Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs
by smileybarry on Saturday February 27, 2021 @10:49PM
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They're not all bad, at least. I bought a Sony X900H (2020) and I don't have those issues. Heck, it's fast enough that I put my Shield TV away.
Also -- you can restart by holding the power button on the remote, then choosing "Restart".
Ahh long press power button works! At least this would make my regular reboot for watching local channels easier.
I also bought one recently. The most annoying issue for me is that it automatically changes the setting for my audio output and there is no way to tell it to just respect my damn setting and stop doing auto changes.
The cold start time is absurdly high, the basic feature of a TV - built in OTA TV player has a bug that the channel display stays on forever, the Airplay frequently play video with no sound. The only fix is find the 3 level deep restart menu item, because power on / off doesn’t matter. I would be more than happy to pay more for a normal Sony TV, with a “not using Google Android TV” label.