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JackNewton1 t1_iw9ozns wrote

Who uses the OS that comes with the TV? Buehler..Buehler?

Jesus no. Roku, Apple (waay too pricey, but nice), anything but the native, and you have your TV. OLED is nice. So’s QLED.

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thenerdal t1_iw9w6s1 wrote

I do. I don't see the downside. We have a new TV. I can cast to it since it's built in.

The old smart TV lasted longer than the chromecast and fire TV box

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PSEOL t1_iwa1ync wrote

My firesticks have barely lasted 2 years before going to shit. They literally are plugged in and don’t ever move. They are just THAT poorly built.

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thenerdal t1_iwan0a1 wrote

That's actually how I found out my chromecast died lol.

We had a super old roku TV that was slow. It's the main reason why people here hate smart TVs, but it was already pretty old.

My family didn't mind the slowness but I did. So I bought a chromecast for them to use and they didn't use it. I thought it was because it wasn't like using a control.

Few years later I tried to switch them to a streaming box with a remote. The fire TV. They started using that but eventually went back to the slow TV OS.

Then one day the fire TV just stopped working so I got the chromecast back out and that wasn't working either.

I decided not to bother buying another streaming device and just deal with the slowness.

Thankfully mom finally bought a new TV. It's not because it was slow though. Our old one was pretty small for our living room and I kept telling her to get a bigger one.

Its a TCL Google TV and obviously much faster. I probably won't buy a streaming device ever again since TVs come with casting abilities and even though my old TV was slow at casting, I just browsed Reddit for the few seconds it took to load.

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lightningsnail t1_iwa2e3k wrote

I do. Why would I give a third party money just for less functionality?

Now if someone made high quality "dumb" tvs. Then yes. Unfortunatley monitors don't get that big.

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JackNewton1 t1_iwa4cwc wrote

Then you just have to deal with it I guess. Personally, whatever TV in the size I’m wanting at the right price that has decent reviews is fine.

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Juice805 t1_iw9q3b2 wrote

100% and if you ever feel the experience is starting to show it’s age or just not what you want anymore? It’s a fraction of the price to upgrade rather than replacing the likely still good panel.

And if you do upgrade the panel you have the same familiar experience already set up the way you like it.

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gladamirflint t1_iwabjco wrote

I do, because I like the magic remote function with LG’s webOS. Yes it’s a small thing but I like how it glides around.

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nosferatWitcher t1_iwbj1ec wrote

I hate the magic remote pointer with a passion. I wish you could disable it.

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joombaga t1_iwq5er7 wrote

I put the stock remote in a drawer and bought a universal for that reason. The pointer seems a lot harder to trigger accidentally on the c2. I'm not sure if that was a software change or a hardware change.

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imagineerbytrade t1_iwaekf3 wrote

I use a nvidia shield pro. I also have a hue play box so I needed an external media player.

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Eswyft t1_iwab8bv wrote

Roku comes with plenty of tvs.

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