Man, the UI is a clusterfuck. A lovecraftian horror show.
At least the feet are stable.
Sony is a good brand right? WiFi drops out at the most random times. The router is touching differences away.
The UI lags as it tries to connect to netflix to download all the latest "trends". So you have to wait many-frustrating seconds upon turning on the TV to actually use any UI feature. You can't even change the channel during that time.
Firmware upgrades when it wants.
BBC iPlayer has a dogtag that appears on any BBC channel "Press Green to watch from beginning" that intrudes any program witb no opt-out setting.
Sigh.
Probably not your problem, but too close can actually be much worse than a moderate distance away. Radios struggle with dynamic range, and overly strong signals can be as bad as weak ones.
If its closer than 2m, attach a cable.
Never buy an older person something other than a Panasonic. You won't get bothered by your mom/dad/grandpa compared to any other TV manufacturer. The amount of TVs we've replaced with Panasonics because kids bought their parents a cheap TV and left them to their own was just sad.
I don't understand how anybody on this site would consider using the underpowered mess in their TV.
On my other television I have an Apple TV, and the only real difference is that I like the Apple remote more.
All smart tvs take a few seconds to start up, fill in the UI and that sort of stuff. My LG certainly does and samsungs seem to as well.
Firmware upgrades have so far all been "Would you like to update?"
And given it's basically android, I'm pretty confident that the apps won't go away after a couple of years like they seem to on most tv manufacturers proprietary OS's.
Personally I couldn't be happier.
2. In which case why single out Sony? This behaviour is common across all brands.
3. Pretty sure the "I want everything as separate devices that do their one thing well" war has been lost to a large extent. Apple TV seems popular but the number of separate devices sold is an order of magnitude lower than the number of TVs shifted per year. See also point and click cameras vs mobile phones.
Barring Playstations, I don't buy Sony anymore.
Wonderful hardware, always with a premium fit and finish. But there's always something wrong with a Sony product. Sometimes ridiculous software design, sometimes ridiculous and unreliable hardware design. But it's always fucking something with them. They always get 90% of the way to an amazing product, and then fuck it up.
Roku considers itself and ad company more than a hardware/software company, also.