Reasonably priced TV that isn't garbage?
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My mum has a 32" Toshiba TV that's maybe 4-5 years old and it's absolutely useless.
The remote seems to need a ton of force on the buttons the interface on it is slow and doesn't seem to work half the time and simple things like scrolling up and down through the Freeview guide takes ages.
Basically it's stuff that you can't easily figure out if you're in a shop spending 2 minutes playing around with the remote.
She doesn't use the TV for anything fancy just watching Freeview and the odd bit of iPlayer.
Given the picture is OK I did wonder whether to get a cheap external Freeview box but she's not the best with technology and changing inputs and stuff like that.
Any suggestions on a sensibly priced TV that might fit the bill?
The remote seems to need a ton of force on the buttons the interface on it is slow and doesn't seem to work half the time and simple things like scrolling up and down through the Freeview guide takes ages.
Basically it's stuff that you can't easily figure out if you're in a shop spending 2 minutes playing around with the remote.
She doesn't use the TV for anything fancy just watching Freeview and the odd bit of iPlayer.
Given the picture is OK I did wonder whether to get a cheap external Freeview box but she's not the best with technology and changing inputs and stuff like that.
Any suggestions on a sensibly priced TV that might fit the bill?
It's not ease of use that's the problem it's that the thing just seems to get stupidly slow.
Sometimes you press the guide button and it takes a second sometimes you press it and count to five.
Then you scroll up and down and it is slow as hell or just freezes for up to ten seconds then starts to scroll.
There's no rhyme or reason to any of it.
It's got the latest firmware and all that stuff so I assume it's just broken or there's some kind of firmware issue.
Sometimes you press the guide button and it takes a second sometimes you press it and count to five.
Then you scroll up and down and it is slow as hell or just freezes for up to ten seconds then starts to scroll.
There's no rhyme or reason to any of it.
It's got the latest firmware and all that stuff so I assume it's just broken or there's some kind of firmware issue.
It's more than likely your mum's Toshiba is made by Vestel. This 43" QLED from TCL will therefore be a massive improvement in picture quality, without breaking the bank.
It's running Android, so the user interface for smart features is also very intuitive.
You might not have heard of TCL, however they are one of the largest manufacturers of TV's in the world.
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/tcl-43c635k-43-s...
£299
It's running Android, so the user interface for smart features is also very intuitive.
You might not have heard of TCL, however they are one of the largest manufacturers of TV's in the world.
https://www.currys.co.uk/products/tcl-43c635k-43-s...
£299
miniman said:
I find Android TV OS terrible. Samsung is much better.
Agree with that In this instance I would suggest something like this as the replacement
https://www.richersounds.com/samsung-ue43au7100.ht...
emperorburger said:
miniman said:
I find Android TV OS terrible. Samsung is much better.
Perhaps you tried an earlier iteration. Google TV is widely considered one of the slickest and most intuitive interfaces available. miniman said:
emperorburger said:
miniman said:
I find Android TV OS terrible. Samsung is much better.
Perhaps you tried an earlier iteration. Google TV is widely considered one of the slickest and most intuitive interfaces available. 
te.bhstewie said:
hstewie said: Just to add/mention the bulk of what she watches seems to be Sewing TV or old episodes of stuff like Escape to the Sun on Really so whilst it may be default these days I'm not sure QLED 4K and all that stuff offers much benefit here 
True but 4k etc is pretty much standard. In essence any modern TV from any of the major brands will be better than what she has Gassing Station | Home Cinema & Hi-Fi | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff