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Everything you're saying makes sense, though I'll offer our personal experiences. We got a big LG 'smart' TV a year or so ago, and we use it for exactly four t

Everything you're saying makes sense, though I'll offer our personal experiences. We got a big LG 'smart' TV a year or so ago, and we use it for exactly four things: youtube, netflix, xbox and (primarily) to watch content I put on USB sticks. The first two are native apps. Outside of what's going on in the specific apps, there's nothing distracting happening. So, honest question: do you think this 'TV' will be viable for at least three or four years? LG's WebOS seems to update pretty well in the background, and, as I said, it hasn't thrown up anything annoying. So, honest question: can we expect the TV to get slower?

gamblor956 6y ago
My 9 year old and 3 year old LG smart TVs still work fine. The only apps that don't work on the older TV are the Yahoo apps.
rbecker 6y ago
> We got a big LG 'smart' TV a year or so ago, and we use it for exactly four things: youtube, netflix, xbox and (primarily) to watch content I put on USB sticks. Are you okay with the content you watch, and the filenames on the USB sticks being sent back to LG? https://grahamcluley.com/lg-smart-tv-can-spy/ https://grahamcluley.com/lg-smart-tv-can-spy/
- Diederich 6y ago
  Not crazy about that. I do effectively randomize the file names played from the stick. As stated elsewhere, I don't really want the 'smart' part, but the screen is large, good quality and was relatively inexpensive.
  - ta17711771 6y ago
    A hash fingerprint of each file could be sent, in addition to the filename.
    - Diederich 6y ago
      Yup, could be.
pdpi 6y ago
You could get Netflix and YouTube directly on your Xbox, probably the usb sticks too. What are you gaining out of having the TV be smart?
- Diederich 6y ago
  > What are you gaining out of having the TV be smart? Very little if anything. Mostly I just wanted a big, nice and relatively inexpensive screen, which it definitely is.

gamblor956 6y ago

My 9 year old and 3 year old LG smart TVs still work fine. The only apps that don't work on the older TV are the Yahoo apps.

rbecker 6y ago

> We got a big LG 'smart' TV a year or so ago, and we use it for exactly four things: youtube, netflix, xbox and (primarily) to watch content I put on USB sticks. Are you okay with the content you watch, and the filenames on the USB sticks being sent back to LG? https://grahamcluley.com/lg-smart-tv-can-spy/ https://grahamcluley.com/lg-smart-tv-can-spy/

Diederich 6y ago
Not crazy about that. I do effectively randomize the file names played from the stick. As stated elsewhere, I don't really want the 'smart' part, but the screen is large, good quality and was relatively inexpensive.
- ta17711771 6y ago
  A hash fingerprint of each file could be sent, in addition to the filename.
  - Diederich 6y ago
    Yup, could be.

pdpi 6y ago

You could get Netflix and YouTube directly on your Xbox, probably the usb sticks too. What are you gaining out of having the TV be smart?

Diederich 6y ago
> What are you gaining out of having the TV be smart? Very little if anything. Mostly I just wanted a big, nice and relatively inexpensive screen, which it definitely is.