I'm looking to purchase a TV that I can use for gaming on next gen consoles. I would have preferred a monitor but my dad wants it to be a TV too. 

Preferred screen size is 32 inches and somewhere around the $200-350 range. I'm from Canada but I dont mind using some American sites to purchase the TV, but keep in mind of the shipping costs so if you recommend me a 400$ TV it will end up being something like 500$+ with the shipping and taxes...

Anyway, I was eyeing this TV at the moment - http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-UN32EH5000-32-Inch-1080p-60Hz/dp/B0071O4ETQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416875901&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+32+inch+tv

It seems to have gotten great reviews and I've checked how much it costs with the shipping and taxes, comes up to about 330$. For some reason my dad wants a Smart TV, but that shit is so useless to me...I will never use any of those apps on it. I don't have netflix or any of that crap, and TV's that have the Smart thing just use that as an excuse to bump the price up.

What do you think of the TV I linked? Do you have anything that's better? HELP PLS

My gosh, get something bigger than a 32" and make sure it's 1080p with a refresh rate 120hz.
32" is bath tub viewing distance.

I have this TV, it is great, My regret is that I bought it just 32in.

My sister has that TV and I'm pretty jealous about it. Samsung makes great TVs for excellent competitive prices. I'm using a 42" Panasonic LCD 1080p tv and I'd actually prefer a Samsung one.

Never really got the point for the smart tv thing, except for using apps, but those are all on consoles.

There is Monitors that do have TV tuners.

So in case you want a monitor with good response time etc then go for one of those.

When you buy a TV  then make sure it doesnt have to much input lag

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/samsung-ue32eh5000-ue40eh5000-201212192466.htm

The one you chose has around 20-30 ms input lag so its good.   Nothing wrong with the TV then.


About the smart tv things. Do you know the feeling when you have hardware be it a PC or a phone/tablet thats just to slow to be fun?  Thats exactly how 99% of the smart tvs are.

In case you really need some kind of smart TV experience you can always go and buy google chromecast for $30 and plug it into 1  HDMI slot and power it with the USB slot of the TV. And it works better than the 99% of build in Smart TV solutions mentioned before.

I'm not going to be sitting far. Whats the point of 120hz? I'll be gaming on a console not PC so 120 hz isn't useful right? Don't you need like 120 FPS for it to be useful. And yeah as I said, I'll be sitting like 1 maybe 2 meters max away from the TV. Only reason I'm getting it as a TV and not monitor is because sometimes my younger brothers like to watch cartoons downstairs near my little gaming area and if I bought a monitor I wouldn't be able to hook it up to cable TV.

I'm appalled at how hard it is to find a really good 32 TV nowadays, especially it seems in the US. 32" is my preference as well and I paid 550EUR for the best 32" model I could find late last year to get above all picture quality I could be happy with (which as always comes coupled with a host of features I don't need, though a few very nice ones as well). To get a really good 32 inch TV you have to go for a discontinued model it seems.

Anyway, I think this is your best bet: http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-32LB5600-32-Inch-1080p/dp/B00KVLEM7K/ref=sr_1_4?s=tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1416876519&sr=1-4
The new LGs are a great bang for the buck of the ones I've seen here in Europe, especially with their direct backlighting which makes for great viewing from a lot of angles.

After reading about "the lottery" in the first review of that model you posted, I would be vary.

Aaah, I think I'm getting the scenerio. In that case I would recommend a descent size TV for viewing and playing at the primary seated location. Considering the size was a 32" that you were looking at. Being that small, viewing angle wouldn't be an ordeal. I really recommend a cheap (somewhere around) 40" LCD with 60hz. Nothing wrong with going cheap as long as it can do 1080p and the it fits the room.

That's definitely one thing that was worrying to me about the Samsung...It sucks that they can get away with doing something like that to be honest.

I checked your LG one and I'm really leaning towards it. The ratings are great and I'm really surprised as to how many people were saying the sound is great. I won't be using the TV sound as I'll be playing with a headset, but it's great for my brothers who use it to watch TV.

I checked the final price on it and it comes up to 360$. the Samsung one as 334$

Go here. The newest Sony HDTVs are the best when it comes to size, features, and less input lag.

www.displaylag.com/display-database/

*edit*

Apparently the website is offline.  Here use this then.

http://www.cnet.com/news/game-mode-on-cnet-tests-tvs-for-input-lag/