I'm not convinced that the bottom tier brands provide good value for the money. Their picture quality is generally very poor relative to the more expensive TVs

I'm not convinced that the bottom tier brands provide good value for the money. Their picture quality is generally very poor relative to the more expensive TVs. (i.e. a bottom tier brand tv vs a bottom tier samsung/LG TV might be competitive in terms of price/quality, but the jump in quality to the higher level TVs they make is huge relative. Also the bottom tier models are not well supported at all (i.e. security updates and the like). In the US the mid tier (i.e. upper end models from TCL/Hisense and the like) are where the real question of bang for the buck can be applied.