JVC telly?

Woden

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There’s a 55” 4K tv with Alexa and fire tv in the sales, about £350. Are they any good? Not expecting great things, obviously. But it’s for my bedroom and Xbox and Netflix. Sound not an issue, I have a decent a/v setup.

could replace my ageing 50” Sony. I’ve lost the stand and bracket in a move and the remote is in bits.
 
JVC were/may still be a good brand but I know what you mean as at certain times X brand is in the lead for X electric goods and right now its seems to be Sony & Panasonic using LG OLED panels.

Like Toshiba were ok once but not sure how their TV's are today.
 
There are no TVs on JVC's own website, looks like Currys/PC World are using the JVC name on their own products under license.
 
TheVoice said:
There are no TVs on JVC's own website, looks like Currys/PC World are using the JVC name on their own products under license.
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Quite possibly. I just want something “ok” for £300/£400 and it looked alryin store
 
JVC hasn't been a proper TV brand for years. It's a badge.

I know it's tempting to get a TV because of the extra bells and whistles, but my advice is to get a TV that's a good TV first and foremost. That means picture and sound rather than toys.

You want decent scaling, particularly with SD and HD needing to be scaled up to the UHD panel resolution. You want even illumination so there's no cloudy patches. The screen should also be bright without resorting to maximum contrast setting to get there. Motion shouldn't look soft and blurry, and it would be nice to have natural looking colour rather than everything being OTT.

Recent history shows us very clearly that TV manufacturers are rubbish at making and supporting the smart features of their TVs.

Two things happen when the set is new. First, they only fit the bare minimum of processing power to support the apps out of the box. Second, they use hobbled versions of the apps to save a bit of processing power. Let's skip over the bloat ware that they add to generate a bit of revenue. The result is often a clunky and laggy user experience.

Over time the apps get outdated and become harder or impossible to use. Since they're custom-written lite versions, you don't get the same support and updates that the full fat version receive.

The bottom line here is that you can add a 1080p Firestick to any telly for £30. A 4K one is £50. They're both cheaper in the sales. These are infinitely better than any built-in apps. They work smoother and will be better supported.

Adding a Firestick to an existing TV is a great way to make it smart too.
 
lucid said:
Recent history shows us very clearly that TV manufacturers are rubbish at making and supporting the smart features of their TVs.

Two things happen when the set is new. First, they only fit the bare minimum of processing power to support the apps out of the box. Second, they use hobbled versions of the apps to save a bit of processing power. Let's skip over the bloat ware that they add to generate a bit of revenue. The result is often a clunky and laggy user experience.

Over time the apps get outdated and become harder or impossible to use. Since they're custom-written lite versions, you don't get the same support and updates that the full fat version receive.

The bottom line here is that you can add a 1080p Firestick to any telly for £30. A 4K one is £50. They're both cheaper in the sales. These are infinitely better than any built-in apps. They work smoother and will be better supported.

Adding a Firestick to an existing TV is a great way to make it smart too.
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Realistically if you want a TV with decent app support it needs to be either Samsung or LG as they've at least taken steps to unify their OS across most of their model ranges and model years so you shouldn't lose much/any functionality as time goes on, beyond whatever new capabilities new hardware brings in future. The apps are usually developed by the service provider (i.e. LG don't design the Amazon Video or iPlayer apps, that's down to Amazon and BBC) so if it's easy and worthwhile to support older apps they'll continue to do so.
 
TheVoice said:
Realistically if you want a TV with decent app support it needs to be either Samsung or LG as they've at least taken steps to unify their OS across most of their model ranges and model years so you shouldn't lose much/any functionality as time goes on, beyond whatever new capabilities new hardware brings in future. The apps are usually developed by the service provider (i.e. LG don't design the Amazon Video or iPlayer apps, that's down to Amazon and BBC) so if it's easy and worthwhile to support older apps they'll continue to do so.
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I actually went for LG in the end. I the 55UM7000PLC I pick it up tomorrow. It just looked a far better picture in the shop, for about £20 more.
 
Woden said:
I actually went for LG in the end. I the 55UM7000PLC I pick it up tomorrow. It just looked a far better picture in the shop, for about £20 more.
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Much better choice.

I still stand by what I said about apps though.
 
Woden said:
I actually went for LG in the end. I the 55UM7000PLC I pick it up tomorrow. It just looked a far better picture in the shop, for about £20 more.
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Solid choice, it'll be a much better TV and it looks like it uses WebOS so you'll get a better selection of (useful) apps than you would with the Fire TV or stick.
 
lucid said:
Much better choice.

I still stand by what I said about apps though.
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TheVoice said:
Solid choice, it'll be a much better TV and it looks like it uses WebOS so you'll get a better selection of (useful) apps than you would with the Fire TV or stick.
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The smart features are more a nice to have really. If the Netflix or amazon apps stop being useful. I’ll always have a console or laptop plugged in
 
VincentHanna said:
They shouldn't stop being useful really.

In my bedroom I have a VT50 plasma from 2012 and the Netflix app on that still works.
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I have an old Bravia, the Netflix and iplayer apps work, but are ridiculously slow, taking about a minute to load each page of content.
 
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VincentHanna said:
They shouldn't stop being useful really.

In my bedroom I have a VT50 plasma from 2012 and the Netflix app on that still works.
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Yeah, Netflix and some other services just use the app as a container and update the main files when the app is opened; my parents low-end Panasonic TV hasn't received app updates in years but it all still works fine, if a bit slow. In some ways its actually better because programmes and trailers don't automatically start playing when they're highlighted, wish that was an option on my LG!
 
hornetstinger said:
I had JVC TV about 22 years ago. Good TV. Like grudig way back, quality TV's. Not anymore
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So did I, about the Same time. 28" widescreen model. I owned it for about 8 years & I gave it to my sister when I bought an LCD Telly. I think it was still working when she took it to the tip.

As Someone else said here earlier, its a re-badged Vestel telly, said manufacturer owns the names of popular previous manufacturers of tellies & have been for a fair few years now. Also they did make some of Panasonics small & bargain basement models.

The obvious giveaway to tell if it is said manufacturer is 'Made in Turkey' if it doesnt then the label on the back will be paper & not plastic.

When I worked as an Electrical shop Manager a good seller at Xmas were cheap portable tellies. You could tell they were all made by the same Manufacturer (Which was probably Vestel) because they could all be operated by the same remote & all the remotes for each Telly looked the same too. Even the on-screen menu was the same! & this was 20 years ago or more.

Vestel is cheap & cheerful, I wouldn't have high hopes in the TV repair person fixing it if it goes wrong.
 
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