Black Friday is coming up, but you don’t have to slay the retail dragon to score a deal on a new TV. In fact, you don’t even have to leave your house if you don’t want to. Before you shop, here are a few tips to make sure you find the right TV (including some leads on hot pre-Black Friday sales so you can stay home instead).
Measure Your Living Room First
Don’t just buy the same size TV you already have or the size TV you think you should have. Getting the best value is about picking the right TV the space you watch it in. Before you even look at any ads, get a tape measure and find out how far your couch is from where you want your TV to be. This will help you decide two important details about the TV you buy: how big it should be, and how much you’ll benefit from 4K.
It’s not about how much TV you can afford, it’s about how much TV is appropriate for the space you’ll be watching it in.
If, for example, you sit seven feet away from the TV, a 65″ 1080p TV will look a little pixelated, but a 4K TV will be a lot more crisp. This tool can help you find out the best viewing distance for different sizes and resolution of TV.
It’s worth pointing out that even if you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between 4K and 1080p at your viewing distance, you still might want a 4K TV for the HDR elements (which we’ll talk about in a bit). However, it always helps to know how big of a TV you’ll want for your living room.
Add 4K Accessories to Your Shopping List
4K TVs are finally affordable for most people, and that means your whole home theater needs an upgrade. You won’t just need a new TV. In order to get the most of a 4K TV, you’ll need a few other accessories:
- A 4K Blu-ray Player. Regular Blu-ray players can’t play the new 4K UHD discs you see at the store. If you want to get the absolute best quality movies you can watch on your new TV, you’ll need a new Blu-ray player.
- A 4K Streaming Box. We generally recommend avoiding the software on your smart TV. If you have a Roku, Chromecast, or Apple TV that’s older than a year or so, you might need to upgrade it in order to watch Stranger Things in glorious 4K on Netflix.
- High-Speed HDMI Cables. You probably already have a few of these laying around, but it’s still worth checking. High-speed HDMI cables are capable of carrying the amount of data necessary for 4K video. They’ve also been around for a while, so if you’ve gotten…
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