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[–] AdmiralShat 42 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I'm not an advocate for smart TVs, but my experience has been different. I found a deal for an 86 inch LG, and it's been nothing but smooth for me. No advertising built into the os, always has the apps I use right on the bar. The air mouse onnthe remote is reminiscent of owning a wii.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My LG TV on the other hand is crammed full of ads. I've blocked as much of them as I can but it looks like some of them are impossible to get rid of.
The remote is really cool though, much better for typing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which model? The only thing my LG has is a small 'suggested app' or something in the home menu... But there's never any need to open the home menu anyway

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I have a Nanocell. The ads in question are mostly on the Home screen but every once in a while I get a pop-up telling me to sign up to Paramount Plus or something like that.
Turning off every ad setting I could find has helped a lot.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My Smart TV is now blocked from the wifi, I use a Fire TV stick in the back of it now, it was just far too slow.

Also I can bearly use the TV remote because it takes ages to wake up and reconnect to the TV.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was becoming frustrated with how slow my Vizio "Smart TV" had become. I went with a FireCube that was on sale. It was overkill but I don't want to deal with it slowing down again for awhile.

I'm looking at getting back into a PC hooked up to my TV with the fragmentation of the streaming services. It's becoming as bad as cable again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same. Our OLED LG and roku TV have had no ads. While I have my old laptop connected to the LG anyway I don't actually need it, it's just for gaming and the browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Depending on what you use it for, I actually found the built in browser to be rather useable

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have a 10 year old LG whose smartness was left updated long ago and I love it.