The Best Smart TVs for Small Homes
We have the five best smart TVs for price, picture, and performance.
When buying a television, size is everything. It all comes down to the size of the TV or the size of your home. However, this does not have to mean giving up any quality. The key to the best Smart TVs for small homes is their versatility. Smart TVs are smart enough to adapt to our viewing habits. And that’s no easy feat.
When you are looking at buying a Smart TV, there are three things to ask for:
- Make sure you check the applications available without additional service requirements.
- Check how frequently the TV updates security and system to maintain its performance.
- Ask for 4K. Streaming services like Netflix are now committed to producing all of their own content in 4K. The higher resolution means you can have the larger screen in a small room without being bombarded by each individual pixel.
To save you time on the research, here are our five choices for the best Smart TVs for small homes:
TCL 43” Class - 43S517 4K Ultra HD Roku Smart LED TV
With plenty of smart features and hundreds of streaming channels already available, you won’t have to worry about additional set-up. This TV works absolutely beautifully across various mediums. You want gaming? It smoothes out the movement in gaming. You want 4K streaming? It evens out the pixels across the whole screen. Its only flaw is where it loses some of the bright highlights when converting back to High Definition. However, considering the high-end performance everywhere else, the TCL 43” comes out on top of the best smart TVs for small homes.
Samsung UN43NU7100FXZA Flat 43” 4K UHD 7 Series Smart LED TV
Samsung TVs have always held the title for movement, making it a popular choice for gamers and sports fan. There is hardly any input lag, allowing for smooth transitions between changes in sudden movement. It’s almost as good as the unbelievable black uniformity. There are no disappointments hiding in the shadows of a Samsung.
Toshiba Amazon Fire TV 2018
Smart TVs can live or die on their applications. Fortunately for Toshiba, the Amazon Fire TV lives and thrives. It delivers an overall decent picture quality and allows plenty of depth in dark scenes. You won’t need to darken your room beyond oblivion to avoid reflections. While it isn’t as good as the TCL, if you are using your TV predominantly for streaming, the Toshiba will definitely do the job for a cheaper price.
LG Electronics 43UK6300PUE
If you can’t avoid a bright room for your TV, the LG UK6300 is your best choice. It handles the reflection with ease and can manage almost any number of light sources without disrupting your picture. The consistency of the picture quality doesn’t degrade if you are sitting off to the side (keep this in mind if you don’t have the luxury of moving your chairs every day).
Sony X900F
Sony knows what it’s doing when it produces TVs, and the X900F series is no exception. The Android TV interface is very easy to use and provides for most of the known Smart TV applications. The picture quality is impressive, especially when handling movement and dark shadows. Unfortunately, most of the benefits of the X900F series are found in the larger versions; the smallest is 49” which would still require you to sit 6-feet from the TV to gain the most out of your 4K.
If only Sony would just go a little smaller, it could be THE best smart TV for small homes. But as we said before… size is everything.
