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Last TV I bought the salesperson wanted to push a Samsung TV on me, despite my very clear telling of "I dislike samsung". Guy insisted over and over and over. E

Last TV I bought the salesperson wanted to push a Samsung TV on me, despite my very clear telling of "I dislike samsung". Guy insisted over and over and over. Ended up in the store opposite the mall, where Good Salesman approaches as I walk in: -I want a new TV. -I have this great Samsung model. -I hate Samsung. -I have this great LG model! Funny thing, the that TV came with webOS, which after being bought and sold over a few times, ended up at LG. It works pretty well, never had an issue with it.

mwaitjmp 6y ago
LG tv here as well, pretty recent model. I’ve never noticed any ads. Works well as a chromecast target. The in built apps seem pretty decent as well for on demand video.
karolist 6y ago
LG makes great TVs, they were one of the last manufacturers to stop doing plasma. My 2015 50" (50PN5300) 1080p plasma screen is only rivaled by new OLEDs, doubles as a space heater in winter time :) This one still has their old Netcast OS. The newer webOs models with magic remote that you can use as a pointer are super nice too, but admittedly my 43UJ701V sometimes does reboot it self, the old Netcast plasma is rock solid. I landed on LG because my requirements were "no Android" and "I hate Samsung", LG are the only ones left pretty much.
- MaxikCZ 6y ago
  Cant share my enthusiasm for LG TVs. We have one not yet smart model from around 2015. Over few software updates it got itself to state where the TV is totally unresponsive to any remote input for up to 1 minute after starting, including volume buttons. If you happen to turn the TV off with high volume from a quiet film, you gonna stand there listening to loud ads next time you run it, and hate every second of it. The EPG button starts a process that takes about 10 secons everytime to get to actual EPG (screen black and sound stops, epg loading pic, loading finished animation, epg core lines, epg loading data, epg filling up the data, epg resumes playback in a small window inside the epg). Every single time. It shows you 6 channels, and if you keep pressing down you get stuck on a down arrow. Pressing down on a down arrow wont show you next 6 channels, you gotta press down button on remote to get to down arrow in menu, and then press center to actuate the down arrow in the menu. Horrendous. The only sane way to sort channels is to make a backup of settings on USB, edit the textfile on your PC, and load it back. This I only found out by chance and desperation, even LG support denied any other option than to manually press "move up/down" button on a each channel you want to move for 30+ times to get it where you want. Factory reset doesnt help, support doesnt help, nothing helps. I will never buy LG TV again.
  - dr_zoidberg 6y ago
    I'll admit my usecase is probably not the most common: I don't have cable, and I just use the device for watching online videos. Which, as karolist said: > I landed on LG because my requirements were "no Android" and "I hate Samsung", LG are the only ones left pretty much.

mwaitjmp 6y ago

LG tv here as well, pretty recent model. I’ve never noticed any ads. Works well as a chromecast target. The in built apps seem pretty decent as well for on demand video.

karolist 6y ago

LG makes great TVs, they were one of the last manufacturers to stop doing plasma. My 2015 50" (50PN5300) 1080p plasma screen is only rivaled by new OLEDs, doubles as a space heater in winter time :) This one still has their old Netcast OS. The newer webOs models with magic remote that you can use as a pointer are super nice too, but admittedly my 43UJ701V sometimes does reboot it self, the old Netcast plasma is rock solid. I landed on LG because my requirements were "no Android" and "I hate Samsung", LG are the only ones left pretty much.

MaxikCZ 6y ago
Cant share my enthusiasm for LG TVs. We have one not yet smart model from around 2015. Over few software updates it got itself to state where the TV is totally unresponsive to any remote input for up to 1 minute after starting, including volume buttons. If you happen to turn the TV off with high volume from a quiet film, you gonna stand there listening to loud ads next time you run it, and hate every second of it. The EPG button starts a process that takes about 10 secons everytime to get to actual EPG (screen black and sound stops, epg loading pic, loading finished animation, epg core lines, epg loading data, epg filling up the data, epg resumes playback in a small window inside the epg). Every single time. It shows you 6 channels, and if you keep pressing down you get stuck on a down arrow. Pressing down on a down arrow wont show you next 6 channels, you gotta press down button on remote to get to down arrow in menu, and then press center to actuate the down arrow in the menu. Horrendous. The only sane way to sort channels is to make a backup of settings on USB, edit the textfile on your PC, and load it back. This I only found out by chance and desperation, even LG support denied any other option than to manually press "move up/down" button on a each channel you want to move for 30+ times to get it where you want. Factory reset doesnt help, support doesnt help, nothing helps. I will never buy LG TV again.
- dr_zoidberg 6y ago
  I'll admit my usecase is probably not the most common: I don't have cable, and I just use the device for watching online videos. Which, as karolist said: > I landed on LG because my requirements were "no Android" and "I hate Samsung", LG are the only ones left pretty much.