Which TV brand has best smart interface
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Pigdoguk said:
jmorgan said:
chasingracecars said:
Apple TV. Done.
When they do 4k, then I will look at it again but it did look easy. Fast Android TV interface
4K + HDR support on both Netflix and Amazon
Dobly and DTS:X support.
Some Gump said:
Warning for Samsung...
They are really suck at post sale use.
Mine is 2 years old. It doesn't do all YouTube formats a anymore. Twitter and Skype are no longer supported. Certain weblayouts make the browser crash. Sadly,this includes the 2 websites i want to use most - if live stream and live timing are on the same web page it can't deal with it at all.
Pretty poor for a 2 year old telly.
Just came here to reiterate this.They are really suck at post sale use.
Mine is 2 years old. It doesn't do all YouTube formats a anymore. Twitter and Skype are no longer supported. Certain weblayouts make the browser crash. Sadly,this includes the 2 websites i want to use most - if live stream and live timing are on the same web page it can't deal with it at all.
Pretty poor for a 2 year old telly.
I have a 32" 2012 6 series Samsung in the bedroom, this was a mid range TV that cost nearly £700 back then. The Youtube app no longer works and the rest of the 'smart' interface is a wasteland of empty icons from discontinued apps.
We currently have a 4k 2015 Samsung in the living room and I have zero confidence that half the apps will still be working in a year or two.
Oakey said:
Some Gump said:
Warning for Samsung...
They are really suck at post sale use.
Mine is 2 years old. It doesn't do all YouTube formats a anymore. Twitter and Skype are no longer supported. Certain weblayouts make the browser crash. Sadly,this includes the 2 websites i want to use most - if live stream and live timing are on the same web page it can't deal with it at all.
Pretty poor for a 2 year old telly.
Just came here to reiterate this.They are really suck at post sale use.
Mine is 2 years old. It doesn't do all YouTube formats a anymore. Twitter and Skype are no longer supported. Certain weblayouts make the browser crash. Sadly,this includes the 2 websites i want to use most - if live stream and live timing are on the same web page it can't deal with it at all.
Pretty poor for a 2 year old telly.
I have a 32" 2012 6 series Samsung in the bedroom, this was a mid range TV that cost nearly £700 back then. The Youtube app no longer works and the rest of the 'smart' interface is a wasteland of empty icons from discontinued apps.
We currently have a 4k 2015 Samsung in the living room and I have zero confidence that half the apps will still be working in a year or two.
A friend of mine is convinced that they are all a con. I think i will be looking at LG or Samsung but it will all depend on the interface and how it connects to the internet (my dads new Sony had no option in the menu to scan for wireless networks even thought the instruction manual stated "click on scan for wireless networks" )
Will follow this thread with interest.
k you Samsung, you're sDigger said:
Switch off the auto update of software if it has the option to?
Think it goes by the version number on the app.Is this an issue because of the manufacturer or the firm supplying the stream? e.g. the stream providers says this will only work on so and so chip version and your TV is old, so no longer supported. If the stream provider still supported the older hardware, how much of an issue would that be?
Old Samsung is very good, newest one (post Tizen?) is not as good, I regularly have to use an 2014 BluRay player for things my 4k player doesn't support or that just don't work.
LG is very good, except I get audio sync issues/frame stuttering off the inbuilt apps (some YouTube and all BBC iPlayer especially).
LG is very good, except I get audio sync issues/frame stuttering off the inbuilt apps (some YouTube and all BBC iPlayer especially).
To be fair I've had my Sony X93 for about 6 months now, and apart from one small issue where the TV Guide kept crashing, I've found the Smart interface fairly painless, if not the most attractive system I've used. Where it's really good is for apps as they all come from Google Play, certainly the Plex app is the best I've used on any platform to this point, and it also means Kodi can be installed directly on the TV if you like that sort of thing. The built in Netflix and Amazon apps supported 4K HDR right off the bat. Haven't tried the TV Guide as we don't have a working aerial so just use Sky.
The Voice Search is pretty good too, works just as well as on my Android phone (also a Sony). Plus the built in Chromecast is fantastic, making it dead easy to send content to it.
The Voice Search is pretty good too, works just as well as on my Android phone (also a Sony). Plus the built in Chromecast is fantastic, making it dead easy to send content to it.
Pistom said:
We have Samsung, Android TV box, Amazon TV and Apple TV.
They all have their own features which are nice but would place them in preference in the order I've written them.
Agree - Samsung interface by far the best. Can access normal TV, Now TV, Amazon Prime, Netflix and other apps from one place, and no messing around with Fire sticks/Apple TV etc. The current interface is very slick and minimal. They all have their own features which are nice but would place them in preference in the order I've written them.
Some Gump said:
Warning for Samsung...
They are really suck at post sale use.
Mine is 2 years old. It doesn't do all YouTube formats a anymore. Twitter and Skype are no longer supported. Certain weblayouts make the browser crash. Sadly,this includes the 2 websites i want to use most - if live stream and live timing are on the same web page it can't deal with it at all.
Pretty poor for a 2 year old telly.
Another warning for Samsung.They are really suck at post sale use.
Mine is 2 years old. It doesn't do all YouTube formats a anymore. Twitter and Skype are no longer supported. Certain weblayouts make the browser crash. Sadly,this includes the 2 websites i want to use most - if live stream and live timing are on the same web page it can't deal with it at all.
Pretty poor for a 2 year old telly.
They'll release TVs without any of the BBC/ITV/C4/C5 catchup services. When buying new you can expect not to get them all for most of the first year.
I don't rate Samsung as any better or worse than Sony. Neither is great. Not tried LG recently but heard good things.
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