Even the remote control can be confusing, hiding some functions behind colors or letters that aren't at all clear. If you have an older smart TV that no longer receives updates, you could be stuck with these poor interfaces for a long time. Using smart TV apps to watch content is convenient, but the apps are almost always inferior to what's available on your phone or computer.
In addition to the interface issues discussed earlier, another problem is that smart TVs don't have nearly as much processing power as other devices. Poor performance and neglect from app developers is common. Most smart TV users have experienced input lag when pressing buttons, freezes and crashes when apps try to do something intensive, and other performance-related issues.
This leads to you having to kill apps and restart them, which is never fun. Smart TVs also run into glitches.
For example, we've seen an issue where the YouTube app on a Samsung smart TV overlapped video titles with the item below, making them near-impossible to read. I have to re-pair my Bluetooth headphones with my smart TV almost every time I use it. Even the apps themselves can be limited on features. For example, the YouTube app for TVs doesn't allow you to change the playback speed, which is available on both desktop and mobile. These issues aren't really a surprise. Content providers have to juggle compatibility with a lot of outlets these days, including web players, smartphone apps, tablet apps, third-party devices like Roku and Chromecast, and smart TVs.
Smart TVs, being less widely used than smartphones and computers, thus receive lower priority. This brings up another potential issue: the usefulness of your smart TV is limited by the apps that are available for it.
If content providers stop updating their smart TV apps for whatever reason, your smart TV loses a big chunk of what makes it "smart.
In just a few years from now, your smart TV might end up becoming a dumb TV through no fault of your own. If that happens, you'll have to rely on set-top boxes and other streaming methods anyway. Smart TVs definitely have a lot of advantages, so we aren't necessarily trying to dissuade you from buying one. However, it's important for you to know why smart TVs aren't always everything they're cracked up to be.
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Some of the TVs such as Samsung currently support Flash as well, which means a better web browsing experience. However, as the category is new, there are inevitably features that will come and go. For example, how many people will use Facebook -- which to many is a private activity -- on a TV in front of their family when they can easily use a laptop in front of the TV?
To us, the most exciting capability of smart TV is the ability to watch video on demand. On most TVs you'll also find dozens of specialty channels offering surfing, football, music and almost anything else you can imagine. If you just want to sit down in front of the TV and relax without having to choose something else every three minutes, then services like Bigpond TV currently on Samsung and LG offer "regular" channels of music and sport. We look at some of the sports content currently offered here.
Panasonic is making a big deal of its forthcoming games titles, which will include titles by Gameloft, in addition to a number of exercise games that utilise an optional monitor wrist band. Skype is another new application, which, with the addition of a webcam, lets you talk to your friends and family on your TV.
All of the smart TVs have a home page that lets you access all of the different functions, and from there they also link to individual app stores. At the moment, all of the apps available on smart TVs are free, but the manufacturers are hoping to translate the popularity of paid apps on mobile devices to televisions.
Sony and Panasonic have traditionally been different in that new features are automatically downloaded once available, and become selectable from the main page. However, Panasonic has just announced its own app store, so this may change. To use most of the great features, you need to be connected to the Internet for them to work.
While a cabled setup is known for its stability, it can be a tedious process to run long cables around the house. Add-ons to compensate for long cable runs also cost extra and add to the cumbersome process of setting up cables.
This leaves you no other option but to consider wireless connectivity for your Smart TV, which could be unstable at times. Smart TVs have a form of wireless connectivity built into them. The newer Smart TVs have the Wi-Fi adapter as an integral component, while older ones need an adapter to activate the wireless Internet settings.
Smart TVs also have other wireless connectivity to make your viewing experience more pleasurable. This means you do not need to add extra dongles or attachments to your TV for these to work. The use of wireless is often related to Wi-Fi, which is correct, but, it is not limited to the Internet connection, and can also refer to other forms of connecting your Smart TV wirelessly, such as Bluetooth, and screencasting or sharing. Both options have their respective advantages and disadvantages, such as stability for LAN cables and convenience for wireless Internet.
Samsung also has the Smart Things app for mobile, which allows you to cast your mobile phone screen to your Samsung Smart TV. On your Smart TV, go to your settings and look for the Network option. In the Network options, open the Network setup.
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