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I mean I got my Shield for $100 bucks for my den TV, and I actually like the Fire TV and have sticks or cubes on everything else, but that's personal preference. My point is that for most use cases, people who are buying good TVs are not going to be using the on-board OS for the TV. They'll have something else plugged into it, whether it's an Alexa or a Roku or a Shield or something else, so the processor downside doesn't matter in practice.

That's even more true for the TV speakers. It should go without saying at this point, but no one should be using the TV speakers. It's especially absurd if you're shelling out for a TV that's actually good and then listening to garbage audio. I almost don't care what you buy for a soundbar, it'll be better than the TV speakers, but the new version of the VIZIO SB3651ns-H6 is $300 off Amazon, and it's roughly a thousand times better than the speakers on the X900H. The fact that it might be a million times better than the Hisense speakers is irrelevant. Don't settle for TV speakers. Just don't.

All of that is to say that at the end of the day, my view is that what you should be after from your TV is picture quality, full stop. More or less everything else can be dealt with externally, and things like on-board UI are going to be irrelevant shortly anyway, but none of those things can make your TV present you with a better picture.* Just get the one that can do the best job of being a TV - that is to say, displaying content. Where the content comes from, and what the content sounds like, are matters to be dealt with by other pieces of technology. Those things should not be seen as a reason to compromise about your TV's ability to be a TV.

*Ok, in fairness, the Shield's upscaling is really good so that does affect picture, but even there its potential is only as great as your TV's inherent capabilities.