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External devices like AppleTV, Roku or Xboxes are responsive. It’s the actual TV UI that tends to be very slow and laggy.

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My Sony TV has android and is fairly responsive. Maybe a second lag, but definitely not 10-20 secs. I do need to give it time to “warm up” when I start it, though. I use it so rarely it’s generally turned off from wall outlet.

I still prefer Apple TV for various reasons, though, responsiveness being one of them.

Maybe a second lag

Even a second lag is insane. I don't understand how people tolerate that.

They do not know any better, I suppose. Reading these threads just makes me wonder: if you guys have so many problems, why do you not torrent?

Torrenting is easy, but what are you goung to do with the torrented files then? Without additional external hardware you probably won't be able to play your downloaded files on your large TV, and most people prefer a laggy simple route over having to do more work. I do torrent from time to time, but the hassle associated with the whole process really highlights why streaming apps took over.

What additional hardware? If you're torrenting you have a PC or laptop, plug said device into your TV and you're good to go

Are you finding and setting up a remote that works on your PC/Laptop, or are you getting up every time you want to change shows or play/pause?

Wireless keyboard with a trackpad.

I do not understand what hassle. There has never been a hassle associated with it, not even back when I had to burn DVDs... Oh well.

Sony TVs are some of the most sane options in the TV market right now. Generally decent, and they don't fight you if you want to use them without connecting them to the internet. Still not perfect and they'll cost you more, but it's a worthwhile trade to me.

When you watch the Samsung traffic that goes out, it’s grim. It bypasses local dns too.

I Piholed mine with an edge router and redirected port 53 traffic that didn’t come from the Pihole, back to the Pihole with a script.

However I’ve upgraded to a Dream machine pro, and haven’t worked out how to do that so just removed it from having any network access.

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