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Is the way to go not buying whatever TV is the best at being a TV that your budget allows, then spending like £30 on a chromecast or similar and streaming directly from your phone/computer etc? I am not a tech-y person at all so might be way off but that makes sense to my stupid brain.
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Definitely a good way to do it. Firestick and Chromecast are excellent. The problem is that if you're a gamer you tend to not have many Hdmi to go round. Not many TVs have more than four and adding am HDMI switch to the equation is not ideal.
Our current TV has one remote with a handful of buttons that automatically controls all devices (if you stick to same manufacturer), the menu system works flawlessly, supports all apps you could hope for. There is literally no reason why only their high end TVs do this other than price gouging.
Stonehedge
I thought this too until I changed the habit of a lifetime and didn't buy a cheap TV. I think the TV pricks save the good UIs for the spenny models. Which pisses me off no end because it surely can't be that expensive to make a TV with a menu system that just fucking works. I mean, you can buy a capable smartphone for less than £100 now days. You cant tell me that a £100 smartphone can run Android and Netflix seemlessly but a £1000 telly can't be expected to have usable menus.