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Originally Posted by Sly
So the SmartTV apps are garbage and I should still stick with Roku?
My current TV does have apps but I think I've only used Hulu once on it, years ago, and it was sluggish as hell. I do really like my current Roku and I used to have a stick, that worked great as well.
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Well Im not saying ALL SmartTV apps are garbage, and of course, YMMV, but speaking from my own personal experience it appears to me to work a bit like this...
Provider (Amazon / Netflix / whoever) makes some slight change in the way they deliver their product on a technical basis, as Im sure they do all the time anyway. Now if you are using a browser on a computer to view, its fine. If you are using an app from the app store or google play to watch, well that's fine as well, because if they make a larger change, then the app just updates itself automatically to accomiadate it.
But if the app is being provided by your TV (LG in my case) they only way to update the pre loaded apps is to search for any updates from LG. And because Im not using the direct version of the app direct from the provider, but the LG version of the app, from LG, it means that the latest updated apps are not always available.
Like in my example about amazon prime situation. Google "amazon prime LG fault' for some historical reference. It basically meant that my once working brand new TV suddenly gave me errors everytime I tried to watch an amazon video, and while it works perfectly ATM, I went for about a 6 to 8 month period where the app no longer worked on my TV and I had to wait for LG to update it !
So while these built in apps are handy, I believe that you are better off just having a separate device for your 'smart features' that you can control and update yourself, without needing to wait for your TV provider to do it for you
