Need a small tv with bluetooth

Merlin5 · 6 Feb 2021 at 19:03

Hi guys. Someone on these forums told me he has an LG C9 tv with built in bluetooth 5.0 that gives him zero lag with wireless headphones compared to an external transmitter which used to give him lag. So I now want a bluetooth tv.

Currently, I'm using an external bluetooth transmitter connected to my tv and I get lag with my wireless buds. So can you recommend me a small smart tv? I only need 32" to replace my old Samsung 32" in my bedroom. I want bluetooth 5.0, wi-fi, full HD, (don't care about 4k particularly unless it's not too expensive), and built in freeview HD. Thanks.

andy_mk3 · 6 Feb 2021 at 19:13

Budget?

Simmz · 6 Feb 2021 at 19:19

How much you wanna spend?

Can nab a LG 32LM6300PLA for about £200 which will do everything you need.

Merlin5 · 6 Feb 2021 at 19:32

Simmz said:
How much you wanna spend?

Can nab a LG 32LM6300PLA for about £200 which will do everything you need.

Yeah price is perfect. I found that model earlier but when I checked the specs I didn't see bluetooth. Just realised I had seen a different model earlier.

Edit: Oh yeah, just checked and I see it has everything I want.

Merlin5 · 6 Feb 2021 at 19:35

no idea what said:
Budget?

Yeah, budget around £200 to £250. The LG 32LM6300 will do.

Can anyone else here confirm they've used wireless headphones or buds with built in bluetooth tvs with no noticeable AV lag?

kona786 · 7 Feb 2021 at 11:14

https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-32LM6300PLA

Pretty great spec considering the price.

Says it supports APTX too.

Merlin5 · 7 Feb 2021 at 12:58

kona786 said:
https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-32LM6300PLA

Pretty great spec considering the price.

Says it supports APTX too.

Thanks kona. Oh I hadn't seen that it supports aptx, well spotted.

kona786 · 8 Feb 2021 at 16:23

Merlin5 said:
Thanks kona. Oh I hadn't seen that it supports aptx, well spotted.

Cool. Have you gone for it?

Merlin5 · 8 Feb 2021 at 19:11

kona786 said:
Cool. Have you gone for it?

Not yet. I think I'm going to wait to see if non essential shops will open next month and then I can pop into richer sounds with my TWS buds to pair to the LM6300PLA just to satisfy myself that I'd be happy with the lipsync.

On the other hand, I don't mind buying from Amazon right now but if I'm not happy with it, will they let me rebox and return it without costing me postage?

kona786 · 8 Feb 2021 at 20:15

Merlin5 said:
Not yet. I think I'm going to wait to see if non essential shops will open next month and then I can pop into richer sounds with my TWS buds to pair to the LM6300PLA just to satisfy myself that I'd be happy with the lipsync.

On the other hand, I don't mind buying from Amazon right now but if I'm not happy with it, will they let me rebox and return it without costing me postage?

Bluetooth audio via TV came up with a colleague at work. He has a Samsung TV and said it was great with no sync issues. I reckon this 32" will be fine.

Amazon are great with returns in the 30 day window. Just mention the quality was unsatisfactory if it doesn't perform.

TALON1973 · 8 Feb 2021 at 21:25

Merlin5 said:
Thanks kona. Oh I hadn't seen that it supports aptx, well spotted.

only supports 50 hz tho. I’d avoid sport lol

Merlin5 · 8 Feb 2021 at 22:28

TALON1973 said:
only supports 50 hz tho. I’d avoid sport lol

I just looked up the refresh rate on my Samsung and it's 50 hz which I've been very happy with while watching sports. I guess it's what you get used to.

kona786 said:
Bluetooth audio via TV came up with a colleague at work. He has a Samsung TV and said it was great with no sync issues. I reckon this 32" will be fine.

Amazon are great with returns in the 30 day window. Just mention the quality was unsatisfactory if it doesn't perform.

Excellent, thanks. I've googled for a 32" Samsung but can't find one with bluetooth so I'll go with the LG. Yeah, if I say it was unsatisfactory or something didn't work as expected, as long as they collect it at no cost to me, then that sounds good.

I still have a video cassette player for old tapes, and my tv has scart but the LG doesn't. Fortunately there's scart to hdmi adapters for about £15.