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Model: TCL - 40" Class S3 S-Class 1080p FHD HDR LED Smart TV with Fire TV
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Just an FYI that Micro Center has a 40" Westinghouse 1080p TV for this price as well. I had a $25 off $100 coupon from them and picked it up to gift to someone as a work-from-home monitor and it was $83 out-the-door with a $2 random item to get me over $100.
Probably not as good a TV as this, but could be an option for those with a Micro Center nearby and/or a digital coupon. My store had 5 in stock on a front display. https://www.microcenter.com/produ...ouse-1080p
Last edited by lastwraith November 21, 2024 at 11:17 PM.
After dealing with bullshit from amazons fire sticks, I will never buy a "fire product" ever again. Their shit sucks ass.
If you need a cheap tv or monitor, get the 50in Hisense for $120 or even a sceptre tv. This will only give you issues and make you pull your hair out
Our TCLs have been essentially bulletproof, any built-in OS is going to be pretty bad vs even a value streaming device (Onn, etc) when pushed.
If you're just going to set it to a certain input and use it as a monitor.... Roku vs FireOs has not mattered for us or clients using these as basic inside signage and other light duty.
General TV usage might be another story, but if you hate it.... Go buy a cheapo Onn/Roku/etc streamer and it'll be miles better at processing anyway.
What were the specific problems you had?
I generally like Roku devices, but even our TVs had issues with certain video formats via Emby/etc and it turned out to be because the built-in stuff is simply too weak. Piping it through a bargain streamer instantly solved all the problems with Live TV pausing and playback, audio delay on more "exotic" formats (Opus 7.1), and a few other very specific issues.
Last edited by lastwraith November 21, 2024 at 11:36 PM.
After dealing with bullshit from amazons fire sticks, I will never buy a "fire product" ever again. Their shit sucks ass.
If you need a cheap tv or monitor, get the 50in Hisense for $120 or even a sceptre tv. This will only give you issues and make you pull your hair out
I've had tvs with Roku that suck too. They try and run these OSs with as little power as possible which ends up causing them to get slow as shit over time.
Mind you, I grew up in the early '50s w/ black & white, small screens TVs, so I ain't particular-----got this last year at same price/place & am thoroughly pleased w/ it. Repped.
After dealing with bullshit from amazons fire sticks, I will never buy a "fire product" ever again. Their shit sucks ass. If you need a cheap tv or monitor, get the 50in Hisense for $120 or even a sceptre tv. This will only give you issues and make you pull your hair out
I've been rocking this element 55 in now for the better part decade, I support this ideation
After dealing with bullshit from amazons fire sticks, I will never buy a "fire product" ever again. Their shit sucks ass.
If you need a cheap tv or monitor, get the 50in Hisense for $120 or even a sceptre tv. This will only give you issues and make you pull your hair out
You disable the internet and plug in an Onn 4k Android box which is $20. Problem solved. Avoid the smart TV functions of these low-end TVs. Obviously, Fire TV is on another level of bad because Amazon puts so much bloatware on it. Their Fire Sticks are terrible, I can't imagine how these cheap bottom barrel TVs can handle the Fire interface.
But even some of the better ones like Google TV, Roku, etc. are not great long term on any of these TVs because they are low end and eventually slow down as the apps get bigger in size. The bottom barrel processors, cheap a$$ flash memory, and other components cannot handle this or degrade over time. There are people with Roku TVs that complain about how their TVs failed after an update or became more sluggish over time. I suspect a lot of this is due to the following reasons: 1) The generic updates are designed with very little in mind about the low end processing power of the PCs; 2) apps continue to grow and get bigger, requiring more processing power, more storage; 3) the cheap storage and memory on these TVs degrades as you use, install, and store more things on them. It's best to just avoid "smart" features on $100-$300 TVs.
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This TV was very hot last year with hundreds of replies. Now nobody is interested? Lol
Probably because there was a 4K 50" for only $38 more. Outside of using this as a monitor (not a good idea since someone pointed out it doesn't do chroma 4:4:4), I don't know who the target audience is for this kind of TV. Maybe if you have a small space.
Last edited by justye November 22, 2024 at 07:54 AM.
Any similar deals cropped up (same price) for a Roku OS? I don't mind the Fire Stick, but I hate Fire TV's.
curious why is that? I have only owned fire sticks and I think they're fine and actually thought a fire tv would be cool to eliminate an additional step.
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Can't find the info.
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Is there a diff in 2023 FireStick tech vs a 2024 ?
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Probably not as good a TV as this, but could be an option for those with a Micro Center nearby and/or a digital coupon. My store had 5 in stock on a front display.
https://www.microcenter
If you need a cheap tv or monitor, get the 50in Hisense for $120 or even a sceptre tv. This will only give you issues and make you pull your hair out
If you need a cheap tv or monitor, get the 50in Hisense for $120 or even a sceptre tv. This will only give you issues and make you pull your hair out
If you're just going to set it to a certain input and use it as a monitor.... Roku vs FireOs has not mattered for us or clients using these as basic inside signage and other light duty.
General TV usage might be another story, but if you hate it.... Go buy a cheapo Onn/Roku/etc streamer and it'll be miles better at processing anyway.
What were the specific problems you had?
I generally like Roku devices, but even our TVs had issues with certain video formats via Emby/etc and it turned out to be because the built-in stuff is simply too weak. Piping it through a bargain streamer instantly solved all the problems with Live TV pausing and playback, audio delay on more "exotic" formats (Opus 7.1), and a few other very specific issues.
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If you need a cheap tv or monitor, get the 50in Hisense for $120 or even a sceptre tv. This will only give you issues and make you pull your hair out
If you need a cheap tv or monitor, get the 50in Hisense for $120 or even a sceptre tv. This will only give you issues and make you pull your hair out
But even some of the better ones like Google TV, Roku, etc. are not great long term on any of these TVs because they are low end and eventually slow down as the apps get bigger in size. The bottom barrel processors, cheap a$$ flash memory, and other components cannot handle this or degrade over time. There are people with Roku TVs that complain about how their TVs failed after an update or became more sluggish over time. I suspect a lot of this is due to the following reasons: 1) The generic updates are designed with very little in mind about the low end processing power of the PCs; 2) apps continue to grow and get bigger, requiring more processing power, more storage; 3) the cheap storage and memory on these TVs degrades as you use, install, and store more things on them. It's best to just avoid "smart" features on $100-$300 TVs.
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