Even if they do offer updates will they engineer the updating system properly for devices that aren't connected for a while? Sounds like an "of course they wou

Even if they do offer updates will they engineer the updating system properly for devices that aren't connected for a while? Sounds like an "of course they would, who wouldnt?" situation. Well, I have a Sony Bravia KDL46EX520 that I bought in June of 2011. It wasn't connected to the Internet for a few years while I used a PS3 with it. This year I moved, ditched the PS3 and decided to use the built in apps. I tried connecting to the net with both the USB dongle for WiFi and over Ethernet. The TV told me it had a connection but none of the internet features would connect. The built in software update tool also told me it couldn't connect. After messing with my network, swapping cables, swapping switches, I went online and found very little documentation about my device. Finally, as a bit of a last resort, I found a Sony support page where you can download the latest firmware and put it on a USB drive. If the USB drive is compatible with the Sony TV (no list of compatible devices is provided) then it will update the TV. I got lucky and my USB drive was compatible and the TV updated. After updating the TV's smart features work again, I can use Netflix and the software update tool says it can not find any newer version of software available. If I wasn't technical I wouldn't even think to look online for some obscure software update procedure. Sony really dropped the ball on this. So badly that even though I love this TV I went and bought a Samsung unit for another room to hedge against future situations like this.