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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Personally, I'd avoid smart tv's like the plague. There is no way any of the manufacturers are going to keep the software updated at anywhere near the rate needed to keep them working with common web services, and a potentially great panel will be obsoleted years before its time because of software.
A quality 1080p, LED backlit, high refresh rate LCD panel should look nearly as good in 7-10 years as it does today. Don't gimp it with electronics that go out of support in 4 years.
#grumpyoldguy
edit: in my opinion, of course
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I think we've disagreed before on this. But I have a couple of secondary tvs in the house that I love having Netflix and Pandora on. One is a few years old now, and stopped getting updates a year or two ago, but still works perfectly fine for Netflix and Pandora, which are all I care about. And the ironic thing is that because they aren't updating, Pandora never got updated to a version that plays ads!
The last tv I bought was for the porch, and it was a difference between $280 for the smart version vs $240 for the dumb version. An extra $40 is worth it to not have to deal with another box. There are a lot of nice things about having it built into the tv... Less wires, simpler installation if your putting the components out of sight, etc, and it is quicker to turn on vs starting up another box, and all that.
And if Netflix and Pandora ever do stop working, it is not like the tv doesn't still work.