irishrose

I went television shopping and all I got was confused. I want a LED flat screen and I know what size, but do I want a smart TV? One salesman indicated Id because there is so little on TV and a smart TV accesses Netflix easily. He may have a point.

Any thoughts?

Prism99

I think you want a smart tv as it will give you many more options in the future, including being able to access Netflix easily. Our main tv is not smart, so we are not doing many of the things that my daughter and her friends are doing with their tv's. We usually don't miss what we don't have but, even so, out next major tv will be smart. Our tv's tend to last 20 years or so; a smart tv will not become obsolete as fast as a non-smart tv.

nvb50

It depends on what you watch. If you only watch the major stations you don't need to spend that kind of money. We have a smart TV, but have never used it for that purpose. We don't use any of the online features. No Netflix, hoolu or any thing else. To me it was a waste of money.

mighty

I would go with the smart TV.

QuiltnNan

one thing to remember when using Netflix and such on the internet, you have to pay for the higher speed internet in order to avoid having to wait while your internet programs buffer. In Minnesota, I had 25Mbps and I still had buffering

nativetexan

is there a dumb t.v.? sigh. I still don't understand a "smart" phone.

Rose Marie

My tv is not smart.
The guy who installed my internet also hooked up my tv with a cable. I get You Tube, Pandora and a screen that you type in what you want and it pulls it up from the internet. I typed in cats and got all kinds of cat videos.

EllieGirl

I would go with the smart tv because of netflix, but also there are movies you can get online then show it on your tv.

irishrose

I think smart TV it is. There really isn't much on TV without excessive violence these days and Nexflix will give me an option to see what I want to see while I'm quilting.

MaryKatherine

There is so much available out there if you have computer smarts. I'm lucky to have I.T. guys in my family, 3 of them. My husband bought a really really inexpensive computer from China the size of a deck of cards. That we plug into the TV. It receives the wifi signal from his computer and we can access just about anything. We generally don't watch mainstream TV as most of it is dumbed down anymore, but get all the BPS, BBC and Net flics to keep us happy this long long winter.
MaryKatherine