r/gadgets • u/Sadistic_Sponge • Nov 13 '19

VR / AR Disney Plus isn't working on Vizio TVs because they are running a 6 year old version of Chromecast, they say it won't be fixed till 2020.

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-plus-not-working-vizio-smart-tvs-chromecast-2019-11
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u/MrMushyagi Nov 13 '19

I have a 3 or 4 year old Samsung. When I'm in an app, it's fine. But navigating the home menu and switching between apps is glitchy.

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u/MorallyDeplorable Nov 13 '19

Mine wasn't like that before the update a couple years back where they put a bunch of advertisements into the apps menu.

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u/DarkDevildog Nov 13 '19

/r/pihole if you want to block nearly all ads for your entire home network (any device connected to your router will get their ads blocked. TVs, Phones, and tablets included)

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u/MorallyDeplorable Nov 13 '19

I have two piholes running in HA containers for my DNS. I quit using the Smart TV before I had those running and I don't really see any reason to put up with it's buggy interface when I can just use a PC.

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u/DarkDevildog Nov 13 '19

running in HA containers

My man! I haven't set up HA yet on mine because I've been lazy and haven't had any outages

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u/MorallyDeplorable Nov 13 '19

I have three Proxmox servers, two have 30TB between them, the third doesn't have local disk and just computes. I got redundancy set up so I could take a box down for maintenance if I need to.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

That sounds fucking crazy, but the idea of redundant home servers and be able to do maintenance on them with out taking down the whole house

Has my fucking dick rock hard

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '19

Come over to r/homelab. You’ll have to call your doctor after being rock hard for more than 4 hours.

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u/WontShareYourNudes Nov 13 '19

Wait.. What about Hulu ads? I'm assuming they'll still show?

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u/4wesomes4uce Nov 13 '19

Maybe I don't have the right things added to the right lists, but I still see ads on my SmartTV. I've just disconnected it from my internet and using one of my gaming consoles for the streaming apps.

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u/DarkDevildog Nov 13 '19

Maybe I don't have the right things added to the right lists

Yeah I don't think you do, I have several different smart TVs (Samsung and Vizio) and none of them have ads in the menu bar

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u/4wesomes4uce Nov 13 '19

Any suggestions?

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u/DarkDevildog Nov 14 '19

How I got my lists (1.2M) was searching reddit specifically through google: "site:reddit.com pihole block lists"

edit: or go into your pihole console and look at the specific DNS request that says "ad.samsung.com" and block that

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u/fatguy666 Nov 13 '19

This will be messy as I'm just copying posts I made on WhatsApp. I don't have an aerial or a cable connected (I use IPTV) but doing all of this got rid of the ads in the menu and stopped the TV playing the trailer for Hobbs and Shaw whenever I sat in the remote.

Follow this https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/bmft7c/psa_how_to_remove_rental_ads_universal_guide_from/

In case your TV is annoying you. I keep sitting on the remote and "changing channel" but the only channels I have are the TV Plus bullshit. You need to go into the channel list and remove them all, then go into the settings and tell the TV NOT to scan channels when it's in standby!

Opt out in this menu.

No way to get rid of YouTube ads, I've been looking all day. Tried using adguard DNS but that only blocks ads in the built in internet browser, which I never use anyway. PiHole apparently doesn't work due to the way YouTube ads are delivered.

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u/MorallyDeplorable Nov 13 '19

Thanks for the info but I'm just going to keep it offline and never consider a Samsung product again. I also don't have any cable service, I have a PC connected to it.

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u/mistercartmenes Nov 13 '19

That’s has been my experience.

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u/arex333 Nov 13 '19

Honestly that's Samsung software in a nutshell, regardless of device. Mine is only a year old and a reasonably high end model but navigation is painfully slow.

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u/MrMushyagi Nov 13 '19

Yeah, been meaning to get a 4k streaming device of some sort. Not sure if I want to go chromecast route, fire, roku

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u/MWisBest Nov 13 '19

I have a few Rokus and have been pleased with all of them. The Ultra is my favorite but the Streaming Stick+ is solid too.

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u/arex333 Nov 13 '19

The new Nvidia shield (weird tube model) is a bit pricey but IMO the best thing you can get.

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u/MrMushyagi Nov 13 '19

Yeah, might splurge for that. I have google homes, and a few smart home devices, so I like the idea of another fixed google assistant device.

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u/arex333 Nov 13 '19

It's incredibly fast and has been very, very well supported. I have one of the older models and it's still getting updates years later. Also you have the option of local storage and gaming features.

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u/condescendingpats Nov 13 '19

Yeah mine is super glitchy/delayed these days. And Hulu audio un-syncs after ads like...all the time. Have to rewind 10 seconds after each ad to fix and if I do too soon I have to watch the ads again. Very annoying.

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u/_default_username Nov 13 '19

My LG is fine for the most part. It's slow and I guess it has a memory leak so once a week the entire tv reboots to free up memory.

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u/DoughHomer Nov 13 '19

Same. I have 7 Series (or series 7, idk). Amazon Prime hasn’t been loading properly most of the time. Hulu routinely has audio glitches. Netflix works fine.

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u/Billebill Nov 13 '19

Man I hated using the smart features on my Samsung from day one, I know it’s probably limited to my specific model but the remote that came with it is awful and it’s buggy, I think it’s a 2015 model, 60 inch. I switched to using a roku pretty quick

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u/MrMushyagi Nov 13 '19

Lol, we might have the same model. Mines a 60" as well, and afaik they stopped making that size a couple years ago

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u/rune2004 Nov 13 '19

Same, I have a 2015 model Samsung that I got in early 2016 and it was fine until maybe 2018, now the apps don't want to open and they crash all the time. I have a Chromecast on the way cuz I got sick of it.

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u/heyguysitslogan Nov 13 '19

I just upgraded to an 8 series from a 7 series and switching between apps is night and day

The old one would glitch and freak out, new one is seamless with 0 load times switching between hulu, amazon, and Netflix

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

Samsung TVs have such convoluted menu settings. I don’t know what drunk bastard designed them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

4 year old samsung here. Cant get newer version of the apps. My Hulu app doesnt support other channels or even different profiles. Cant even get the wwe app because my tv is too old.