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So one of my three year old kids smashed my 65" LED flatscreen with a die-cast model of the Atlantis shuttle. I was fine with this and was not planning on buying a replacement in any haste but my wife keeps complaining. Would prefer at least 65"+ and absolutely not a smart tv. What suggestions do you have, companies to avoid, etc. Help me SN, you are probably my only hope of not just buying another spysung.
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(Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Sunday January 21 2018, @01:00AM
My wireless sources are bluetooth for audio (works well, I like those 3.5mm to bluetooth things when dealing with consumer-tech), chromecast for guests (a friend loves netflix) and youtube, steam link for gaming, and an RPi2 (with HW decoding) or RPi3 for media and VNC.
The net is an AC2600 class with the router placed so that no spot has more than one wall and 8m to it, everything at 5GHz. Most receiver-units are located very near the centre of the apartment.
The lag, well, for the RPi it depends on where the sources really originates from (locally is no issue). But for the steam link it is fast enough for gaming but not fast enough to be imperceptible (less lag than the difference between the "Gaming" and "Movie" modes on the TV however).
The separation of channels - yeah, that can be an issue. But so far none that I've noticed (doesn't say much however since I don't play any game where sound matters, for lipsync it is within tolerance when using consumer tech and adjusted as needed (per movie and selection of speakers) in mpv/mplayer/kodi.
Interference is not an issue in my case.
I don't attach much to the screens, just an HDMI-switch that can be told to change source via IR ;) (that however has a steam link, a chromecast and an RPi hooked up to it, I do this with all screens - and use the forth port for any nearby computer (or hook up a second switch if I really run out of ports) - duplication of setups means it is a nobrainer for anyone to just pick what screen they want to use).
Never tried 4K (nor really seen the point with it - my main movieviewing still is a mix of 480p and 720p) so can't say anything about that.
I recently has to toss all my classic consoles (well, ok, my sister got them) due to issues involving a move, hence all my stuff is right now quite new. But up until that point it was a PITA to get RF up to HDMI to transport.
However - I do admit to some degree of cheating - I do have a 5m HDMI-cable laying near each screen as well for when stuff really refuses to work and I don't feel like dealing with things (this is what is hooked into the fourth port of the HDMI-switch if no computer needs it).
Oh yeah, and my hifi-amp does Dolby and DTS and speaks Toslink just fine with the TV - so with the TV sync is never an issue (actually checked that the TV could talk with my amp properly before buying)
Regarding the celing fan and power - let's just say that if you don't use the fan it might be worth buying your local electrician a drink to discuss the possibilities :) (do not try taking power that way before talking to an electrician however)