WALMART and Amazon are selling budget 4K TVs that cost well under $200.
Retail giants have tempting deals on 43-inch models – but one is cheaper than the other.
The first is a Walmart deal on its Onn private-label 43-inch Roku 4K TV.
It has an official listing price of $198, but is currently on sale for $178.
Walmart says more than 100 TVs have been “purchased since yesterday,” with more than 200 in people’s carts right now.
- Onn 43in 4K Roku TV at Walmart for $178 buy here
This TV works on Roku’s streaming platform, giving you access to a wide range of premium and free apps.
And if you lose your remote, you can control your TV using Roku’s official mobile app.
It’s a top-rated model on Walmart with a score of 4.3/5 based on over 3,200 reviews.
And nearly 2,200 of them were five-star ratings, with more than 440 giving four-star scores.
One shopper wrote: “Absolutely fantastic TV for the price. If you’re looking for a 4k TV for your PS5 on a budget, this is your best bet. Going from 720p to this was a game changer!”
And another said: “I love this TV! I love the size and also the fact that it has a Roku. I love watching movie channels and reality TV channels.”
- Onn 43in 4K Roku TV at Walmart for $178 buy here
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An even cheaper option is Amazon’s deal with Insignia TV.
Insignia is actually a Best Buy brand, but you can also buy the TV line on Amazon.
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This 43-inch 4K F30 Series model is officially priced at $199.99 – but it’s down to just $149.99.
- Insignia 43in 4K Fire TV on Amazon for $149.99 buy here
It supports Ultra HD and HDR content and runs on Amazon’s Fire TV platform.
This lets you access a range of premium apps like Netflix and Disney+ – as well as a vast selection of free, ad-supported TV.
What is 4K, Ultra HD and UHD?
Here’s an easy guide to what 4K means…
- 4K, Ultra HD and UHD are different names for the same type of TV screen. 4K refers to the number of pixels on your TV screen – or “picture resolution”
- Pixels are small colored dots that make up the image you see on television. A pixelated image is one where the pixels are really obvious because there aren’t many of them. But images with lots of pixels — like a 4K movie — often look sharper and clearer.
- A true 4K display is 4096 x 2160 pixels. This means that your TV screen is 3,840 pixels wide and 2,160 pixels vertically. There are around 8.3 million pixels on the screen in total
- 4K gets its name because it has four times more pixels than a standard Full HD TV
- Full HD (or 1080p) displays are 1920 pixels wide and 1080 pixels up – about two million pixels in total. So 4K just means your TV has a lot more pixels on the screen compared to a more common Full HD screen
- Ultra HD, or UHD, is basically the same as 4K. If you buy a UHD television in a store, you can watch 4K content without any problems
- But there is a small difference. Almost every TV you buy has a 16:9 aspect ratio. This means that for every 16 pixels horizontally, there are 9 vertically.
- Real 4K images don’t fit this aspect ratio, so you won’t often find TVs with 4096 x 2160 pixels. Instead, to fit the 16:9 aspect ratio, most 4K TVs will be 3840 x 2160 pixels.
- If it doesn’t make sense, grab a calculator and divide 2,160 by 9. Then multiply by 16 and you get 3,840. That’s the aspect ratio working its magic. So when you see an Ultra HD TV, it just means it’s a 4K picture with slightly fewer vertical pixels
- If you try to watch a 4K video on a non-4K TV, the video will still play – but it won’t be 4K quality. To watch 4K video in 4K quality, you’ll need to shell out for a 4K TV. Likewise, if you are watching standard or HD images on a 4K TV, it will not magically become 4K quality.
- Some TVs promise “4K upscaling,” which converts your standard or HD footage to near 4K quality. This works by using software to guess which colors would fill the extra empty pixels missing from HD footage and then filling them in. This creates an effect similar to 4K, but it is not true 4K.
This deal also includes an Alexa Voice Remote that lets you issue spoken commands to Amazon’s built-in digital assistant.
Buyers rated the TV highly, giving it a score of 4.4/5 based on over 11,000 reviews.
One of them said that “it was worth it money” and wrote: “Amazing price, easy to use, never had connection problems. I loved the photo and the size is perfect for my room.”
And another said: “You can’t go wrong with a Fire TV (in my personal opinion). I just put it together recently and I can’t complain one bit. !!”
- Insignia 43in 4K Fire TV at Amazon for $149.99 buy here
All prices in this article were correct at the time of writing but may have changed since then.
Always do your own research before making any purchases.
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