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I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost
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I just never connect my TV to the internet and never have any problems. My old Chromecast is showing its age though.
Same on the old Chromecast :(
I actually did connect my TV when I first set it up. One of the first things it did was download an update which bricked the wifi on the TV, so the problem kind of solved itself
Hah, I was going to say, I do check for updates at least once when I first get it, because I have run into TVs that shipped with HDR bugs in the stock firmware.
For the Chromecast, what happens with yours? Mine randomly restarts, or reconnects to wifi, or sometimes Plex has trouble buffering until I reboot it.
I recently bought a raspi5 to try out FCast, though currently afaik only Grayjay supports it.
Exactly that.
I've never heard of FCast, I'll look into it
You can always get a new Chromecast (we were forced to as the ancient bullet proof one told us to "fuck off, I want to die"). The new one has a remote control and apps, which I always thought were missing from the minimalist Chromecast family of products. So look at us, now we have a shitty roku when all we wanted was a device that I could send things to from my phone. Needed and wanted nothing more, but I got it. My tone is muddled here, so I'll make it clear that it's worse than it used to be, and I'm annoyed I was forced to pay to downgrade.
Yeah, i don't like that all the more recent devices all added remotes and explicit apps you have to install and launch. Also the "newest" 4k-capable chromecast is from 2020, so I would already be upgrading to old hw that's a worse experience.