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I want to upgrade to a smart TV but I’m not sure what I need to be looking for? I’m just fed up using my laptop and connecting it to the tv to watch Netflix, ITV hub, All 4, IPlayer etc.
We recently got a new TV, Philips Ambilight, the quality is really good and for the price I'm really impressed.

They do smaller ones for about £350 I think, ultra HD is good, if you get Google assistant then you can download apps to it too (for eg Discovery+ / HayU etc)

 
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I want to upgrade to a smart TV but I’m not sure what I need to be looking for? I’m just fed up using my laptop and connecting it to the tv to watch Netflix, ITV hub, All 4, IPlayer etc.
Fire stick! If you’re happy with your current telly!
 
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I want to upgrade to a smart TV but I’m not sure what I need to be looking for? I’m just fed up using my laptop and connecting it to the tv to watch Netflix, ITV hub, All 4, IPlayer etc.
I have 2 LG smart TVs they are always reasonably priced, have all the things you’ve mentioned. I love mine and the quality is fantastic!
 
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Another vote for LG. Recently upgraded our bedroom TV and all the streaming services are integrated and have quick access buttons on the remote. Quality is great and they are reasonably priced.
 
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Are the Apple AirPods Max worth it?
Depends what you will be using them for, I got some for the gym and they got filthy so maybe reccomend a darker colour if you wear makeup ect. They are good but I don’t think they are incredible, could definitely get headphones just as good but it’s apple so I feel like we all pay more for the brand 🤷🏼‍♀️ good if you want to treat yourself
 
Fire stick! If you’re happy with your current telly!
Fire Stick is great - and you can take it with you, hubby brings it when we go to any holiday cottages that don't have good TV, it's been great when the weather's been bad & we've been stuck indoors (happens often in Britain, doesn't it...)
 
A car. Totally impractical as I live in the middle of London and leave the city maybe once a month. But I've had it with the trains. If I want to visit my parents, I have to pay £80 for a ticket, drag all my bags to the station via bus/tube, inevitably end up on a train that's 30+ minutes late or cancelled, probably miss a connection as a result and end up standing on a packed train. And that's assuming the trains are even running given all the strikes.
 
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A car. Totally impractical as I live in the middle of London and leave the city maybe once a month. But I've had it with the trains. If I want to visit my parents, I have to pay £80 for a ticket, drag all my bags to the station via bus/tube, inevitably end up on a train that's 30+ minutes late or cancelled, probably miss a connection as a result and end up standing on a packed train. And that's assuming the trains are even running given all the strikes.
You could hire a car, often cheaper than you think!
 
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A car. Totally impractical as I live in the middle of London and leave the city maybe once a month. But I've had it with the trains. If I want to visit my parents, I have to pay £80 for a ticket, drag all my bags to the station via bus/tube, inevitably end up on a train that's 30+ minutes late or cancelled, probably miss a connection as a result and end up standing on a packed train. And that's assuming the trains are even running given all the strikes.
Trains are a bloody joke in this country. I've lived in a few places overseas, and how much we pay for trains vs. how bad they are is a joke.

I feel bad because I almost resent the train workers striking. All it means is we will pay even more for a crap service.
 
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A car. Totally impractical as I live in the middle of London and leave the city maybe once a month. But I've had it with the trains. If I want to visit my parents, I have to pay £80 for a ticket, drag all my bags to the station via bus/tube, inevitably end up on a train that's 30+ minutes late or cancelled, probably miss a connection as a result and end up standing on a packed train. And that's assuming the trains are even running given all the strikes.
This is why I have a car. I've managed without one for a few years but changed jobs to commute by train twice a week, once winter came and they kept being cancelled, it became either embarrassing to ask to work from home on the day I was supposed to be somewhere, or annoying and inconvenient to ask my OH to drive 30 miles to take me to/pick me up from the office cos I wouldn't be able to get there otherwise. Plus I don't want to be standing at our rural station in the dark on my own, it can be scary. So actually buying and running a car is safer, more convenient and cheaper than all the trains, taxis and buses. Totally worth it - especially when you have stuff to carry with you, a car is a lifesaver!
 
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You could hire a car, often cheaper than you think!
Good shout - I just checked and you are right, it is a lot cheaper than I imagined! I think last time I looked at car hire I was under 25 so it was either impossible or horrifically expensive, which has stuck in my mind.

Might give a go next time I get out of London, anything but the train again!
 
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Ooh, where do I start ***goes into fantasy reverie***

Cashmere jumpers, antique bedspread, antique chair, rug, perfume
 
Probably an LG 43" 4K monitor

Also considering maybe about buying a motion capture suit, but I don't know exactly if I want to bother, though for £800 compared to a Vicon £30,000approx rigged setup is considerably cheaper.
 
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