I’ve had appletv since the 1st generation and as a result have never owned a smart tv. I currently have the HD appletv and was planning to upgrade to a 4K when I got a new tv. Current tv is 10+ years old lcd technology thst likely can’t tell the difference.

Unfortunately my tv broke before I had done my research and figured out what tv I wanted. I want a 55inch, don’t care about the OS since I will be using apple and I’ve got it in a low light room with good viewing angles. This was an unexpected expense - I thought I had one to two more years before upgrading. So I’m trying to upgrade to a Budget tv that will still feel like a step up.

I tried to ask in some tv Reddit’s but they all seem geared to high end TVs only. I’ve had great advice in here before so if anyone is tech savvy and/or willing to help someone really clueless I would be grateful!

I’m using my tiny MacBook trying to wait for Black Friday sales to stretch my budget a bit.

I’m in Canada and so our sales aren’t as good. Was looking at the TCL 6 series or the Hisense U7 unless the current year models go on deeper discount. Early Black Friday deals have the Hisense U78 at $747.

The TCL has the Q6 on sale for $498 and the Q7 is $698. I really don’t know if the difference in models is worth another $200 dollars.

If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it. I almost want to get the Q6 and use the $200 to upgrade to the appletv 4k lol. I feel like coming from a 10 year old tv any of these models will feel like a huge upgrade. But I’m not good with tech at all and I’m quite sick and stuck at home so I can’t go look at them and have to buy online.

Thanks so much and mods sorry if this isn’t allowed but folks here have been so helpful in the past. Plus I want to make sure all the tvs I’m considering will work with 4K content on appletv.