Television Buying Guide: All You Need to Know

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Are you planning to head out to get a television for yourself? Well, it is recommended that you see this Television buying guide. Why? That’s because the current options might shock you.

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There are some very cool budget offerings and some really cool features that you should definitely keep in mind before getting a television for yourself.

In this television buying guide article, we are going to discuss all the factors that you should check and consider before getting a television for yourself.

Television Buying Guide: All You Need to Know

So, if you are going out to buy a television or considering purchasing it online, there are some of the factors that definitely needs your attention, these are:

Screen Size

Television Buying Guide

The screen size depends on various factors that have to do with you and your personal requirements. The things to keep in mind are, how many people gather around the TV usually? Where will the TV be placed? What is the size of the space where you will place the TV? Once you have figured these things out. The very good recommendation is to go with a 43-inch TV. However, if your living room is big, 55-inch can also be considered.

Then there is budget constraint too, so just consider your budget and select a screen size accordingly. But you will not go wrong with the 43-inch screen size.

Screen Resolution

Television Buying Guide

Screen resolution is one of the biggest decisions that you will have to take. There are HD-ready TVs, Full-HD TVs, 4K TVs, and newly arrived 8K TVs. Well, Here the new industry standard is of course 4K now. Most of the manufacturers offer all the good range of 4K TVs and they go on sale for about 50K. Some of the budget offerings are a bit cheaper. However, if you want to cut some cost, the Full-HD range is also very good, and one will hardly detect the difference if not looked closely.

Most of the content that is being produced is produced for 4K screen resolutions by big OTT platforms like Amazon Prime, Netflix, and other companies.

So yes, 4K is the best, Full-HD is worth considering if you are on a tight budget. 8K TVs are a big ‘No’ as of now because it is an incredibly early stage of their development and hence, they are expensive and content for 8K is also scarce.

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Display

In the display column, you have OLEDs, LCD/LEDs. Most of the TVs have LCD LED displays. There are edge-lit LED displays, then there is full LED display. The full LED displays provide better color and picture quality compared to the edge-lit ones.

You also have OLED displays that use organic LEDs that can achieve true blacks and have some of the best picture quality. The thing is that these are very expensive compared to LEDs but with the introduction of 8K TVs, these will cut down in price eventually. Plus, you will only find OLEDs in 4K TVs.

Refresh Rate

Television Buying Guide

We have 60Hz displays that are very common in TVs. Now, there is 120Hz. The refresh rate matter in action scenes where everything is paced fast and bigger the refresh rate, better will be the fluidity in the movements. Now there isn’t much content that supports a refresh rate of 120Hz but soon you will be getting that stuff. So yes, consider buying a TV with a better refresh rate if you don’t want to see unnecessary jitter during action scenes.

Ports and Connectivity

If you will attach some other peripherals to your TV like a sound-bar, joystick, or some other stuff, it is very important to see how much connectivity your TV offers. Go for the TV with more HDMI ports, and newer version HDMI 2.1 support. This will give you a lag-free playing experience on your TV.

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Smart TV or Non-Smart TV

Television Buying Guide

Today, you have TVs that have apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube on their own. These are called smart-TVs. There are some operating systems like Google’s Android TV, Amazon Fire Edition TVs. These televisions are good. However, they require a steady and good internet connection to do all the extra functionality they have so keep that in mind. Also, you can always buy external hardware like Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Mi Box 4K or some other devices to make your non-smart TV, smart! So that is not a very big issue.

Sound

Well, this is also one of the most important aspects of any TV. Very simple crack to figure this one out. Just play one or two loud action scenes on the TV at any shop and see it for yourself. Also higher the wattage, louder will be the speakers. Also check the position of the speakers, if they are bottom-firing or front speakers. Just check for the bass and see what will go well with the place where you are going to keep the TV

So, these were some of the factors that you should keep in mind when you go to buy a television, some of the good brands are Sony, Panasonic, LG, and Samsung. Hope you liked the Television Buying Guide, do let us know in the comments.

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