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#3171439 13-Dec-2023 14:19

I may have solved my TV wifi problem. It lost it last night and I saw the door was closed for the room that the router was in. Opened the door and TV wifi started working again.

Other devices were fine, so looks like TV needs stronger signal, will work with closed door but intermittently will lose connection with door closed.

Opening a door is a lot easier than wifi extenders or cable runs, so will leave that as solution for now.

Don’t know what brand of TV will buy next time, since smart TV’s have only had LG. Not looking at moment.

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#3171465 13-Dec-2023 15:01

Had Panasonic 42" plasma, that lasted for must be well over 10 years..... 50" Panasonic plasma, still going at 13 years (given to folks), 50" Veon (bedroom screen), still going after I'll say 3 years give or take... Soniq 32" (spare room) still going after almost 10 years, LG 70" (lounge) still going after prob 6-7 years.

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JimmyH

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#3171570 13-Dec-2023 19:01

rugrat:

Opening a door is a lot easier than wifi extenders or cable runs, so will leave that as solution for now.

I was in a similar position, and solved some of my connectivity issues with some TP-LINK ethernet-over-powerline units. Not terribly expensive, and seem to work well for moving some of my connected smart devices off WiFi without having to open up the walls and run cabling. Some of them come with power pass through (mine did) so you don't even lose a power socket. That might be worth trying as a reasonably priced and low disruption solution?

Tinkerisk

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#3171576 13-Dec-2023 19:20

I'm currently testing a 32" Xiaomi cheap TV that I bought for 100€ (~169 NZD) and set up in the office for simple purposes. So, it's nothing special now and isn't for fast zappers, but it communicates easily with third party devices via HDMI eARC (sound) and Bluetooth (remote control). It does its job quite well.

However, I would strongly advise you to only activate the most essential Android TV apps, as I have caught it trying to phone home at night. It would love to be Alexa and the smart home centre too, but I won't let it. For the APPs and streaming, I use an open source media player connected via HDMI CEC.

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#3171586 13-Dec-2023 20:32

My 55" and 46" Sony Bravia TVs from 2011 still going strong.

Things just are not made the same these days.

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ajw

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#3171655 14-Dec-2023 09:16

Four years ago I was advised by a TV Technician that the average life of a TV is now seven years. Right on cue my 50' LG tv has broken down. Not worth fixing just went out and bought a new one.

johno1234

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#3171694 14-Dec-2023 13:06

I love the look of the Samsung The Frame TVs. Beautiful with the timber trim. Shame they are so expensive.

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#3171702 14-Dec-2023 13:32

We ended up getting a Samsung QN90C. So impressed by it that we ended up getting another (smaller) one for the bedroom.

mattwnz

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#3171709 14-Dec-2023 14:11

Tinkerisk:

I'm currently testing a 32" Xiaomi cheap TV that I bought for 100€ (~169 NZD) and set up in the office for simple purposes. So, it's nothing special now and isn't for fast zappers, but it communicates easily with third party devices via HDMI eARC (sound) and Bluetooth (remote control). It does its job quite well.

However, I would strongly advise you to only activate the most essential Android TV apps, as I have caught it trying to phone home at night. It would love to be Alexa and the smart home centre too, but I won't let it. For the APPs and streaming, I use an open source media player connected via HDMI CEC.

The thing is you can buy a good brand like sony second hand often for a lot less as people are wanting larger and larger tvs these days.I picked up a sony 32 inch, and full HD, for less than $50 and still works perfectly 3 years later. You just connect it to an google TV and you then have a smart TV.

mattwnz

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#3171711 14-Dec-2023 14:16

Rushmere:

They also say "You should expect the operating system of a smart TV to remain supported for the life of the TV."

To me, that suggests that your LG TV should have lasted longer than 6 years.

I don't know if I agree with that. My top brand TV which had smart apps like twitter and youtube built in,(it wasn't a full android smart TV) the manufacturer stopped supporting the apps within the TVs life and the apps stopped working. Maybe it should be expected, but in reality I don't see that happening.

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#3171715 14-Dec-2023 15:02

I've still got a 2007 46" Sony set. No workable tuner (analog only) just a dumb panel now. Still looks as good as it did the day I bought it.

Regards,

Old3eyes

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#3171754 14-Dec-2023 16:12

old3eyes:

I've still got a 2007 46" Sony set. No workable tuner (analog only) just a dumb panel now. Still looks as good as it did the day I bought it.

Must have been the model just before freeview was released. They are pretty reliable. Guessing it will still have an HDMI port as my freeview 2008 model did, which can then turn it into a smart tv with a google tv dongle.

nzben

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#3171822 14-Dec-2023 23:57

LG TV 2017 Model.

Main problem with it is ethernet port stopped working after a few years and had to go to Wifi. That had the problem of constantly dropping out and needing to have to be manually activated in the network menu and the password re-entered.

This was eventually solved; we have 2 wifi routers, one at each end of the house with the same network name. Once I DECREASED the wifi power output of the TPLink EAP225 at the other end of the house, the wifi to the TV was solid. Looks liked the TPlink was too strong and would cross over with the router at the TV end of the house, causing the TV to get confused and jump between networks.

Only other problem is about a month ago the dedicated Netflix button stopped worked but no big deal. apart from that its been a solid TV with good image and OS system.

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#3171825 15-Dec-2023 01:42

nztim:
My 55" and 46" Sony Bravia TVs from 2011 still going strong.

Things just are not made the same these days.

Nope, they are made better.

I can only imagine explaining to my kids that their grand parents had a service contract for their TV and they frequently needed it.

johno1234

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#3171834 15-Dec-2023 07:21

Have had a cheap uhd veon from the warehouse since at a guess 2017. It’s currently displaying for an AppleTV 4K and the audio is via a Harmon Kardon Bluetooth speaker. Perfectly adequate for me but not for enthusiasts I gather.

One gripe: the AppleTV keeps disconnecting the Bluetooth audio. Maybe once or twice a day. Wish I could stop that.

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