Top 5 Smart TVs for under Rs 15,000 in India , September 2019

Motorola is the latest entrant in the television market in India with TVs starting at Rs 13,999. This is the company’s base model and is also the only model to come for under Rs 15,000. The TV features a 32-inch HD Ready LED display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 Pixels and 60 Hz refresh rate. It’s powered by a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU clocked at 1.1GHz and is coupled with a triple-core Mali470MP3 GPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage.

The Motorola TV comes with a Bluetooth-enabled joystick gamepad and runs on Android 9.0 Pie with support for Google Assistant and Google Play Store. The TV additionally comes preinstalled with Netflix, Prime Video, Hotstar, YouTube and a suite of apps and services that can be downloaded from the Play Store. There’s a 30W front-firing in-built soundbar with DTS TruSurround and Dolby Audio support.

Launched at the start of the year, the Mi LED Smart TV 4A PRO is now available for a reduced price of Rs 12,499, down from its original price of Rs 12,999. The TV features a 32-inch HD display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, 6.5ms dynamic response and a viewing angle of 178 degrees. It’s powered by a quad-core Amlogic Cortex-A53 processor with 750MHz Mali-450 MP3 GPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage.

The TV runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with Android TV and Xiaomi’s PatchWall interface. There’s a 20-watt stereo speaker and the TV additionally equips a Bluetooth remote with a built-in microphone and Google Voice Search. Connectivity options include Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, three HDMI ports, two USB ports, an ethernet port and a 3.5mm Headphone jack.

In June this year, JVC announced a new range of Smart TVs in India. Of the five TVs launched, JVC is selling the JVC 32N385C HD Ready LED Smart TV for a price of Rs 12,999, albeit more than its original price of Rs 11,999. The TV features a 32-inch HD Ready LED display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, an A+ grade panel and 60Hz refresh rate. The JVC TV is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor along with Mali-450MP GPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage.

In terms of audio, the Smart TV features a 12W + 12W inbuilt box speakers with Dolby decoder technology. The Smart TV comes running an Android-based Smart UI with 500 inbuilt content from apps like Netflix and YouTube, Miracast support and E-Share app. In terms of connectivity, the Smart TV supports 3 HDMI ports, 2 USB ports, Inbuilt Wi-Fi and LAN. The Smart TV also comes with a Smart Remote which has a mouse cursor for easy navigation.

Vu launched three new TV series in April – one of which was the Vu UltraSmart TV 32SM which is currently available for an asking price of Rs 11,499. The TV features a 32-inch HD Ready LED screen with a 60 Hz refresh rate, High Bright A+ Grade panel, 178-Degree viewing angle and 1366 x 768 Pixels resolution. It’s powered by a Quad-Core processor with 1GB RAM and 4GB storage.

The TV comes running Android and offers inbuilt Premium Licensed apps for Netflix, Prime Video and YouTube as well as Hungama Play, Yupp TV, Daily Motion, AccuWeather, Game Center, Wow TV, icflix, TED, Toon Goggles, Viaway, Plex, TV-Browser and VEWD App store. There are dual speakers that total 20 W output and support Dolby Digital and DBX-TV. The TV offers 3 HDMI ports, 2 USB ports, a headphone jack, WiFi, Ethernet (RJ45), Audio Out and Analogue Audio Input.

Kodak launched a new XPRO series of Smart TVs in India earlier this year. The Kodak 32HDXSMART which launched for Rs 10,999 is now selling at Rs 10,499 o Flipkart. The TV comes with a 32-inch HD Ready LED screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and 60 Hz refresh rate. It’s powered by a quad-core 1.5GHz along with Penta-core ARM Mali 450MP GPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage.

The Smart XPRO TV comes loaded with 20W speakers with different sound modes including standard, music, movie, sports and user. The TV runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and comes with some pre-installed apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube, Gmail, Facebook, Hotstar and Easy Share. Connectivity options include WiFi, RJ45 ethernet port, HDMI, USB and a headphone jack.