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Downgrading, have you?

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 22:47:12 GMT

I bought a 49 inch smart tv last year and I’ve realised that it’s just too damn big for my living room, it uses far too much electricity (63w) it’s totally ruining my carbon footprint and takes up a hell of a lot of room. So I’ve decided to downgrade & purchased a 24” smart tv(23w) (Which means I have to sell my current (huge) tv stand & get a taller / smaller one)

So I’m wondering, in this day and age of bigger is better (and more expensive) have you ever downgraded, or gone smaller? And for what reason?

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liggerz87 — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:16:02 GMT

Ye mate got a 43inch 4k tv from bright house 24 32 and 43 inch would be ideal tv size for us just have a samsung plasma connected 1080p or I not to sure along with a humax freesat box took the bright house tv back as they had it a month and got a scratch on it so I just bought a 24inch comby one as i did try buy a hdmi to red yellow colour things as i couldn't use my xbox in over a month then went to bright house mate was cancelling it then said oh we be going to give you new one i went bit late got a cheap tv with hdmi you can keep tv I went like that and walked out lol let my mate deal with them lol

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Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:27:54 GMT

I’m glad that someone else has.. people I’ve asked while deciding what to do think I’m insane for even thinking about it.

And to be fair I’d like a smaller phone too. This 6S Plus doesn’t fit in my back pocket, but with a smaller phone I’d struggle to read the screen (I’m sooo old) so I’ll have to stick to 5.5 at least!

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JAZZ-trad — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 08:46:32 GMT

Hi @Anonymous
I wouldn't want to go smaller put mine on wall 40" fed up of the old 21" tube that was electric guzzling. The 24 inch should be fine though.

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sheepdog — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:25:47 GMT

Downgrading? I've yet to upgrade my 28" CRT and thats over 18 years old! Works fine with a HDMI to Scart adapter with the Chromecast, the PS3 and everything else I throw at it. Literally. It won't die so I won't buy a new one till it does. Then again, I have streaming apps set up on my iPad Mini so may not even buy a new one to replace.

Its not the main TV though which is a 55" LCD but watching shows and films is more engaging on a older TV than watching in big HD one to me.

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Anonymous — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:58:25 GMT

Tubes... CRT.. now there's a blast from the past! And it’s crazy to think that it works fine with HDMI!

I'm now wondering what the average size is for a household (careful!!)

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Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:56:59 GMT

The downgrade has begun!

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Cleoriff — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:11:49 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
The downgrade has begun!

Blimey!!

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jonsie — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:20:02 GMT

Hope you have 20/20 vision @Anonymous I could be able to concentrate on such a small screen.

I'll happily stick to the 40 inch screen I have so as to be able to see and concentrateon what's happening onscreen.

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Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:42:57 GMT

tbf I’m having to sit a bit closer to the tv but once I’m used to it... it’ll be fine!

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jonsie — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:53:51 GMT

Yes we all have the ability to adapt but the older we get, the less our physical frailities allow us to.

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Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:55:57 GMT

Optimal distance achieved! Now I just need an appropriate sized tv unit!

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Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:44:36 GMT

My flat screen tv must be about 24"

If I remember rightly you measure diagonally

A dear friend gave it me

The old 2nd hand colour portable went bang and the screen went blank when I attempted to replay the 1st thing I'd managed to record = frightened to record anything on new-to-me tv ... however, must have done something as Game Of Thrones is on repeat recording off SKY Atlantic.

I don't ever do downgrading just for downgradings sake = just if it suits me.

I am long sighted, and wear bi-focal glasses. I am happy with my current arrangement of small size tv

Also, I have set it so it is as full screen size as I can make ie I loose a bit of picture either side.

*Fill The Frame* ... as a keen amateur photographer told me many years ago.

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Anonymous — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:11:06 GMT

I forgot to update this, thanks for reminding me @Martin-O2 I had the tv for a week or so, but got extremely pee'd off with it. For some reason every time i turned it on I had to unplug then plug in the Ethernet cable to get connected. LG said this was a fault with that particular model. They did give me a fault number, which i passed on to PC World & I sent it back for a full refund.

So to fill the gap I got a 2019 iPad Pro. Not sure if that's a downgrade but my electric usage is far less & i can use it for multiple things.. like... writing silly posts about Valentines Day, organising trips to see folks, as well as shopping, gaming & everything else!

And there's more space in my living room for me &.. my recliner.. & one of my bikes in the corner!

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jonsie — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:26:18 GMT

Win win then @Anonymous

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Anonymous — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:45:35 GMT

Absolutely @jonsie .. shame I didn't think of the iPad beforehand!

btw it's not contributed to my carbon footprint as I got it secondhand off a mate, with a smart keyboard, Apple Pencil & 2 years AppleCare for under a grand!

win win win win win!

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jonsie — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:39:29 GMT

I guess keeping the iPad charged up leaves a much less footprint than a TV but I have a problem using one device for everything. I stream live football on the laptop so if I want to contribute to the community, check emails or keep abreast of the news at the same time then I use another device, be it the tablet or the phone.

That's a major fault I have, I need to multi task. I suppose that is indicative of the present dross that is ManU

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Anonymous — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 18:06:53 GMT

It will last 2 days on a single charge, which is far better than a tv just gobbling energy up. The next step is to get rid of VM & the router, get an unlimited data sim & let my phone do all the work (it costs far less to charge it than leave the router running)

btw with iPadOS you can multitask..

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was kinda hard to master at first but I'm getting there!

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Cleoriff — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:22:29 GMT

Looks good @Anonymous

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MI5 — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:37:59 GMT

Did you get the 32gb one or 128?