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I bought a new TV for the first time in fourty years and never considered the “smart” TV aspects - I was just focused on image quality and number of inputs. In
by zxcvbn4038 6y ago
I bought a new TV for the first time in fourty years and never considered the “smart” TV aspects - I was just focused on image quality and number of inputs. In the end I picked out an LG tv which had a great picture - but it’s app support really sucks if you want something more then Netflix and Hulu.
I ended up getting a Fire stick and an Apple TV to go with it so I can access content. If I did it all again I wouldn’t even bother setting up the networking for the TV - it’s just one more vector for advertising - and just plan on having the other devices day one. They are updated much more frequently and get the streaming apps that nobody bothers to develop for the TV itself.
Downloading firmware updates for the TV takes hours. I’m pretty sure the server is under somebody’s desk and every LG tv in the world hits it at once so the throughput is bytes per second - they should use an S3 bucket or something instead.
- xxpor 6y agoLG and Samsung both have nasty habits of hosting their downloads in South Korea, where while their internet connectivity within the country is amazing, their access to the outside leaves a lot to be desired. They're in a tough spot to serve geographically since they're effectively an island and the closest big country (China) isn't somewhere you'd want to have your cables going though. My understanding is IIRC they largely connect to Japan and perhaps Singapore. But yeah, if they just used a CDN this wouldn't be an issue.