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My Samsung SmartTV randomly turns on itself. Sometimes, we can't turn it on and I have to remove the batteris from the remote, plug them back then it works. The UI is sooo sluggish. I just wish they make a dump TV with superior image quality and let the other streaming devices handling the "smart" features. I will not buy another Samsung electronic product.

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I have the exact same problems with my Samsung Smart TV. I joke that I am "rebooting the remote" when I pop out the remote batteries about once a week.

The UI seems to gotten much more sluggish over the last year or two. I have a 500 Mbps internet connection, but speed tests in the TV's browser measure only 40 Mbps (on Wi-Fi or Ethernet). The TV's apps load images and data as if I'm on a 2G connection.

The Amazon and YouTube apps hang if I turn the TV off and try to resume playback later. I have to switch to two other apps and then back to Amazon to force the app to crash. Then I can launch it again. And sometimes the only way to exit the Netflix app is to power cycle the TV.

And people thought programming VHS-recorders was bad, we somehow managed to make something even worse.

> "I just wish they make a dump TV with superior image quality and let the other streaming devices handling the "smart" features."

They do, but from what I understand you'll pay more for such panels. As I understand it they're intended for commercial use.

So a commercial display at a commercial price, but with a commercial warranty and support.

That actually sounds like the dream.

Even if the commercial price is an order of magnitude greater?

Really? Can you get a commercial display with the image quality (4k OLED) and feature support (Dolby Vision HDR) of the LG C8?

You can get a large format displays. The prices are reasonable for forty inch displays with 1080p resolution.

Plan on getting one with a stick PC.

Could it be that someone in your household or a neighbor is connected to your network and using an app (there are loads) turn your TV on/off?

I used to joke with my brother and turn his TV on/off, he went crazy thinking the TV is broke.

Samsung has a habit of making awesome hardware then shitting all over it with their subpar software.

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