subevo

was thinking of getting one.but have heard that youtube is a cut down version and that you really need a keyboard to make typing easy.anyone care to comment.

Ant

I use mine occasionally for iplayer, but it really needs 4OD and itv player.

boxst

CostCo just gave me a refund for a TV a bought a while ago and I took the opportunity to buy a new Sony Bravia TV. That has iPlayer, 5OD and YouTube as well as the ability to stream from a NAS.

All in all I'm quite impressed.

Typing isn't too laborious and if you have an iPhone you can download an application to act as the remote and then typing is much easier. iPlayer still uses requires you to select each letter though.

The network streaming supports a limited number of formats.

Steve

Geezer

We have just got a Sammy 3D Smart TV.

I have to say I'm very impressed.

There's absolutely loads in the Smart hub, and it plays stuff from my pc too as it's DLNA.

Just been watching Kylie in 3D too

Geezer

corradoboy

Add a small media PC with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse to any existing TV. I prefer Mac so it would be a Mac Mini for me, but I'm sure there's plenty running Windoze that will do the job...

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-zino-hd-410/pd

No idea of what a good one would be, so let others advise on that.

boxst

Yes. But it is about other people using it and things just being built in. My wife had never used iPlayer before (despite have a PS3) and now uses it a reasonable amount.

Geezer

I believe that an Acer Revo and Linux installed on it is the best solution. It will play absolutely anything.

Geezer

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Has to be better than Panny's Viera cast? That's a waste of time.

daddyscoob

You need Jamz3k to reply on this it's one of his specialist subjects. He sells them ......

jasey

Got a Sony one a month ago.

As stated you can get an app (IPhone / Android) to do the typing.

iPlayer / 5OD are pretty good.

Get LoveFilm on it too (3 month free subscription) - Quite impressed with that.

Youtube is hopeless!

Sony also doing cashback at the moment which makes it pretty good value (You get a visa card not cash - but meh)

Dedrater

F*CKING WELL GOOD, I F*CKING LOVE SMART TVS.......YEAH!!!!!!!

mart360

Went down the smart bluray palyer and its great

Samsung BD5500 it can do iplayer etc, and far better than on the pc but has the advantage of being dnla compliant, so talks to serviio (media server) on the pc upstairs, and streams any format to the tv, xbox, mobile phone etc, all the panny plasma sees it as is a BD source (rgardless of what the actual content is)


new apps are being developed for it all the time, so it regularly updates with stuff


Mart

Iain250

iTrader: (1)

Love my 5520 i had the i player on hd for a shuttle launch bloody hell crackle crackle

Jamz3k

They are all utter **** imo. Looking forward to next years tv buying buzzword already.

subevo

my problem is ive got a perfectly good panasonic th42pwd7b(which isnt hd) so no hdmi input.

so i think im stuck for options.

maybe next year there will be better options.

hux309

+1

Buy a sammy or lg if media matters the most, panasonic are shocking in this regard.

As for a keyboard, mine came with a galaxy s wifi 5.0 so i just use that instead.

Not to mention i can stream anything from that, or my pc.

subaruturbo_18

I just plug my computer into the tv then have cordless keyboard and mouse...

Leslie

I saw a Panny 42" led backlit LCD the other day and was very impressed with the picture quality all round.

I am certainly tempted.

Les