alebleicker
Standard Member
Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a 55 inch TV for playing Netflix, Youtube and Plex. I've already a good Sony 1080p projector for films going strong for years so the idea for the telly is more for casual watching series and youtube videos or some stuff from my personal Plex library.
I use a Roku express player with my projector and it works really well for 1080p content, does casting as well from my phone (works perfectly) and plays 1080p from my plex library at full bitrate, very happy with that. Also Roku mobile app on my phone can play the audio to bluetooth headphones while watching stuff, very handy. I was looking at TVs with Roku builtin, but it seems the TCL TVs with this are only available in the US and not in the UK, shame. Next I was thinking perhaps on an Android TV, so I can install netflix and other apps from google store, but I'm not sure how powerful the CPU is on those to play full bitrate 1080p films. I have one LG tv with WebOS from 2015, and it is horribly slow! Roku player for £29 on it transformed the telly into something useful.
It seems 1080p panels are not even in production anymore so I need to get a 4k telly, how do they handle 1080p content? Will it look bad compared to a native 1080p panel? Should I be looking at a 1080p screen? Not sure 4k adds any value to me as I don't find it appealing to the content I consume.
Ideally I would like a model with Roku or Android (casting is very important to me), bluetooth audio output or then 3.5 jack so I can plug a bluetooth transmitter (maybe builtin bluetooth from TVs also has noticeable lag, I use apt-x low latency kit here connected to 3.5 jack).
My research is leading me to a few models:
I'm looking for a 55 inch TV for playing Netflix, Youtube and Plex. I've already a good Sony 1080p projector for films going strong for years so the idea for the telly is more for casual watching series and youtube videos or some stuff from my personal Plex library.
I use a Roku express player with my projector and it works really well for 1080p content, does casting as well from my phone (works perfectly) and plays 1080p from my plex library at full bitrate, very happy with that. Also Roku mobile app on my phone can play the audio to bluetooth headphones while watching stuff, very handy. I was looking at TVs with Roku builtin, but it seems the TCL TVs with this are only available in the US and not in the UK, shame. Next I was thinking perhaps on an Android TV, so I can install netflix and other apps from google store, but I'm not sure how powerful the CPU is on those to play full bitrate 1080p films. I have one LG tv with WebOS from 2015, and it is horribly slow! Roku player for £29 on it transformed the telly into something useful.
It seems 1080p panels are not even in production anymore so I need to get a 4k telly, how do they handle 1080p content? Will it look bad compared to a native 1080p panel? Should I be looking at a 1080p screen? Not sure 4k adds any value to me as I don't find it appealing to the content I consume.
Ideally I would like a model with Roku or Android (casting is very important to me), bluetooth audio output or then 3.5 jack so I can plug a bluetooth transmitter (maybe builtin bluetooth from TVs also has noticeable lag, I use apt-x low latency kit here connected to 3.5 jack).
My research is leading me to a few models:
- Hisense H55U7AUK £519 not sure if the OS supports casting from android devices, maybe I'll need to add a roku 4k player here? I like its very slim profile, no 3.5 jack audio output
- Philips 55PUS6753 £500 has 3.5 jack output, profile of the TV seems a bit thick
- Samsung NU7400 £469 has bluetooth but what about the delay?
- Samsung NU7100 £454 doesn't have bluetooth, also no 3.5 jack