Your favorite streaming service shouldn’t dictate the TV you get

• Disney+ is offering a big thing to Samsung TV owners
• You don’t need to pigeonhole yourself
• Streaming services are good to go on most TVs
• Smart home connections might seem like the only reason to sync up

Look: most of us love streaming shows. It’s something we can all discuss with our friends. It’s one of the most essential parts of a conversation these days. You’re at a party or a barbecue and one of the first questions that people seem to want to know is “what shows have you been watching?” The reason for that is that it’s an easy way to connect with people, since shows are meant to be talked about. It’s also the perfect way to find out if there’s an amazing show that you’re not watching.

It can be hard to always trust some people’s recommendations. You may have been burned by a bad show recommendation by someone in the past, making you less likely to trust them going forward. Regardless, finding shows to watch is essential because it’s a great way to blow off steam and relax. But, finding the right show can be difficult because there are so many shows to watch. Not only are there shows, but there are movies that release straight to streaming services as well, making you have to subscribe to several to try and keep up.

But in order to keep up with everything, you need either a smart TV or a streaming device to watch things on your TV. There are some great deals on smart TVs that you might see if you’re looking to buy one. There are a lot of different features that you should be considering, such as resolution, size, the speakers, and operating system. But what you shouldn’t base your decision off of is a specific streaming service.

Disney+ is offering a big thing to Samsung TV owners

It’s a good development for perfectionists

Disney+ is getting HDR10-+ content for both its Disney catalog and its Hulu content. This is a big deal for TVs that can support it because HDR10+ provides a better picture for the content that you’re watching. HDR10+ is an enhanced version of high dynamic range that uses dynamic metadata rather than static metadata. like HDR10 does. When you’re using HDR10 with static metadata, it means that a single set of visual preferences are applied to the content, meaning while the images will look clear and bright, they aren’t as crisp as they possibly can be and it has a bit of a even look across all the colors.

HDR10+ means that the dark areas are distinct and there’s no oversaturation of the brighter colors. It also means that, with the dynamic metadata, it can change the visuals frame-by-frame or scene-by-scene. It is about as real as it gets when you’re looking at it. Trust me: you can tell the difference. So, the fact that it was just announced that Samsung TVs will exclusively support HDR10+ content from Disney+ means a good amount for those people who can not only enjoy it but can appreciate it on their TVs. But, just because this collaboration has been added doesn’t mean you should only consider a Samsung TV.

You don’t need to pigeonhole yourself

Even if the compatibility may seem important

Don’t get me wrong. Samsung TVs are good TVs. I have a few of them myself. It’s not that I even sought out to have all Samsung TVs. It just worked out that way. I do like the way that the TVs work and I appreciate that they are easy to control. The Samsung Tizen operating system is a user-friendly platform with a good app store and options to switch right away to gaming and other HDMI inputs. Does this mean it’s the only TV I ever want to own? Not at all.

It doesn’t matter what apps are already installed on your TV.

I know that I can have pretty much any operating system I want because I can just buy a streaming device. Let’s say I want to have the Samsung TV but really don’t like Tizen. I could buy a Fire TV Stick and enjoy Fire TV OS as my streaming operating system of choice. The same goes for a Roku device. It’s important to always remember that you have choices. There’s a reason why Apple hasn’t made a TV itself yet. It can just produce the Apple TV 4K and let people plug it into whatever manufactured TV they want.

Streaming services are good to go on most TVs

Smart TVs are smart for a reason

Depending on what smart TV you have, you can either use the app store that’s included in your OS or download another one. There are open source app stores that you can use or APK options that give you more flexibility to download what you want. Regardless, you’ll be able to get your streaming services from pretty much any smart TV. You don’t have to think you should buy a specific TV just because it has Netflix built in as the first option in the OS.

You should pay more attention to what the TV’s OS can offer you and what might be included in terms of the visuals and audio options. It doesn’t matter what apps are already installed on your TV. Those are decided ahead of time because the manufacturers of the TV sold software space to the companies that made the apps. Netflix, Disney+ and more have not only paid to have their apps preinstalled on all kinds of TVs but many of them have paid to have buttons that open them up installed onto the remotes. You shouldn’t even consider what buttons are on the remote when you’re thinking of what TV to buy. Am I happy the Prime Video button is on my remote? I guess it’s nice when I want to watch Thursday Night Football. But am I really hampered by having to move around the OS to open up the app? Not at all. Plus, I can open up the apps from my smart home devices.

Smart home connections might seem like the only reason to sync up

But even then, it doesn’t really matter

Many devices have universal connectivity with many devices, especially smart home devices.

Many people may think that they want to have a uniform system of devices, meaning they want as many of the same manufacturer as possible. I can tell you, for a fact, that it really doesn’t matter. I have multiple Amazon Echo speakers, Samsung TVs, an Apple iPhone and iPad, and even a Google home speaker. All of them actually work fine together, all because apps and connectivity across devices isn’t a huge issue in this day and age.

My Amazon speakers can sync up with my TVs and turn them on. I can open up the Alexa app on my iPhone and use that to turn on a TV or lights or other connected devices. I’m really just trying to point out the fact that the technology is universally compatible a lot of the time. So, you don’t have to have a specific TV just because it can stream one thing or it can work well with the other devices in your house. Is it sometimes easier to connect the devices if they are from the same manufacturer? Yes. But it’s not always necessary. You can get away with having a mix of devices. At the end of the day, you can watch what you want on many TVs and have all kinds of manufacturers in your home.