New TV THe old one went kaput

waltdavies · Oct 30, 2013

Just tired of pasting that old TV together so last night I went to Costco and got one of those new LED type. It's Visio 70 and sure has great color it's supposed to connect to the Internet though my router but having trouble with that. Will call tomorrow and see what I'm doing wrong.
Walt

dcarp · Oct 30, 2013

You are going to love the LED, by far the best picture of any of the types out now. Good luck with the net connection, hope you get it worked out.

Dave Sherburne NY · Oct 31, 2013

I bought the Vizio last year. Using it as a computer monitor right now. I think it's a 32 inch.
Had to buy a special cable to connect to the computer about $16. We use it to watch movies off the internet too. Works very well. Bought it on sale from Walmart and the clerk seemed to be knowledgeable enough to explain it to me.

HenryO · Oct 31, 2013

Vizio is a good brand. I have one from 2009 LED and it is good. I would by an LED from tham with no qualms

sd pete · Oct 31, 2013

Vizio is a good tv. I have 2.

retired farmer · Oct 31, 2013

You have to have an HDMI cable to hook it to your router. Just hooked up a Samsung a couple of weeks ago.

Jeff B. · Oct 31, 2013

I've got one of those internet tv's and never figured out why mine won't connect. Don't really care, either. I have direct tv and the picture's great. My computer is 8 feet from it but I have no desire or need to hook it to the internet. To me, tv and computers are for two totally different purposes.

IH2444 · Oct 31, 2013

(quoted from post at 09:47:09 11/01/13) I've got one of those internet tv's and never figured out why mine won't connect. Don't really care, either. I have direct tv and the picture's great. My computer is 8 feet from it but I have no desire or need to hook it to the internet. To me, tv and computers are for two totally different purposes.

I watch TV shows and movies on my computer or transfer them wirelessly to my TV and watch them there.

I wish that Direct would allow me to only pay for the channels I want. 100 channels and only watch maybe 10..
May drop direct soon and just use computer and local broadcast channels.

btw the LED TV's are still LCD display with LED backlighting instead of fluorescent. Better backlighting, more control and longer life.

Bret4207 · Nov 1, 2013

(quoted from post at 21:28:32 10/31/13)

(quoted from post at 09:47:09 11/01/13) I've got one of those internet tv's and never figured out why mine won't connect. Don't really care, either. I have direct tv and the picture's great. My computer is 8 feet from it but I have no desire or need to hook it to the internet. To me, tv and computers are for two totally different purposes.

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I watch TV shows and movies on my computer or transfer them wirelessly to my TV and watch them there.

[b:249b3e7884]I wish that Direct would allow me to only pay for the channels I want. 100 channels and only watch maybe 10..[/b:249b3e7884]
May drop direct soon and just use computer and local broadcast channels.

btw the LED TV's are still LCD display with LED backlighting instead of fluorescent. Better backlighting, more control and longer life.

Same here with Dish! I have to buy 250 channels to get the 20 or so the family watches. We could dump all the sports, the music, the porn, the ethnic, the soaps and sales channels, the terrorist channel, the anarchist channel, etc and be left with a few movie channels, a few for the kids, RFD, the westerns, Nat Geo, Military, History and a couple of home repair types plus our locals. It'd be about 20 channels I think.

When my oldest girl worked for Dish she said that "ala-carte" was coming, but I don't think it's any time soon.

New TV THe old one went kaput

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