New Smart TV or streaming/casting device?

Tough choice.

I have smart TVs (LGs and Samsungs). But the apps are slow and clunky (mainly because no decent OS running on puny CPUs), and both these TV vendors are dictatorial and constricting in their firmware/updates.

On the other hand, external devices mean yet another blerry remote control and yet another device cluttering up the place, and more fiddliness switching inputs, etc.

I'd prefer a TV that can load a decent operating system that supports discrete apps for the various streaming services, but that's a pipedream...
 
I've got a chromecast, I've never looked back. Its the first version. I use my Samsung phone to cast (so no extra remote), mostly from Netflix. Beats a smart TV on price, you can also take it with you when you go away for holiday
 
Arthur said:
On the other hand, external devices mean yet another blerry remote control and yet another device cluttering up the place, and more fiddliness switching inputs, etc.
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With proper HDMI-CEC In place you should really just need one Remote for day to day operations.
 
Dolby said:
I’m glad to see you have not changed at all in 6 years !
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Of course not and it’s still equally true which says a hell of a lot.

Except there’s newer versions of course if you are shopping right now.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Of course not and it’s still equally true which says a hell of a lot.

Except there’s newer versions of course if you are shopping right now.
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For sure - if you overlook the issues or tell yourself you don’t need <select feature > - it’s definitely the best.

I admire the consistency though
 
Dolby said:
For sure - if you overlook the issues or tell yourself you don’t need - it’s definitely the best.

I admire the consistency though
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No issues and nothing lacking for my use case.

By and large the issues people have all come down to piracy.
 
SauRoNZA said:
No issues and nothing lacking for my use case.

By and large the issues people have all come down to piracy.
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If you married to Apple, their are enough "pirate" apps available on the play store. Maybe not as polished as the Android versions, but they are there.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
If you married to Apple, their are enough "pirate" apps available on the play store. Maybe not as polished as the Android versions, but they are there.
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There is no Play Store on Apple.

You are also fundamentally misunderstanding the sarcasm.
 
SauRoNZA said:
No issues and nothing lacking for my use case.
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I wasn't actually talking about piracy .

I meant your consistany - so you build your 'use case' around what Apple offer or don't offer. If they don't offer it, then your 'use case' excludes it

You've done it for years and I think that's great .

It's a compliment
 
Dolby said:
I wasn't actually talking about piracy .

I meant your consistany - so you build your 'use case' around what Apple offer or don't offer. If they don't offer it, then your 'use case' excludes it

You've done it for years and I think that's great .

It's a compliment
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Fair enough and somewhat true.

But this is the case for everyone. If your car isn’t a 4x4 and therefore can’t go off-road your use case automatically becomes restricted to what it was built for.

If you need a 4x4 then you buy one for that use case. It’s simply the way things work.

You buy the thing for the 99% use case, not the 1%.
 
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