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Anyone use android smart TVs?

Posted on 4/8/21 at 4:26 pm
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
162194 posts
Posted on 4/8/21 at 4:26 pm
I'm in the market for a new TV. I've always had either LG, Samsung, or a TCL Roku TV.

This Hisense 50" android smart TV has me curious since I'm pretty plugged into the Google ecosystem

Hisense Smart TV

It's a little more than the TCL Roku TVs of the same size but still reasonable at $430

Any opinions on the UI with an android TV?

Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
14263 posts
Posted on 4/8/21 at 4:47 pm to
I have a shield TV pro hooked up to my theater projector. Everything else I use roku. It's an excellent device.
Posted by AUturfguy
Member since Aug 2017
165 posts
Posted on 4/8/21 at 6:23 pm to
Literally just bought a Phillips 52in Android tv. Have only had it for a day but so far it's not bad. Not my main tv but perfect for our "game room". Got it at Wally world for 400$ so not looking for the "best" but the 4k is actually not bad
Posted by LSUSUPERSTAR
TX
Member since Jan 2005
16305 posts
Posted on 4/8/21 at 7:18 pm to
I have a Sony 85" with Android TV and it is great. I can use the one remote to control the tv, DirecTV, and blu-ray player although we mostly just stream stuff.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
162194 posts
Posted on 4/8/21 at 9:38 pm to
I'm just using for streaming and Nintendo switch. I'll probably pick up something like youtube tv during college football season.

Don't watch a ton of TV but needed something for the new place
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 4/8/21 at 9:54 pm to
Phillips sold to some chicom company a little while back.

Posted by TTU97NI
Celina, TX
Member since Mar 2017
1102 posts
Posted on 4/9/21 at 8:48 am to
quote:

This Hisense 50" android smart TV has me curious since I'm pretty plugged into the Google ecosystem


Just got the 70" at bestbuy for 549 on sale. We are satisficed so far, very easy to navigate the menu and add APPS. Volume is great and so far the picture is great.

No we are playing with the right color settings now. with 2 kids and amazing eyes it look different to us with old eyes. The struggle is real HA
Posted by DoubleDown
New Orleans, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2008
12858 posts
Posted on 4/9/21 at 9:45 am to
Not a smart TV per se but the new Google Chromecast with Google TV is amazing for 50$, especially if you use YouTube TV. And we're mainly an apple household but Google made a badass product as a follow up to the Chromecast.
Posted by CoolSoundingName
Member since Apr 2018
116 posts
Posted on 4/9/21 at 12:48 pm to
I bought a 55' Hisense Android tv last year and have had a lot of problems with it. The remote will stop working sometimes and other times the tv won't turn on or off without unplugging it and waiting a few minutes and plugging it back in.
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79117 posts
Posted on 4/9/21 at 12:48 pm to
When we moved we bought several Sony X900s which have it.

We previously relied on ATV4ks, and they're sitting in a box because we just haven't had a need to get them out and haven't noticed any performance drop. The one time it became an issue was when we were going to switch to AT&T to get the Braves games, and Android didn't have a native app.
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
11494 posts
Posted on 4/12/21 at 6:39 pm to
We got the 75" hisense Android TV, for the money I am extremely impressed, the operating system is great IMO. I had to get a roku for my Vizio TV's to get HBO max without casting, I think I will put a little more value on a TV having Roku or Android TV in future purchases. I am actually fine with the slow, clunky Vizio smartcast, it just takes them forever to update apps, and it sounds like they may never get HBO max in their system.
Posted by ellunchboxo
Gtown
Member since Feb 2009
18781 posts
Posted on 4/12/21 at 6:46 pm to
I had a Sony 900E with Android TV and the wifi constantly dropped out. Got fed up and replaced it with a TCL 6 series.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
89758 posts
Posted on 4/12/21 at 9:40 pm to
I think you are limiting yourself if you rely on the TVsmart streaming. I have an apple 4k and a chromecast for google TV and the Chromecast is much better than my LG smart TV intergrartion.

I am pretty amazed with the amount of info you get when looking at a show and the search within the installed app/service is pretty amazing.
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