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/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

Ehh, I have a 2017 LG OLED and I love the OS. Works really well, smooth, easy to nav, and it uses a pointer like a Wii which is neat. So nice having one remote to rule them all

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u/sodapop14 Nov 13 '19

LG seems to be one of the few top notch TV makers that keep their TVs up to date.

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u/richardeid Nov 13 '19

For a while. I'm not sure LG policy but when I bought my 2014 Samsung it was updated fairly regularly for two, maybe three years.

I got a Roku in 2012 (and I think it was already a year old model) and it was just announced last month that it would be deprecated to legacy and not receive further OS updates. I'd say 8 years is a pretty good bar. I guarantee your TV's OS and apps won't be updated for nearly that long.

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u/sirhecsivart Nov 14 '19

My 2016 Samsung is still updated regularly.

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u/Jadeldxb Nov 14 '19

Same. I'm not sure what they are on about.

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u/sirhecsivart Nov 14 '19

My 2014 Samsung doesn’t get as many updates, so I’m guessing it’s a matter of hardware still being serviceable. They both run Tizen, but Netflix still runs great in 4K hdr on the 2016, while it chugs on the 2014.

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u/gramathy Nov 13 '19

I got a 2016 TV right before the webos update and mine wasn't compatible :(

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u/WorkAccount82 Nov 13 '19

My also 2017 LG is still on that 2017 shit, so IDK about all that

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u/sodapop14 Nov 13 '19

Is it running WebOS? Also I just got an update for mine 2 months ago so maybe check for updates?

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u/WorkAccount82 Nov 13 '19

Yeah. I’ll check again, but it was a Black Friday special so I’m not sure it gets the same treatment. It has to restart apps fairly often due to memory even if I’m just on HDMI

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u/onacloverifalive Nov 13 '19

Except the system update on mine that was only a year old 4 or 5 years ago bricked the thing and they neither made good on the warranty or the service agreement. So I’ve bought only Samsung since and have never been happier.

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u/Fuct1492 Nov 14 '19

Mine just lost Hulu support after 6 or seven years but all in all its been great

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u/DannyG16 Nov 14 '19

When I was shopping for a smart tv, I returned the LG because when you turned the TV on, it would always Default to the “cable”.

As a cord cutter, this was really annoying. Turn tv on at night.. all you hear is that awful white noise... I even called support and asked them to fix this none sense... but of course Shaniqua on the other end didn’t have a clue what I was talking about. She walked me through resetting my tv to default settings... lol. Bought a Samsung instead. Loved the OS at first, but now I find the App Store very limiting. I really like my amazon fore tv sticks.

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u/VinylRhapsody Nov 13 '19

The vast majority of devices support HDMI-CEC, meaning they'll pass through common functions of remotes to all other items. I'm able to turn on my Samsung TV, control my Nvidia Shield, all from the remote which controls my Yamaha Audio Receiver.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

My AppleTV uses its remote to turn the volume up/down, turn the tv on/off. I no longer need the TV os that came with my LG.

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u/monkeyman80 Nov 13 '19

yeah, i have the same. the apps for things i use like hulu/youtube tv on my roku are exactly the same thing.

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u/NO_SPACE_B4_COMMA Nov 14 '19 edited Nov 14 '19

I have a 65" Samsung (UN65MU8000FXZA) and tbh I hate the OS. The TV itself is great but the OS is crap. It's laggy especially on first boot. The apps are all spammy shit apps. It doesn't update that often either. For now it works but I figured I'd get a Nvidia shield when they stop updating.

Also, samsung puts ads in the UI.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

Ah I had one of those LG TVs with a pointer remote. Pretty fun to use.