Slim TVs

Martynt74 · 21 Nov 2020 at 14:56

At the moment we have our old Panasonic DT50 in our bedroom. It’s only 2.7cm thick so is ideal.

It’s at the foot of our bed. There’s not much space between the bed and the wall.

I’d like to swap the tv to something a bit newer as the smart functions aren’t very good. However I’m struggling to find anything that’s as thin. The closest I can find is the Samsung Frame TVs but I have nowhere to put the external one connect box.

Most of the tv’s I’ve seen are around 6cm thick and whilst it doesn’t sound like much. It feels like it’d stick out from the wall a lot more and be quite intrusive. It’s putting me off changing.

I’m just struggling to see how Panasonic made something so thin 8 years ago and yet nowhere can get close even now!

Size wise. Ours is a 47” but I’d be open for anything from 42” to 55”.
Budget wise I’d like under £500 ideally. It’s only a bedroom tv so we don’t use it much.

Flibster · 21 Nov 2020 at 16:41

If you're happy with the tv, why not just add a Fire Stick to it?

lucid · 21 Nov 2020 at 18:32

I second the idea of a Fire Stick.

The speed of access and range of apps kicks my Panasonic apps in to the weeds. The remote is BT so no line-of-sight required, but it can also be operated by CEC / Viera on the Panasonic too. No need to subscribe to Prime just to run any free-to-use smart apps either.

Look out for deals on Black Friday / Cyber Monday.

Flibster · 21 Nov 2020 at 19:19

The basic Fire Stick is currently £20, the one that controls the TV as well is £25.

chaparral · 21 Nov 2020 at 20:01

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Martynt74 · 21 Nov 2020 at 20:06

I do actually have a fire tv attached to it at the moment. But was hoping to minimise the number of remotes and improve quality if possible too as an early LED tv the blacks are pretty poor.

Could be though that for the budget it’s just not possible and I’m best off as I am.

Mostly just shocked there aren’t any comparably thin TVs.

lucid · 21 Nov 2020 at 21:11

Regarding remotes: the 4K Fire Stick CAN BE controlled BY THE TV REMOTE.

But if you're absolutely set on changing the telly tether than just improving the app functionality then that's what you'll do.

Maybe start a new thread with your real intention to find a very thin telly and leave the apps side out of it since they'll be updated anyway.

Psycho Sonny · 21 Nov 2020 at 23:31

Marvt74 said:
I do actually have a fire tv attached to it at the moment. But was hoping to minimise the number of remotes and improve quality if possible too as an early LED tv the blacks are pretty poor.

Could be though that for the budget it’s just not possible and I’m best off as I am.

Mostly just shocked there aren’t any comparably thin TVs.

FALD TV's are thicker because of how they achieve better blacks.

Look at an oled.