigger and I would have to turn my head from side to side to see everything. A 65" screen would be way too big for me. Much smaller than 40" and my old eyes would start to have trouble focusing on the text, although I really don’t care to read the million and one ways in which a pharmaceutical or modern day "snake oil" concoction can turn me into a zombie or worse. I would pay big money for a Big Pharma and Snake Oil advertisement blocking feature though! 
I'm glad my Sony Bravia is still working great even though I bought it in 2008. It doesn't have any of the modern features like smart TV apps, WiFi, BT, or even a USB port, and definitely no 4K just 1080, but the picture blows away pretty much all of those new cheap sets I’ve seen. You do get what you pay for and I paid a king's ransom for my Bravia 11 years ago, but it still works all these years later. I’ve got a cheap 26" Vizio in my study and it is okay for occasional viewing but its smart TV apps are long since way out dated as most never get updated by Vizio, and I prefer to hookup a Fire TV dongle and Roku dongle to using the built in smart TV features. Personally, I think all that smart TV stuff is mostly gimmicky and I do better with plug-in Fire TVs and Rokus. The set top boxes and dongles can be upgraded to better models in years to come, but you are pretty much stuck with the processors/RAM/etc. that came on the smart TV, so if it sucks now with apps it will suck even worse in the future. But to each there own of course. |
I will only buy Sony TVs, you are correct you do get what you pay for, and I would rather spend a little more for a better picture that Sony's always offer.
I went from a Sony 32" CRT, to a Sony 40" LCD, and I now have a 50" Sony in my livingroom and the picture is glorious, bright, and I can read the small print if interested. I have a Sony 32" in my bedroom. If I had the space I would have a 50" in there as well!
I use to be one of those that would justify the fact for settling for a smaller tv because of the supposed size of the room and the distance I was sitting from it. Not any more, the bigger the better! I will now only limit myself due to space restrictions.
Both of my tv's are Smart tv's, but I got a Roku stick for my living room set, and I'm happy with that, if I sometime become bed bound, I'm happy with the Netflix on my TV in the bedroom. What made the big difference there is getting a soundbar to replace the crappy tv speakers! My living room tv is hooked up to a 5.2 channel surround system so I can rock out to concerts and get blown away when I watch my movies!!!!
