Smart TV advice
Submitted: Friday, Oct 15, 2021 at 18:47
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Looking to purchase a "smart TV " for the caravan..to connect to internet to view you tube
Etc can I simply connect my mobile phone to TV (assuming I have phone range ) to use internet (I have a cel fi go to give boost to signal ) or do I need something more ,?
Any advice appreciated..
Reply By: Frank P (NSW) - Saturday, Oct 16, 2021 at 08:39
Saturday, Oct 16, 2021 at 08:39
We have a Hisense (Chinese) smart TV in our
home which we find suits our needs. Connects to internet via ethernet or WiFi and for its size was not expensive - about $800 when the equivalent in name brands was around $2000.
It lacks some apps that are applicable in the Australian market (Stan, Binge and a couple of others) and has some that are useless in Aus. Ours is a few years old, so the apps may have been updated by now. But it does have Netflicks and YouTube built in, so you can hotspot to your phone and get those two natively with no fuss. When we tried Stan and Binge we used Chromecast via the
home network.
Picture quality is good and after sales service/help is excellent with an Australian help centre.
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Follow Up By: Michael H9 - Saturday, Oct 16, 2021 at 17:44
Saturday, Oct 16, 2021 at 17:44
Be aware that if you try using a Chromecast you'll probably need two phones in the caravan, one to provide the hotspot and the other to play the videos. We found that the phone providing the hotspot wouldn't play the videos via the Chromecast, we had to play them on the second phone. It's best to just make sure your TV has the apps you need so you don't need the Chromecast.
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Reply By: Member - Boobook - Sunday, Oct 17, 2021 at 09:52
Sunday, Oct 17, 2021 at 09:52
For a caravan/travelling situation, I would limit my choice to Android TV's They will run most tablet apps apart from the TV ones.
While eating your breakfast you can use it for weather, wikicamps, map apps etc right on your TV.
This isn't an important consideration for a TV at
home but it could be very handy in a van.
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Reply By: Keith B2 - Thursday, Oct 21, 2021 at 23:48
Thursday, Oct 21, 2021 at 23:48
We have a cheap $150 Kogan 60cm 12 volt TV/DVD connected to a $50 Fire Stick.
We get all of the online stations, Netflix (subscription required), Youtube and so on. We get the daily ABC news an hour late on iView.
We use a hotspot on one of our phones. We also have a Telstra Cel fi Go which helps out in dodgy areas. We carry a cheap prepaid Optus phone for when Telstra is crook.
A few DVDs are handy when there is no reception.
When all else fails, I read an actual book.
Keith
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Friday, Oct 22, 2021 at 09:04
Friday, Oct 22, 2021 at 09:04
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"Read an actual book"........ Now there's a novel idea! lol
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