I am buying my first Android TV. Which one should I pick

by UindiaUwin

I have many movies stored locally in my hardrive and USB flash drive. I want to play them in a TV offline. Looking for a TV for that.

It should be able to play all the media files smoothly. Even massively encoded x264 files that an average media players struggles to stream.

I don't really care about online streaming like Netflix, prime video etc. If it has motion video smoothning(memc) feature that most TVs have basically they turn any video into 60+ fps in real time.

The budget is mid-range. Not too expensive.

iamwarpath

Hisense makes some well-rounded TVs. I plan on getting one when one of my existing ones break or an 8K one comes out. Whichever comes first.

cjklert05

Depends honestly on how much you willing to pay for tv.

BiggussDikkuss

If you want to play “all the media files” then you should not be buying a TV specifically for that.

There are Far FAR better, cheaper, non internet, options available that play “anything you throw at them” from a direct connected Hard Drive and are outlined in this post:

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=252916

pawdog

These smart TVs are built for streaming not direct media playback. While they can probably handle some light playback duties, you will eventually be in the market for a purpose built device like the Nvidia Shield.

LeOmare

How much money do you plan to spend? WebOS, Tizen, Roku are crappy and boring OS, Android TV is far better on many aspects, like for instance the playstore and the number of apps (actually this was an issue in the early begginins of the platforms), if you already own a LCD TV with a HDMI input buy a Xiaomi MiBox S, or buy an affordable TV and the Mi Box S, Hisense and TCL are brands that make good and affordable TVs you should consider them