02-27-2017, 02:12 PM
As mentioned previously my old Olevia set failed and I haven't had time to fix it. In fact, I've probably spent as much time moving a different 32" set around my house to match viewing desires.
But yesterday I decided it was time to put up a Polaroid mounting bracket I'd picked up, and put up a set that had been donated to me - a Panasonic 50" plasma display. Long story short, I thought I was drilling into studs but it turned to just be plaster; and I'd chosen that location because I wanted to be in the studs not plaster and it was off-center, so I decided to put the mount centered if I was going to be in the plaster anyway, and it was frustrating because I couldn't get the screws in after using the expanders.
But I finally got that part done. Then I attached the brackets to the back of the panasonic... and eyeballing things, they seemed awfully wide apart. A quick measurement and the bolt-holes for a mounting bracket on the back of the panasonic were 1 inch too far apart.
So I ended up buying an new model 4K display from the local big box; I chose the brand because it matched my bluray player and I figured I could use the remote for the BD player for turning on the TV, adjusting its volume, and switching inputs - which is about all the TV remote gets used for.
But NO, the BD remote is too old to control the new smart TV. So now I'm confronted by the tough decision - I paid a premium thinking I'd get desired functionality that would be worth it... but a key piece of that functionality is not present (reducing the number of remotes needed.)
To be fair, the new TV is really light and looks nice but I have nothing that's 4K and I don't really want it streaming 4K content (which would be the thing I would need the TV remote 4.)
I'm fairly inclined to take return it and get a much cheaper 1080p set instead and put the rest of that money back in the bank for a different gadget some time in the future. FWIW, I have a refurb Sony programmable universal remote, but it's just a matter of the time it takes to program those functions into it.
Hm... just realized I don't think this new set does Picture-in-Picture, which is something I never used on the old display but is functionality I feel modern TVs ought to have, especially if they are smart (i.e. stream content while your sporting event is on commercial break.)
But yesterday I decided it was time to put up a Polaroid mounting bracket I'd picked up, and put up a set that had been donated to me - a Panasonic 50" plasma display. Long story short, I thought I was drilling into studs but it turned to just be plaster; and I'd chosen that location because I wanted to be in the studs not plaster and it was off-center, so I decided to put the mount centered if I was going to be in the plaster anyway, and it was frustrating because I couldn't get the screws in after using the expanders.
But I finally got that part done. Then I attached the brackets to the back of the panasonic... and eyeballing things, they seemed awfully wide apart. A quick measurement and the bolt-holes for a mounting bracket on the back of the panasonic were 1 inch too far apart.
So I ended up buying an new model 4K display from the local big box; I chose the brand because it matched my bluray player and I figured I could use the remote for the BD player for turning on the TV, adjusting its volume, and switching inputs - which is about all the TV remote gets used for.
But NO, the BD remote is too old to control the new smart TV. So now I'm confronted by the tough decision - I paid a premium thinking I'd get desired functionality that would be worth it... but a key piece of that functionality is not present (reducing the number of remotes needed.)
To be fair, the new TV is really light and looks nice but I have nothing that's 4K and I don't really want it streaming 4K content (which would be the thing I would need the TV remote 4.)
I'm fairly inclined to take return it and get a much cheaper 1080p set instead and put the rest of that money back in the bank for a different gadget some time in the future. FWIW, I have a refurb Sony programmable universal remote, but it's just a matter of the time it takes to program those functions into it.
Hm... just realized I don't think this new set does Picture-in-Picture, which is something I never used on the old display but is functionality I feel modern TVs ought to have, especially if they are smart (i.e. stream content while your sporting event is on commercial break.)