I need a new tellybox

[Hobosapien]

I live in a basement flat in London

Sounds ideal for a mini LED projector. Mount it on a ceiling rail and move it closer for a TV size picture and back for cinema size. Paint the wall a suitable colour and no screen on show. Natural light situation, or lack of it is also a win.

[northernladuk]

Firesticks give some smart tv functionality, so it's not massively surprising. That's the point. Get a smart TV and you don't need these extras. Does it even cost more? It's just android and little linux box.

We've had them so long I forget why we bought them. I've a feeling it was for Amazon Prime or if it was because our main TV stopped supporting some of the apps. If have to check the functionality of the new ones when I get round to getting a new TV so l you could be right.. Which would be a first

[NotAllThere]

We've got a Firestick in every TV we have. I haven't use the Smart functionality of any of them for as long as I can remember now.

Firesticks give some smart tv functionality, so it's not massively surprising. That's the point. Get a smart TV and you don't need these extras. Does it even cost more? It's just android and little linux box.

[anonymouse]

I have a couple of non smart Samsung TVs, main TV is LG 55 smart Webos, I like the wavy remote. Have a look around, then buy one from Argos, if you don't like it send it back.

[sadkingbilly]

I live in a basement flat in London

i live in a flat and find a samsung 32" HD tv to be more than adequate.
4k is meaningless below cinema sized things IMO.
and the smart stuff is great
(hard wired to the router though)

[ladymuck]

You can sit much closer to a large 4K TV than you used to be able to with an HDTV. Now, it's something like 1.5 times the screen diagonal distance, so for a 55 incher, that's less than 8 feet.

I live in a basement flat in London

[edison]

Not into those huge things that you need to sit half a mile away from, a sub-50 incher will do.

What do all the cool kids have these days?

You can sit much closer to a large 4K TV than you used to be able to with an HDTV. Now, it's something like 1.5 times the screen diagonal distance, so for a 55 incher, that's less than 8 feet.

[edison]

I wouldn't go out of my way to buy a SMART TV but if the other specs of the TV match what you want/need then buy it. This is because you risk the apps being obsolete before the TV breaks down plus you may want apps the manufacturer doesn't have. I have a SMART TV where the apps were mostly obsolete 3.5 years after I got it. I now have a Roku stick stuck into the back of it like I also have on my main TV.

Main TV is a Samsung.

That is a fair point. I debated getting an Apple TV or Fire TV device for that reason. It's easier to update the TV box but went for the smart TV in the end as neither device had exactly what I wanted. The smart TV has it all but time will tell what happens with the apps.

[ladymuck]

Depending on how old your 40" one is...

Mentioned in the sentence above the one you quoted

But yes, good point. Mine has a HUGE bezel and is probably 50" in overall size, so that size TV will most likely take up the same amount of space.

[b0redom]

Currently I have a 40" LCD and I don't want to go bigger than 50". I don't have a need for anything bigger.

Depending on how old your 40" one is, you might find the LG 55" OLEDs aren't that much bigger, they have virtually no bezel.

I've got a 55" and 65" OLED, the only reason I'd consider swapping the older 55" one is that the apps are starting to get a bit slow now, but as others have said the far cheaper alternative is to plug in a smart box.

PQ was way better than anything else I looked at, especially HDR content.