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Originally Posted by jaydorn
Honestly I feel the same, but from what I've seen buying a "dumb" TV without the integrated software is getting harder & harder, and the trade off seems to be in other features as well (size, connectivity, picture quality) if you don't want the software.
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It's not really a deal breaker item, but I've lost count of the times I've met people who get all excited they have a "Smart TV". It's good to have in a TV all other things equal, but not a feature I'd prefer paying extra for, nor a feature I'd use unless I literally had no other options.
For instance:
https://www.costco.ca/Vizio-D55n-E2-...100311473.html
vs
https://www.costco.ca/Vizio--D55-D2-...100280444.html
is a $200 difference and I don't see significant differences other than the Smart feature, though I'm probably missing actual features differences. That price difference is silly. All 4K TVs has the smart function tossed in seemingly for free. It's a concept nearly silly to mention, but if you're looking into the LED range, you might actually find savings in omitting the Smart function. No such luck if you go 4K I believe.
60 vs 120 Hz is a deal breaker for some on TVs. I personally use a 60 Hz 58" LED Samsung TV I acquired from Costco. I think I got it early last year for about $800 all in (GST and enviro). I have no idea why, but the darn thing still shows up around $1k on Bestbuy, the Brick and Walmart website (Anyone know why?). I think similar TVs from Samsung offering 4K were close to 30-50% more at the time in 55".
The TV I have works well enough for games, movies, TV etc. I can tell a slight difference in movement when I go to my parent's place and watch Netflix on their 120Hz TV, but nothing so obscene I'd consider a deal breaker.
With a $1500 budget, I'd bet you could buy a very good 55" LED this year for about $750 and do the same thing next year with a 4K TV. Prices for TVs are very good. I don't know if it's really worth paying extra to "future proof" at this point in time because the prices are dropping like crazy.
Off topic, but if you are intending to purchase a wall mount for the TV, many places are a rip off. I purchased a great TV wall mount for $60 on Amazon. A similar one was running nearly double at Bestbuy ($130).
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is the one I got. It looks like the price went down.