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So the family's looking for a new TV for the living room.  We're not sure if we want to get a smart tv or a normal HD tv with some kind of thing like a chromecast or whatever.  What's better for the living room, a smart tv or a normal (Still HD) tv?  I literally know nothing about smart tv's besides internet connectivity, so any help on that would be appreciated. Thanks!

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What would you be using it for?

I have an i5 and many other things

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I'd get a normal TV with a Chromecast or something. IMO, smart TVs suck. Probably not all of them, but I prefer normal TVs.

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Get a normal TV and get an apple TV or Roku

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The smart TV my cousin has is really easy to use. Some 65 inch 4k res smart tv that she splashed out $2200 on with taxes. The remote is easy to use, one button and you are in Netflix and the remote has a little keyboard which is easy to use.

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What would you be using it for?

watching cable, netflix, dvds...that's basically it. Maybe have an xbox hooked up to it.

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watching cable, netflix, dvds...that's basically it. Maybe have an xbox hooked up to it.

How would you watch netflix on it?

I have an i5 and many other things

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How would you watch netflix on it?

either with the smart tv itself, or a chromcast, or the xbox.

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either with the smart tv itself, or a chromcast, or the xbox.

Yeah just get a normal TV, I have a smart Tv and I never use it

I have an i5 and many other things

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the budget? cuz if its 4k$ you can get a 4k OLED

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the budget? cuz if its 4k$ you can get a 4k OLED

We were going to use points on our Thank you Rewards credit card. I don't know what the points translate to in dollars.  I think it's 1 point per dollar, but then again, I don't know the budget.

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