Buying advice: Smart TV

Hakurac

It's time to invest in a new television set and of course I was wondering which brand Homey has the best support for.
What are your experiences with Philips, Samsung, LG and Sony with their respective Homey apps?

Nattelip

wait until the olympics and european championship soccer are over then the prices will drop alot

lubbertkramer

Just buy a tv and leave the smart for something else, for example nvidia shield with kodi/plex, works mostly better and better (software) support 

I have a LG led and LG oled both working with homey but not using it a lot. Make more use of Kodi/Marantz app

swttt

Kind a agree with Lubbert, don’t look for smart functions. Most SOCs in a smart tv ain’t going to do the job.

on the other hand, when you find a nice dumb non curved oled TV. Then let me know

Hakurac

Guys, please note that I am asking for Homey compatibility and not smart functions. I want to control the TV without IR for example. 

Willem

A have a Philips smart TV running on Android software. Lots of options like build-in Chromecast, DLNA for connection with my server, and offcourse many apps to install like Kodi, but its not supported by Homey yet. So I use my Harmony Hub for now to switsch my TV.

techniman

I have a sony TV with AndroidTV, homey supported 
43XD8099 I think, i'm very happy with it both quality and OS

yemoH

Maybe good to know for which manufacturers a remote app is available. I have a Panasonic for which a remote app is available. I agree with the other posts that I hardly ever use the smart functionality. The UI is too cumbersome. 
You might want to look into DVB-T2 and other connectivity,  which is more important. 

mruiter

Only ones imhappy with are the Samsungs . Had most, but Samsungs work best for me
Homey control on a smart tv never worked ok for me to  Many os upgrades on those tv’s .
i just use ir works for me

And the amazing NOS app on a plugged in chromecast . Massive

As tv’s play a important part in our homey familiy you Will get al different advices because its a personal thing

jjtbsomhorst

Its indeed a personal thing. We have for instance a LG OLED tv. Because we only use it in combination with chromecast and such ( aka we don't use the smart features) the only thing Homey now is doing is turning it on or of. This works sometimes.. But I guess that is because LG changed the API for the tv's so they are not always reacting to commands when in standby or something like that.

jorden

Just pick the TV with the best screen for your budget... Connecting to Homey will not be fully satisfying I think. That is not because of Homey, but because of the lack of good API's built into most of these TV's.

I have an (LG) OLED, which, in my opinion, is unmatched in terms of the screen. However, I really dislike LG WebOS, coming from a Sony AndroidTV. AndroidTV works very well in my opinion,WebOS lacks a lot of functionality, is buggy and slow. And that's not going to change soon.

You can always buy a 4k Apple TV or any device with that kind of functionality. Sadly, also the Apple TV is not easy to connect to Homey.

I do have some functionality with my LG TV connected to Homey. I can send messages to be displayed on the screen, I could switch channels if I would use channels on my LG (I have a Horizon settopbox, so I have created an app for that... which I don't use at all), change the input and volume, and if I align it correctly I can turn on/off the television using infrared.

I also have created an app for my Onkyo receiver, which I use more. Homey announces which input I am listening to (CBL/SAT, TV, Game, PC, Tuner, Net for example) when I switch it. I plan to do more when I get more devices in my home in the future, for example mute the receiver sound when my doorbell rings. With the receiver, I can do more and detect more. That's a lot more useful than what I can do with my TV.

yemoH

There are television sets that support 'wake on lan'. This helps the interaction with Homey.