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I have an LG TV purchased about 3 years ago. It had a bunch of "AI" features from day one, but mostly related to improving the picture quality dynamically based on what's on the screen. I disabled all of that stuff, so I guess I'll be disabling this too.

The LG software is horrible on this TV. Great picture quality, but I would never recommend an LG TV just because of the software.



No TV manufacturer is capable of writing high quality software. Somewhat surprisingly they also suck at UI/UX design.

I'd love for someone to mention a single TV manufacturer who provides a good, not amazing, just good, smart TV experience.


It's crazy to read this because I came from a Samsung TV/Display - LG Software is so much better than that!

Really wish we'd get dumb displays with these great panels :(


We also have a Samsung TV, and I much prefer the Samsung software over the LG. Neither is great though.


So far nothing prevents you from spending $100 to set up LibreElec on an RPi and leave the TV offline and dumb.


This is what I do, but… Kodi sure seems like it is on the downhill. Multiple things don’t work for me like HDR for one example.

I’m looking to see what I would get or lose with Apple TV or some Plex/JellyFin/other player with less baggage.


Does that work with the DRM from streaming apps, though? Can you get 4K and atmos with Netflix or Disney+ with that hardware? And an easy remote and UI?


Elementum to the rescue, all atmos/4k you can find.




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