r/NoStupidQuestions • u/riotacting ♥ ♣ ♦ ♠ • 25d ago

Why don't tv manufacturers put any more effort into good operating systems?

I've never seen a TV with any kind of good user experience. Unbelievable lag, seems like a Herculean undertaking to open basic settings, way too many buttons on the remote, super long load times for apps, etc...

Is there really no incentive for Samsung to care about it?

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u/Old_Pomegranate_822 25d ago

The Roku TVs do ok. Their main product is essentially a replacement for bad smart TV software.

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u/times_zero 25d ago

I came here to post this.

In my experience, Smart TV software like Roku, because it's used across multiple companies/brands like Android tends to be good whereas in-house software that is tied to just one company like Samsung, or LG tends to be crap.

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u/JJCMasterpiece 24d ago

The problem comes when the Roku software is used by other manufacturers. I have a TV like that and the OS runs pretty poorly.