Had to buy a new tv yesterday.
The vizeo 50 inch that we bought 13+ years ago finally decided it would no longer read the input signal from the ethernet connection. We tried everything to get it working again, new cable, called service provider and vizeo and same answer, your tv is done!
So looked online and found the prices have dropped quite a bit since 13+ years ago, think we paid over $500 for that old 50 inch. Found a vizeo 55 inch and a 65 inch for half of what we paid for the 50. Of course you must buy it online to get these prices, which to us makes no sense to us but ok. Wife decided on the 65 inch, so with that we needed a tv stand and of course a new sound bar. Ordered it all online from our local target store and picked it up 2 hours later with a grand total of just over $500. Pretty good compared to 13 years ago.
Installation? Well the tv stand had to be assembled, no biggy but I believe the last time I assembled a store bought piece of furniture (20+ years ago) it was a few screws and nails to assemble and once done it was still wobbly and not very stable.
This stand took a good hour + to assemble, screws anchors and nails, kind of a pain but wow! Rock solid once assembled.
Tv setup, well this was different, hooks to cable via wi-fi , wife turned the tv on once we had it on the stand, set up a few things on its menu and bang instant cable channels. She had to sign into the streaming services again but all went well and easy for the most part. I only had to hook up two cables, one for the soundbar and one for the dvd player.
The old tv needed 5 different cords to get anything working and the wiring looked like a spiderweb that was having a bad day! This new setup, nice and clean. Made my life a bit easier.
Not real keen on a lot of this new tech but as far as the tv is concerned I'll be ok with it!
The vizeo 50 inch that we bought 13+ years ago finally decided it would no longer read the input signal from the ethernet connection. We tried everything to get it working again, new cable, called service provider and vizeo and same answer, your tv is done!
So looked online and found the prices have dropped quite a bit since 13+ years ago, think we paid over $500 for that old 50 inch. Found a vizeo 55 inch and a 65 inch for half of what we paid for the 50. Of course you must buy it online to get these prices, which to us makes no sense to us but ok. Wife decided on the 65 inch, so with that we needed a tv stand and of course a new sound bar. Ordered it all online from our local target store and picked it up 2 hours later with a grand total of just over $500. Pretty good compared to 13 years ago.
Installation? Well the tv stand had to be assembled, no biggy but I believe the last time I assembled a store bought piece of furniture (20+ years ago) it was a few screws and nails to assemble and once done it was still wobbly and not very stable.
This stand took a good hour + to assemble, screws anchors and nails, kind of a pain but wow! Rock solid once assembled.
Tv setup, well this was different, hooks to cable via wi-fi , wife turned the tv on once we had it on the stand, set up a few things on its menu and bang instant cable channels. She had to sign into the streaming services again but all went well and easy for the most part. I only had to hook up two cables, one for the soundbar and one for the dvd player.
The old tv needed 5 different cords to get anything working and the wiring looked like a spiderweb that was having a bad day! This new setup, nice and clean. Made my life a bit easier.
Not real keen on a lot of this new tech but as far as the tv is concerned I'll be ok with it!