Are all smart TVs glitchy?

[wombat]

Surprised to hear your TCL woes Bru - we have 4 total that all get good use and we haven't had any major issues.

 

[Bru]

Surprised to hear your TCL woes Bru - we have 4 total that all get good use and we haven't had any major issues.

I wish this would’ve happened last week because there was an LG OLED on sale for like 40% off, but I got shot down when I tried to buy it. I think I would have more luck now because this is the primary TV in the house.

 

[Bru]

My protection plan is through geek squad so they came out, and rather than diagnose anything, they are just replacing every board and power supply inside the TV. They said generally the only reason they will replace a TV is if the panel fails. I was really hoping for some discontinued parts.

 

[Bru]

BB installed a new main board and the TV works, but I’m now getting these large dark blobs when local contrast is on. Never happened before.

 

[nytebyte]

Does that TV have full array backlighting?

 

[Stink Star]

Welp, that’s fucked. Time for a new TV

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

So wild, we’ve got two TCL TV’s that get a good amount of use for short periods at a time and no issues.

With that said our vizio is like 6 years old and still doing great too. It’s our main tv, I’d like a bigger one but not necessary so will wait for something to die.

 

[Stink Star]

We have Samsung TVs at work that have never been turned off for ~7 years now and they have the exact opposite problem. the local backlighting in some spots is stuck on full brightness so there’s a grid of incredibly bright spots randomly across the TVs.

 

[Kaeghl]

I have a 12 year old vizio that still goes like a champ. The smart apps are all non functional now because of the age of the tv (support ended), so I just put a firestick in the side and its been great. I would replace it but its impossible to find a 240hz tv anymore. (the refresh rate is nuts, if , for example, you watch hockey the puck never disappears)
The cheap vizios are well.. cheap and dont last. The mid tier and up seem to do pretty well.
here is the model in case you find one used:

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Buy VIZIO VF552XVT 55-Inch Class XVT Series TRULED 240Hz sps LED LCD VIZIO Internet Apps HDTV: LED & LCD TVs - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases

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I see someone said that their vizio would randomly turn off, mine used to do that once in a while and I am pretty sure it was a software update happening, but you can guess its been a long time since it has occurred.

 

[Bru]

Geek Squad is replacing my TV - they couldn’t figure out the blob image issue and TCL doesn’t sell them replacement panels. So they’re giving me the value of my contract and I’m buying a non-TCL replacement. So need to figure out what that is. Leaning toward an entry level LG OLED.

 

[Stink Star]

Back to the original topic of TVs having glitchy software… I had an el cheapo Vizio/Roku 42” that was only a year old that I got after my dad passed. My 2006 model 42” that was in the guest room at our house started making a loud click noise and the audio would get unsynced with the picture so I figured I’d swap the two. The new tv is like 50lbs lighter than the old one and the interface is super fast and works great- except Netflix just wouldn’t load. No matter what I did it would just bounce right out of the app after the N logo appeared. I finally found a deeply buried menu (not in an obvious place like something labeled “software” or “update”) and was able to update the TV firmware and it’s been perfect after that. Worth a shot if anybody else is having weird glitchy problems

 

[SaturdaysGS]

Geek Squad is replacing my TV - they couldn’t figure out the blob image issue and TCL doesn’t sell them replacement panels. So they’re giving me the value of my contract and I’m buying a non-TCL replacement. So need to figure out what that is. Leaning toward an entry level LG OLED.

Woot has this…

Comes to $1700 shipped.

 

[Bru]

Three months with an LG C2 and not one glitch; no restarts, crashes, freezes.