NFR End of an era
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We've had Samsung's & Sony's mostly over the years. We are having an issue with one of our Samsung's that have a pop up menu (which partially blocks the screen) that requires using the tv's remote to disable it every time the tv is turned on...spent an hour with a Samsung tech over the phone trying to disable it with no success...
Yeah Samsung is typically a strong contender with just about everything they do. But when I was heavy researching our next TV purchase they just didn't have strong endorsements from anywhere including the store we bought from (Video Only).
I'm sure they're fine for the most part, but when there was the Sony Bravia available, it wasn't our choice.
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I own a TV, no cable TV, though. I have a single subscription, to Prime - not for the TV but for faster delivery). I generally only turn on the TV to watch Formula One Grand Prix races, and 
the season is over. I am not a sports fan, haven't seen a World Series, Super Bowl, or NBA finals in a decade or more.
The only other thing my TV gets used for is to play movies that I check out of my local library.
But sorry, I'm not into board games like Rob, although they are a wonderful family activity, and we played them when my kids were smaller. Instead I read, voraciously. It's a habit I've had since I was a kid; when I left grade school, the school librarian told me that she thinks I had checked out more than half the books in the school's library. Later, I babysat for a family whose dad had a big library of over 200 sci-fi books, which I used as my adjunct library. I lived in Tripoli, Libya, from ages 8-14, and there was no TV at all, no radio, and of course it was well before the age of smart phones. I read an average of 100 books per year, so one every 3-4 days, so I figure I've read over 5,000 books in my life.
the season is over. I am not a sports fan, haven't seen a World Series, Super Bowl, or NBA finals in a decade or more.The only other thing my TV gets used for is to play movies that I check out of my local library.
But sorry, I'm not into board games like Rob, although they are a wonderful family activity, and we played them when my kids were smaller. Instead I read, voraciously. It's a habit I've had since I was a kid; when I left grade school, the school librarian told me that she thinks I had checked out more than half the books in the school's library. Later, I babysat for a family whose dad had a big library of over 200 sci-fi books, which I used as my adjunct library. I lived in Tripoli, Libya, from ages 8-14, and there was no TV at all, no radio, and of course it was well before the age of smart phones. I read an average of 100 books per year, so one every 3-4 days, so I figure I've read over 5,000 books in my life.
I read as well but not even a measurable fraction of what you doI own a TV, no cable TV, though. I have a single subscription, to Prime - not for the TV but for faster delivery). I generally only turn on the TV to watch Formula One Grand Prix races, and
The only other thing my TV gets used for is to play movies that I check out of my local library.
But sorry, I'm not into board games like Rob, although they are a wonderful family activity, and we played them when my kids were smaller. Instead I read, voraciously. It's a habit I've had since I was a kid; when I left grade school, the school librarian told me that she thinks I had checked out more than half the books in the school's library. Later, I babysat for a family whose dad had a big library of over 200 sci-fi books, which I used as my adjunct library. I lived in Tripoli, Libya, from ages 8-14, and there was no TV at all, no radio, and of course it was well before the age of smart phones. I read an average of 100 books per year, so one every 3-4 days, so I figure I've read over 5,000 books in my life.
but books and videogames are my preferred method of story experience. Certain genres of videogames to me are a lot like books (and many have a lot of reading involved). So my TV mostly gets used for that and watching football. We occasionally watch something on a streaming service, but I've never had cable.