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LG TVs thanks to WebOS are the only TVs with a software experience that makes sense. Cool to see this news happening.

diggan 9y ago
I have a LG TV and I have not seen a more confusing and annoying UI to be honest. There is a delay when navigating the menus, leading you to pressing twice instead and then more lag, continuing in a cycle. Not to mention the TV is slow to start and after having it on for while, seems to just be getting slower and slower until you restart it.
- lsh 9y ago
  Which model do you have? I don't get this performance issue on mine. Web OS has always been a little laggy in responsiveness though, but not so slow I end up pushing a button twice.
berberous 9y ago
I don't own one, so perhaps I'd get used to it and start to like it more, but I really dislike any WebOS TV that I've used briefly elsewhere. In particular, I hate the idea of a cursor -- it both gets in the way visually, and is hard to control. The UI also seems very busy. I much prefer Roku, Apple TV and Android TV's interfaces.
- antirez 9y ago
  Have you tried the "smart" remote that works like the Wiimote controller (but noise-filtered)? With that the cursor actually becomes an advantage IMHO.
  - berberous 9y ago
    Yup, like that comes with the new OLEDs (is there even any other version?). It does work well enough, but for some reason it always feels cognitively tiring, as I'm trying to aim for no reason and hit the right target, when I could just get there via few clicks on a normal up/down/left/right remote. I never liked the Wiimote either for similar reasons though, so maybe it's just me.
- themihai 9y ago
  it's actually working great and it's easy to use in practice...
mmanfrin 9y ago
I disagree, I feel LG has done a horrendous job on the software side -- always-on recording (illegally), ads that you cannot remove on their $5k flagship tvs, delays/loading times for plain menus.
- antirez 9y ago
  Probably mine being very recent and ads free changes the experience.
- themihai 9y ago
  where exactly are the ads? I have one and I've never seen an "LG ad". There are apps with adds(i.e. youtube) but it has nothing to do with LG.
  - fyfy18 9y ago
    I bought a 55C7V last year which shows ads. When you open the menu there are ads on the left side (usually for streaming services), and again in the app store at the top of the screen.
    - themihai 9y ago
      My LG is older(first OLED generation) so I guess that's why it doesn't have this new "feature". Ads in AppStore make sense but displaying them in the menu is outrageous.
- all_blue_chucks 9y ago
  Which smart TV platform do you think gets it right?
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    My own PC plugged into a dumb TV.
bhaak 9y ago
I'm surprised to see so many negative comments about WebOS. I recently got a LG TV with WebOS 4 for ~$700. Not the cheapest possible but by far also not a high end TV. I was pleasantly surprised how well WebOS works and how nice the look of it is. Watching TV, Netflix, Twitch or DLNA streaming works great as well. Some comments mentioned a cursor. But that's not the main input device, I usually use the arrow keys on the remote. I only saw a cursor on the (as usual on such devices) useless browser.
- on_and_off 9y ago
  I love WebOS on my TV. AndroidTV was good, but WebOS is mostly pretty great ! However, I wish my TV had shipped with AndroidTV instead. While the experience is IMO slightly inferior, there are many video I can't watch with WebOS. On Android, I would just have to install VLC.

I have a LG TV and I have not seen a more confusing and annoying UI to be honest. There is a delay when navigating the menus, leading you to pressing twice instead and then more lag, continuing in a cycle. Not to mention the TV is slow to start and after having it on for while, seems to just be getting slower and slower until you restart it.

lsh 9y ago
Which model do you have? I don't get this performance issue on mine. Web OS has always been a little laggy in responsiveness though, but not so slow I end up pushing a button twice.

berberous 9y ago

I don't own one, so perhaps I'd get used to it and start to like it more, but I really dislike any WebOS TV that I've used briefly elsewhere. In particular, I hate the idea of a cursor -- it both gets in the way visually, and is hard to control. The UI also seems very busy. I much prefer Roku, Apple TV and Android TV's interfaces.

antirez 9y ago
Have you tried the "smart" remote that works like the Wiimote controller (but noise-filtered)? With that the cursor actually becomes an advantage IMHO.
- berberous 9y ago
  Yup, like that comes with the new OLEDs (is there even any other version?). It does work well enough, but for some reason it always feels cognitively tiring, as I'm trying to aim for no reason and hit the right target, when I could just get there via few clicks on a normal up/down/left/right remote. I never liked the Wiimote either for similar reasons though, so maybe it's just me.
themihai 9y ago
it's actually working great and it's easy to use in practice...

mmanfrin 9y ago

I disagree, I feel LG has done a horrendous job on the software side -- always-on recording (illegally), ads that you cannot remove on their $5k flagship tvs, delays/loading times for plain menus.

antirez 9y ago
Probably mine being very recent and ads free changes the experience.
themihai 9y ago
where exactly are the ads? I have one and I've never seen an "LG ad". There are apps with adds(i.e. youtube) but it has nothing to do with LG.
- fyfy18 9y ago
  I bought a 55C7V last year which shows ads. When you open the menu there are ads on the left side (usually for streaming services), and again in the app store at the top of the screen.
  - themihai 9y ago
    My LG is older(first OLED generation) so I guess that's why it doesn't have this new "feature". Ads in AppStore make sense but displaying them in the menu is outrageous.
all_blue_chucks 9y ago
Which smart TV platform do you think gets it right?
- pjmlp 9y ago
  My own PC plugged into a dumb TV.

bhaak 9y ago

I'm surprised to see so many negative comments about WebOS. I recently got a LG TV with WebOS 4 for ~$700. Not the cheapest possible but by far also not a high end TV. I was pleasantly surprised how well WebOS works and how nice the look of it is. Watching TV, Netflix, Twitch or DLNA streaming works great as well. Some comments mentioned a cursor. But that's not the main input device, I usually use the arrow keys on the remote. I only saw a cursor on the (as usual on such devices) useless browser.

on_and_off 9y ago
I love WebOS on my TV. AndroidTV was good, but WebOS is mostly pretty great ! However, I wish my TV had shipped with AndroidTV instead. While the experience is IMO slightly inferior, there are many video I can't watch with WebOS. On Android, I would just have to install VLC.