Smart TV

I bought a Toshiba Smart tv last year and have recently been looking at the wi-fi dongles which allow you to watch things like Youtube and the BBC Iplayer via the internet.

Does anyone own one and do you recommend buying the wi-fi dongle for it?

I have a smart TV and and found the youtube buffers constantly (it doesn't on my computer)

Iplayer worked fine though, but barely ever use it I'm afraid.

That's why I have not really committed to buying one, not sure I would use it as much as I would hope.

I just have the PC linked up to my TV - works a treat.

aaron_bwfc wrote:That's why I have not really committed to buying one, not sure I would use it as much as I would hope.

most TV's have the "smart" thing now anyway so you'll do well to avoid it.

Went to a friend of a friend the other night. The guy went to great lengths to show off his new smart telly. I got the impression it was like having a giant tablet in your lounge. Am I right and are they the dogs?
Who's got one?

LG is investigating allegations that some of its TVs send details about their owners' viewing habits back to the manufacturer even if the users have activated a privacy setting. Don't trust the bastards.

I've got a toshiba smart tv but never taken full advantage of it as i've never bothered to purchase a internet dongle to go in the back of it, which then allows it to pick up the net and let me watch things like the bbc iplayer and youtube.

I've got my ps3 and laptop already able to do the same thing so it just seems a bit pointless to me.

So basically if you have access to the net and a tablet/smart phone it does a similar job?
I can watch telly on both my iPad and phone so it's same as?

If you already have a hi def tv, get a now tv box. It jumps on your wifi and turns your tv in to a smart tv anyway - for 20 quid.

Plus you can buy the sky sports day pass through it if you want to watch a game or somthing.

Soul Kitchen wrote:So basically if you have access to the net and a tablet/smart phone it does a similar job?
I can watch telly on both my iPad and phone so it's same as?

Yeah pretty much, if you link your ipad up to your internet connection and say for example you want to watch a bbc show on the iplayer then you can.

We built an extension recently and I paid about £1000 for an LG Smart telly because the missus wanted one. She can work it - but I haven't got a sodding clue how to work the bastard. It's linked to a sky box and another box and we've now got 3 handsets and a keyboard to operate them.
I can't find the football scores on it- it's totally beyond me, so I watch a little £80 job hung on the kitchen wall.
Why do they make them so complicated

aaron_bwfc wrote:

Soul Kitchen wrote:So basically if you have access to the net and a tablet/smart phone it does a similar job?
I can watch telly on both my iPad and phone so it's same as?

Yeah pretty much, if you link your ipad up to your internet connection and say for example you want to watch a bbc show on the iplayer then you can.

Thanx for that. Would be a waste of cash for me.