raytaylor:
I just bought the 55" next model down - $499 Its the non-smart tv.
As a 1080p computer monitor it works well :-)
I do have a 42" veon smart tv about 2 years old and i have to say be careful about expecting any smart features - it advertised youtube which is now too old to work and not updated. Its built on a heavily locked down android which wont run the play store.
So yeah if you get a warehouse "smart" tv, dont expect it to be updated.
Thanks, that's good to know. My current 55" Panasonic is a Smart TV and all I ever used it's 'smart' features for was to go on YouTube, but even that was clunky/laggy when typing etc, so I just started casting it from YouTube to the TV via the browser. However, just before Christmas I bought a Chromecast from Harvey Norman when they had them on sale for $50 and that works even better, so there'll be no need for any of the TV's built in smart features at all. I'll have to upgrade to the Chromecast Ultra now though, and also an HDMI splitter with remote since the 75" only has a measly 2 HDMI ports (one of which is ARC for the soundbar and the other will be used for the Sky box).
P.S. In the user manual for the 55" and 75" Veon it says that you can use the Google Play store to download apps, not that I would have any desire to do that on a TV though:
Downloading and installing apps
• To install apps, click on Google Play Store to browse or search for the
desired app.
• Click on INSTALL and follow on-screen instructions to install the app.
• Once installed, click on the app icon to start the app.