2017/2018 Smart TV Platforms Available in South Africa

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• Nov 12, 2017

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Samsung's Tizen 3.0

[video=youtube;YikbYH0qyo0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YikbYH0qyo0[/video]


Available in SA on:

• The Frame 4K UHD TV
• M6000 FHD TV
• M6500 Curved FHD TV
• MU8000 4K Premium UHD TV
• MU8500 Curved 4K Premium UHD TV
• MU7000 4K UHD TV
• MU7350 Curved 4K UHD TV
• Q9F 4K QLED TV
• Q8C 4K Curved QLED TV
• Q7F 4K QLED TV
• Q7C 4K Curved QLED TV

 

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LG's WebOS 3.5

[video=youtube;t0oJKtyMoQ8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0oJKtyMoQ8[/video]

Available in SA on:

• C7 4K OLED
• B7 4K OLED
• E7 4K OLED
• G7 Signature 4K OLED
• SJ800V Super UHD TV
• SJ850V Super UHD TV
• SJ950V Super UHD TV
• UJ670V UHD TV
• UJ653V UHD TV
• UJ630V UHD TV
• UJ620V UHD TV
• LJ550V FHD TV
• LJ540V FHD TV

 

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Hisense's Vidaa U

[video=youtube;wsHft1hgiUs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsHft1hgiUs[/video]

Available in SA on:

• M5010 UHD TV
• N9700 4K ULED TV
• N8700 4K ULED TV

 

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Google's Android TV(Marshmallow 6.0/Nougat 7.0)

[video=youtube;B-Vri7gKFsI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Vri7gKFsI[/video]

Available in SA on:

• Telkom's Lit Box(Nougat)
• Skyworth's G6 UHD TV(Marshmallow,upgrade-able)

 

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Apple's tvOS 11

[video=youtube;b-R02XdHIYI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-R02XdHIYI[/video]

Available in SA on:

• Apple TV 4K
  Apple TV(4th Generation) is upgradeable to tvOS 11

 

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• Nov 12, 2017

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Great post. Tizen ftw! Still got the older 2.3 Tizen OS but it's really great.

 

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..... speaking of which......... one of the people at work says Kodi can be loaded direct onto Android TVs?

Is that correct? That would be only the Skyworth?

Apologies for OT.

 

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maumau said:

..... speaking of which......... one of the people at work says Kodi can be loaded direct onto Android TVs?

Is that correct? That would be only the Skyworth?

Apologies for OT.

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That's correct, directly from playstore

 

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Sumen said:

That's correct, directly from playstore

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Tks Sumen....again

 

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[*]Skyworth's G6 UHD TV(Marshmallow,upgrade-able)


I've not seen any of these available locally? Maybe because I'm in Cape Town but what do they generally retail for?

 

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[*]Skyworth's G6 UHD TV(Marshmallow,upgrade-able)


I've not seen any of these available locally? Maybe because I'm in Cape Town but what do they generally retail for?

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You can find at Makro,Hirsch's and Takealot.

You can get 49 inch for R9000 and 55inch for R11000