1. What do you currently own as your primary TV/screen? 65" Hisense
2. When did you buy it? Black Friday Sale 2020
3. How much did you buy it for? $250
4. How is it aging? The picture and performance of the TV is great BUT the operating system (Google Play) is awful. It takes way too long to switch between apps and load programs. Once something is running, it's great. We replaced the remote which seemed to help some of our problems but it is still far from ideal. Our previous TV had Roku and that was excellent.
5. When do you see yourself buying your next? When our current TV dies which I would like to happen TODAY. I don't replace something like a TV that is working fine.
6. What do you (did you) love or hate about it?
7. Anything else?
We've had terrible luck with TVs over the last 10 years. We've gone through a Panasonic, LG, and TCL. I always did my research and bought TVs that were recommended by Consumer Reports and had favorable online reviews and still had all the issues. Plus, all the repair shops in my area have a minimum charge just to look at the TV which was a $100 the last time I looked into it. I never thought it was wise to pay $100+ to repair a $400ish TV that was several years old. Plus, it could be something terminal and then you'd have completely wasted the $100. So instead I'd sell them on Craiglist for $50 or so and buy something new. So after averaging less than 4 years for a TV, I decided to buy something cheap (a $250 Hisense) and we are approaching 3 years in November. Research states that TVs have a 7-10 year longevity and price doesn't reflect reliability. With that said, my next TV is going to 75"-80". I just enjoy my sports too much to not have a big kickass TV. And we only have 1 TV in the house. Everybody has their own tablet and my wife and I have laptops.