Hi Group,

 

What is the best 32" TV for control integration currently?

 

I have to replace a couple of 14 year old LG units that were on serial control.

 

Last time I replaced a 32" it was with a Sony which I could mostly control via CEC but not fully - I could turn it off and had menu/cursor controls, but could only turn it on via IR, WOL didn't seem to work either.

 

This system has a V1 DM video switcher in it with the old 3-cable receivers (2x Cat6 and a DM-Net) which has gone faulty. Although I'm quoting for it I'm not sure the client has the budget to replace it with current DM/NVX and may not use the TVs as video endpoints, just local displays with cable boxes behind, in which case I probably wont be able to use CEC anyway and will need either serial control or IR control but with discrete input and power commands.

 

I'm stuck with the 32" format as its on a TV lift built into a custom bed head cabinet, and I cant re-engineer this to take something bigger.

 

Oh and it needs to be available in the UK!

One I did a little while back was a Samsung QE32Q50A - discrete IR control, fairly slim compared to other options, and one of the only TV's I could find that size at 4K.

 

It looks like there's now a newer model (QE32Q50AE) that should work the same I would imagine. 

There are hundreds of digital signage options out there (LG, Samsung, Sharp/NEC, Philips, ...) but not sure about UK availability.... But The HD-CTL-101 (https://www.crestron.com/Products/Control-Hardware-Software/Hardware/Control-Modules/HD-CTL-101) can be pretty darn handy to insert CEC in an otherwise uncontrolled case (I'm working on a hotel room project where we're using those to control an odd android TV box with special firmware masquerading as a STB that has no other provisions besides CEC or Bluetooth for control)... But also allow you to blank/disable the output of you wanted to use a 32" computer monitor instead which may be a little more readily available.

There is a NAX version of the same that will do ARC or (IIRC) pull 2-channel audio from the source to AES67 which could be handy if you need the audio for distribution 

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Thanks,

 

I will order one of these in and give it a try.

Hi Lincoln,

 

was looking for something that would have a freeview TV tuner and the usual smart apps installed rather than a display monitor that would need a seperate Tuner/streamer/App hosting box.

 

I will take a look at the HD-CTL-101 though as I wasn't aware of it!