Before making a purchase that will involve you spending a good amount of money, you must first ask yourself how much you want to spend, what space are you looking for your television for, what image quality do you want or what are you going to use it for.
We will help you guide your purchase so that the television you buy adapts to your home and your needs and we will propose some models with an unbeatable value for money.
How much do you want to spend?
This is the first question to ask yourself before you start watching television. Depending on your budget, it will be much easier for you to choose. If you do not, you can be captivated by very expensive models that will leave those that you can afford to match the bitumen.
In some technology products it is often said that paying a little more means a device that will have a longer useful life, but in this case it is not the case. Televisions have a longer turnaround time than other electronic items. They usually last between 5 and 10 years. So investing more is a matter of higher image quality and features.
With this, we do not want to encourage you to buy the latest model that offers the highest quality, because many people will not take advantage of this ‘top’ quality.
Choose the right size
The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) advises that television should be chosen with the number of inches suitable for the room in which it will be installed. It will be of little use if we buy a fantastic and huge device if the room is small since we will not see it well.
Although it is true that it is usually recommended that the distance between the television and the viewer be 2-3 times the value of the diagonal of the screen, according to the OCU the optimal conditions for watching TV are:
• 32-inch TV for a distance of 1.5 to 2.3 meters
• 40 to 43 inch TV for a distance of 2.0 to 2.8 meters
• 46 to 49 inch TV for a distance of 2.4 to 3.2 meters
• 50-inch TV for a distance of between 2.8 and 3.6 meters
• 55-inch TV for a distance of between 2.8 and 3.6 meters
• 65-inch TV for a distance of 3.4 to 4.2 meters
OLED or LED and HDR
If we go to a television store we will see at a glance that those with OLED technology give a kick in image quality to those with LEDs. It is a hundred, the quality of an OLED panel is above other technologies at the level of color representation and depth of blacks, but do not rule out LED screens.
In stores sometimes they trick us a bit into opting for the more expensive models. If you look at the images they put on OLED TVs and LED TVs they are not the same. They always choose impressive images in very high resolution for OLED televisions and thus leave us mesmerized by these models.
In addition, LED technology has improved a lot in recent years and some models have QLEDs that offer superior image quality.
We must also bear in mind that when an electronic device incorporates some new technology, the price skyrockets. So we must ask ourselves what performance we are going to give our new television and if it is worth spending so much money. IF we will not use it to play video games or watch high quality documentaries or movies, we will not need it.
There are currently some televisions that are compatible with HDR images. What is this? Well, a technology for expanding the tones that the television can display, from the darkest to the lightest. There are movies shot in 4K and HDR that looks great on televisions that are compatible with HDR.
HD, Full HD, 4K, and 8K
HD and Full HD TVs have already started to get outdated. 4K televisions represent a tremendous leap in the resolution of the images that we can see. Well, it goes from the two-megapixel images of the Full HD screens to the eight-megapixel images of the 4K screens. The difference is abysmal. 8K televisions have also begun to arrive, but these are currently very expensive and, in addition, it is important to note that there is hardly any content for them currently.
If we can opt for a Full HD television if we want it for the kitchen or for a bedroom, why will it be smaller and because we are going to see them at a shorter distance. We can even consider replacing them with a tablet and an application to watch the different television channels.
If what we are looking for is television that replaces the main one in the house, we should always opt for a 4K one.
More issues to consider
If we are talking about a smart TV, it better has an operating system that works fluently.
We must also make sure that the television has the necessary connections. Three HDMI connections are usually recommended. Especially considering that with the passage of time we do not know to what extent we will use other devices. It can also be important to ensure that the USB port or ports of the device can use all kinds of devices without problems: from memory keys to hard drives. Ideally, these should be compatible with USB 3.0 or, better, USB 3.1 .
With all this in mind, we are going to recommend some models that have great value for money and that may be the best option to change your old television without spending a fortune.
