Do projectors do the same kind of shenanigans? I've seen many that got bad ratings because of "lackluster smart functions".
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I really hope there are wifi dummy boards that allow you to fake your device being connected despite not being able to connect to any network. Warranty be damned, I'd be more than willing to cut open a TV to either replace the board or just completely disconnect it.
I only have 1 smart tv. I use andriod boxes with productivity launcher..and one firestick that needs to go. I like to taunt amazon that they aint getting a penny.
The start tv is set up as dumb but it still has the stupid interface from the time it was bought. The poster of wicked. I have it setup that the box launches first but sometimes i land on there instead and it pi$$$$$es me right off. Any way to somehow disable that crap?
This advice feels like "Have you moved to the surface of the sun? Make sure to drink lots of water." It's not wrong, but also not particularly helpful. The only solution is to stop buying these things. Ideally take them back and get a refund if it isn't too late.
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The difficulty I have with my Samsung TV' is that the content from netflix looks much better on the netflix app on the TV than say using netflix on a fire stick or anything else
I think it comes down to the hdr10+ stuff, but it is noticeably different
It could be picture settings. Make sure the Fire stick's HDR is set to adaptive (it defaults to always on which looks horrible), and on the TV itself the power saving is turned off.
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