What a modern TV should be: what to pay attention to when choosing one

Few things compare with the pleasure of watching your favorite program, a soccer match or a movie in good quality on a big screen. However, do not choose TVs solely in terms of the largest diagonal. There are many equally important factors that affect the impression of the future purchase. Among the brands you can recommend TVs Samsung, LG, Philips, Sony and others. The main thing is the manufacturer's official warranty.

Choosing a comfortable TV

First of all, the user should be comfortable while watching any video content, from a cartoon to a new movie. In this matter, the main role is played by three factors:

• screen resolution;
• screen diagonal;
• presence of Smart TV.

In what resolution to watch TV

Now you can buy a TV that demonstrates the image in the three most popular formats:

• Full HD;
• HD Ready;
• Ultra HD or 4K.

Most modern models support Full HD screen resolution - 1920*1080 and/or HD Ready - 1280*720. At the same time, the difference in picture quality is visible only on screens with a diagonal of more than 32 inches. For such large screens it is better to choose Full HD or 4K resolution. If the TV with a small diagonal, you can limit yourself to HD Ready.

If there is a desire to see a truly high-quality image, it is worth choosing a TV that supports the 4K - Ultra HD image format. The quality of video is really amazing. Just note that the choice of content in 4K is not too great yet. There are already models that support 8K, but this is too much even for special aesthetes.

Choosing the right TV diagonal

Contrary to popular belief, the quality of the image depends not only, and not even so much on the size of the screen. It is much more important to choose the ideal ratio of the screen diagonal to the distance at which the user watches it.

The distance between the user and the screen should be 3-4 times larger than the diagonal of the TV. In this case it will be as comfortable as possible, both in terms of preserving the “presence effect” and in terms of visual coverage of the entire plane of the screen.

SMART TV features

If you plan to use your new TV exclusively for its direct purpose: to watch your favorite channels through cable TV - choose a conventional model without SMART TV features. Although few people are already satisfied with this option, because access to the Internet on a large screen, watching online videos, socializing in social networks, downloading games and applications are available only through SMART TV.

Now we can confidently say: SMART TV is a prerequisite for a new TV. When choosing it, you need to pay attention to the operating system. From this depends on what applications can be installed.

Finally, a small hint: the thinner the TV, the smaller the size of its speakers. However, for a modern TV, sound is not a priority when choosing a model, because many people buy a separate speaker system.