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expiredNavy-Wife | Staff posted Jul 09, 2024 07:07 AM
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expiredNavy-Wife | Staff posted Jul 09, 2024 07:07 AM
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The Hisense h9g used faulty memory that caused the main board to fail if too many writes occured. The best way to prevent this was to disable the internet, not use on board apps and use a streaming device.
For the Samsung s90b, the company apparently sent out firmware updates that lowered the brightness of the TV. So to prevent an update for those who did not receive it, you would keep the TV off the internet, unable to use onboard apps, so you need a third party device.
I have an s90c that I do not want nerfed, so I use a fire stick on it and others on avs forums do the same with other streaming devices. I also have 2 h9gs that I keep off the internet.
I use a streaming device on my ust projector, the on board apps are laggy compared to a streaming device.
Another use case is that Samsung store does not have a larger app library compared to Google or the TV is not able to run certain apps.
I use an onn streaming box on one of my TV's that has Google TV on it. I can run emulators up to Dreamcast with the onn box, my TV is not able to do that.
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Instant TradeIns no longer a thing?
Instant TradeIns no longer a thing?
When I tried going through the trade in, it said something about a rebate I would receive later meaning not instant.
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Remotes are a little different too.
If you have a strong Wi-Fi signal then you probably won't notice lack of Ethernet much. I always prefer to wire everything I can and keep the Wi-Fi traffic to a minimum.
UPDATE: They do sell an accessory for $15 that let's you use Ethernet (100 Mbit not gigabit) to connect a Fire TV Stick:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074TC6...lClic
https://a.co/d/0h1IPaZ4
The Amazon one maxes out at 100mbps while this one can go up to 480mbps
The Walmart Onn GoogleTV streamer is just better in every way, and I'm gradually shifting my TVs over to it.
ONN box.. IDK.. I would not need a Amerzon device if com-crap released their app on the google os.
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It's not perfect though. Every once in a while the stick will freeze up and I will need to power cycle it. I've had to power cycle it maybe 2 or 3 times since January, so definitely less than once per month, but not too often considering the diminishing quality of software these days.
I have a Smart TV with Roku built in and hated it so much that I bought the original Fire TV Stick 4K 3 years ago. Some folks like Roku, but the Plex app (at least in my opinion) just doesn't look as polished or work as well as the Fire stick's version of the Plex app.
That's just my experience, but sharing another data point. I want to make sure there is a balanced view of the Fire stick, as many times people who have a good experience don't share it.
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