I find it's almost impossible to buy a non-smart TV nowadays. Most TVs 42" or larger all have something built in but I still would only use a dedicated device like Roku or fire tv for the best experience.
On Tue, Nov 5, 2019, 1:24 PM Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote: > You can get non-smart TV's a lot cheaper and then get a Roku stick. I've > got several sub $200 43 inch 4k TVs I got on the daily deals at frys. Most > of them run off a cat-6 distributed network so they can all show the same > thing at the same time. They are hanging in my DIY auto shop so people can > all watch sports while working on their cars and such. I have the main roku > running on the distribution and then individual rokus I hand out if they > want to screen cast you tube videos or something to help them with their > projects. > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 3:59 PM Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's especially good when the router is sitting right next to the TV... >> >> But to be fair, the majority of cheap smart TVs and streaming devices >> probably are wifi only. >> >> On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 7:58 AM Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> WiFi to the TV send like a waste. The TV never moves. Why not run a damn >>> cable? I never have issues like this when the TV is hardwired. >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 2, 2019, 7:53 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Does the hive mind have any suggestions for troubleshooting complaints >>>> like “my LG smart TV can’t connect to Amazon Prime in the evening, it says >>>> to contact my ISP”? Not an insufficient speed error, a cannot connect to >>>> the service error. Yet the TV is connected to their WiFi, and its local IP >>>> address can be pinged just fine from the router. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Let’s say their connection checks out totally OK, and even though the >>>> only thing they do on the Internet is watch Amazon Prime (because it’s >>>> essentially free), we get them to check some other stuff like going to >>>> Google from their phone or running a Netflix speedtest at fast.com and >>>> that seems OK also. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If everything else seems OK, it seems like a pointless adventure of >>>> reset your router, reset your TV, update the apps on your TV, try some >>>> other streaming service like Netflix or Hulu, oh you don’t have >>>> subscriptions. Do you get sucked into that, or just say call the TV >>>> manufacturer, call Amazon Prime? They are just going to say call your >>>> ISP. I’m tempted to say there are dozens of streaming services, if Amazon >>>> Prime isn’t working for you, switch to Netflix, Hulu, etc. I know at one >>>> time people would have trouble with their early Samsung smart TVs and I >>>> would tell them to call a computer guy who would tell them their router and >>>> TV were incompatible and sell them a new router. So it’s not ALWAYS your >>>> ISP’s fault. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> At least with a website that’s not working, you can do pings and >>>> traceroutes to its IP address. I have no idea how to check reachability, >>>> packet loss, latency, etc. to Amazon Prime. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> And if people complain about rebuffering or video quality there is a >>>> TCP connection we can torch and figure out where the traffic is going. How >>>> do you troubleshoot with a TV? >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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