gaming TV

[fazersharp]

[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=21524.msg247508#msg247508 date=1481454789]
About 5 years ago I brought a 55in smart tv for Sharp Halls entertaining parlour, cost over a grand at the time. It is 3d and at the time that was (being pushed as ) the way forward, even BBC were experimenting on broadcasting some shows and events in 3d, blurays also being released in 3d. I actually didn't buy the tv because it had 3d, I didnt even want 3d but at the time you couldn't buy a 55incher without it.
So I was in currys the other day killing some time whilst Mrs Sharp was buying some Christmas crap in M&S and mooched around the tvs, assistant came and I pretended to be looking at buying a tv 55 or more with 3d and he starts rubbing his chin / thinking, turns out that only a small select few now are including 3d. BBC have also given up on 3d.
So the point to my story is that I feel perhaps 4k could be the next 3d, which was pushed just as a selling point to - well, sell tvs.       

To be fair 4k is an evolution of HD so in theory it will just be replaced with the next sharper image (8k, or super 4k or some other bollocks) where as 3d was just a fad. It was clever but i never really found it comfortable on my eyes. Also most people I know with them just moan because they had to wear glasses all the time.

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And there was all the "passive" non "passive" options, mine is a passive which uses polarising lenses, which have no issues, people were having uncomfortable eye problems from the non passive glasses which have to have a battery in them that operates each eye on and off flickering at a high rate to create the 3d, like looking at something close to your eyes and opening and closing each eye in turn and see the object move left and right.

I would also go for a panasonic, mine is an LG which had problems with the BBC i player that was largely blamed on lgs servers after a bbc player update, LG stopped issuing updates - no longer supported after 12 months and their responce was to tell you to buy the latest TV whereas panasonic kept their tvs updated and supported for years.

Also yes go for a HD freeview with smart tv, our TV was "smart" 5 years ago and includes an internet browser (painfully slow) and BBC iplayer/ utube, but other than some other net crap we dont use the only catchup is BBC iplayer so as per my post the other day I have now brought a now tv box so I can get all the other catch ups.
So when buying a smart tv make sure all the catchups are there.