Devdroid 21 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) The obvious answer should be Android TV, but since pretty much all of the ATVs out there run on the same old SoC it's so slow: https://www.mediatek.com/products/digitalTv/mt5596 (Most phones today priced around USD 199 are way, way faster than this ancient SoC). There's a new SoC coming next year, which should be in the 2019 models and improve things, but can't wait that long. So: LG/WebOS 2018 or Samsung Tizen 2018? Which is best? Edited November 1, 2018 by Devdroid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Hi, they are both great choices. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14904 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 That is true but my answer to your question is "None" for the very reason you have found. When you rely on the embedded software in the TV you will always be way behind. I suggest you buy the TV with the best picture quality and other features you require and then use a separate stick/box for your streaming applications. That will give your TV a much longer life and allow you to keep current with streaming technology. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsuke 27 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I actually tried both a Roku and Amazon Fire TV. Both gave me problems with playing certain media types. I've had a very good experience with LG's WebOS in general, and it plays 100% of my Emby content. Other embedded TV software I tried (Vizio, Sceptre) couldn't even get me far enough to want to install the Emby plugin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrouski 7 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) Has anyone tried a small Windows TV stick/PC with bitstream out to a receiver? I really don't want to use Android unless it has Emby Theatre, it just looks so much better. Edited November 15, 2018 by shrouski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Has anyone tried a small Windows TV stick/PC with bitstream out to a receiver? I really don't want to use Android unless it has Emby Theatre, it just looks so much better. Not recently but I've done testing with intel compute stick in the past and it performed fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Honestly if you don't like slow, then i wouldn't put a big bet on Samsung or LG to deliver an optimize app experience, even out of the box. I think if you want a contemporary setup you should look at the NUCs, or some other SFF PC. Research which bugs are present in our purchase choice because there is almost always a bug. My NUC crashes when I put it to sleep, and then resume because of a poor display driver I'm guessing. I just leave it on all of the time. I'm still on DLP in my theater, and it does fine with my PC. Its one of the last mitsubishis ever made, and impressively enough, the VUDU app still works!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraddyD 0 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 I believe both of them will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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