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FarmerBob

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    FarmerBob got a reaction from Alex in Samsung’s Tizen OS for Smart TVs Is the Primary Video Viewing Device in 27% of U.S. Broadband Homes   
    And out of that percentage are older TVs that will NEVER know the newer UI? ALTHOUGH they are more than capable of running it?
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    FarmerBob got a reaction from Alex in Samsung TV Plus - Do you use it?   
    I don't use it at all. It only made trying to watch local channels more difficult. AND if Samsung can access my "too old for Tizen updates (2016  KS8000)", to load things like this, remove apps and generally mess with my TV, they can send me the latest version of Tizen and updates for my gorgeous perfectly good TV. 
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    FarmerBob got a reaction from Alex in Just ordered SAMSUNG 50-Inch QLED Q60A QN50Q60AAFXZA   
    Obviously not. The hardware is far from as outdated as you think. It still has to sign on when it gets turned on. If they are not "monitoring" or "updating" or "touching" things, why does the TV still have to sign in on their servers?!!
    If they can come in and even see the TV as I had a Tech do when I first got it and couldn't use the built-in keyboard. The encounter through COSTCO was worthless and COSTCO said they would do whatever I found out to fix it. Several years later I fixed it by doing a complete Factory Reset. What a waste of time.
    But still they come in and change, add, take and manipulate the UI, they can update it to the newer UIs. One minute I can interact with something and the next day it no longer works. I research it and find that it's a "Discontinued Feature". Who "Discontinued" the feature and "HOW?!" I build UIs and am running New OSs on "obsolete" computers that run better than the new ones. So it can be done. They just want us to buy new TVs. My 2008 DLP  TV ran for 15,000 hours on it's original light bulb and DLP Chip. They both failed at the same time. $200 later and couple hours of work, I have my DLP back, brand new and still working like it's just out of the box. It has no UI that they can mess with.
    You've heard of "Planned Obsolescence"? This is "Forced Obsolescence"!
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    FarmerBob got a reaction from Alex in Just ordered SAMSUNG 50-Inch QLED Q60A QN50Q60AAFXZA   
    At least it's a 2021 model release and you won't be left behind like some of the rest of us. Although they can sneak in and change, delete perfectly good things we like or add bloatware and convoluted "Live TV" access. But we can't have updated/current UIs.
    If you haven't go to RTINGS.com or their reviews on YouTube and look this TV up and see what they say about it.
    I was looking at the Q80A or Q90A. But I'm not all that happy with Samsung about TVs, Tablets and other devices anymore.
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    FarmerBob got a reaction from Autoguy in 7000 and 8000 series Samsung TVs   
    Go to RTINGS.com and look at the reviews first. They also have some good year to year model comparisons. They're pretty indepth and you should get a good amount of information. 
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    FarmerBob got a reaction from Alex in Mr - use this BT headphone to hear audio   
    You are correct. For the model number you list that shows it in India, no it does NOT have Bluetooth.
    If you Google the Model numbers or put in Samsung TV's with Bluetooth, you will/should get a pretty good selection of returns.
    Good Luck,
     
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    FarmerBob got a reaction from christian_s in Update circle remains during live tv watching   
    Congrats on getting the elusive update that many worldwide, including me, are waiting for. As for the rotating circle, that usually means the app is loading and stops when it is completely loaded. Something may be happening where the loader is: 1. not finishing; 2. is not giving out a finished command to the Tizen OS to kill the icon; or 3. a new feature, enjoy. It can also mean buffering is going on. That would be Internet speed and quality of service.
    These days there are way too many variables that take time to locate issues. And many times more gets broken than fixed in these updates. I would suggest doing a Power Cycle, that you should do after any and all updates, by unplugging the OC box and power from the TV, waiting 30-60 seconds and then plug in the OCB and then the power. Hopefully this will "seat/set" the update and it will work "better". Good Luck.
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    FarmerBob reacted to Alex in Samsung Tizen TV 2016 - how does it work and look like?   
    I had read this somewhere as well but don't know for sure. I'll post if I get more info.
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    FarmerBob got a reaction from Alex in Update circle remains during live tv watching   
    Congrats on getting the elusive update that many worldwide, including me, are waiting for. As for the rotating circle, that usually means the app is loading and stops when it is completely loaded. Something may be happening where the loader is: 1. not finishing; 2. is not giving out a finished command to the Tizen OS to kill the icon; or 3. a new feature, enjoy. It can also mean buffering is going on. That would be Internet speed and quality of service.
    These days there are way too many variables that take time to locate issues. And many times more gets broken than fixed in these updates. I would suggest doing a Power Cycle, that you should do after any and all updates, by unplugging the OC box and power from the TV, waiting 30-60 seconds and then plug in the OCB and then the power. Hopefully this will "seat/set" the update and it will work "better". Good Luck.


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