This is mostly useless, except to justify buying a bigger TV. However, I did learn:
- For most popular high end models, the 65 inch models are cheapest / sq inch (e.g Sony A95L, Samsung S90D, LG G4). For most others, it's the 75 inch models.
- TCL S551F 55" scores the lowest ($0.17/sq inch)
- The lowest scoring OLED is the Samsung S85D ($0.55/sq inch)
- For 100 inches, Hisense QD7 is the cheapest ($0.37/sq inch). For 85 inches, it's the TCL S551F ($0.22/sq inch)
Prices taken from Amazon, rest of the data from https://comparetvprices.com. Models are from 2022-now.
Unless they're priced by if they have built in ads or not, it's useless.
does anyone use their native smart TV UI anyway?
I do.
I use the Jellyfin and Netflix apps mostly.
I don't, I'm not sure if I'm in the minority. I just plug in my laptop or cast my phone (jellyfin or any other misc streaming service).
Outside sarcastic internet forums? Probably, yeah.
Most people do.
Mine's just old enough to not have ads but new enough to have apps for plex and other services I use. Next one is going to be disconnected and have some flashable Android box connected to it. Or even just Apple TV as that's still better than most native UIs.
LG and Samsung have been caught uploading screenshots of your HDMI inputs too, so it's not like it's any better
As long as the TV doesn't have internet access, it can't do much with it
which you can opt out from and/or just not put your TV on a network.