I added HBOMax to our basement CwGTV and the paired BT headphones work fine with YYTV and Netflix but not HBOMax. Just no sound. I restarted the CwGTV but still the same result. Any ideas what could cause this and how do I fix it?

SOLVED: I installed Android TV x86 Pie and after that I started it without hardware acceleration and boom all Google Services work how they should

Does anyone know what the work on Android TV x86 looks like, I'm using the 9.0 (Pie) version and unfortunately the Play Store doesn't work, I don't know how to fix it, I saw that it works for other people

Is there a way to have an over-bluetooth/wifi remote on my Windows laptop to command my Android TV (Mibox3 here)?

Is anyone controlling their Android Box/TV from Windows here?

I picked up a Panasonic Android TV a couple of weeks ago. The apps worked OK at first, but now all the apps related to a Freeview channel (BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4) are unusable.

On startup, they show a screen "FreeviewPlay Accept Terms" saying I need to accept the T&Cs. There are two buttons, Cancel and Terms & Conditions. If I select Terms & Conditions then nothing happens for a bit, then the app exits.

Is this a known issue? Are there workarounds? Or do I just have to hope that the apps get updated to fix this?

Hi. I'm wondering if it's possible to connect my Google TV remote to my Windows 11 PC via Bluetooth so I can control videos with it. I don't mind if the solution is somewhat hacky.

I have a NAS and would like to see the last watched video files as a Channel on the Android TV Startpage. A similar experience to the Netflix or Prime videos which allows quick access to most recent NAS content.

Is there any APP whicht directly shows NAS content as a channel?

Not sure if this is a dumb question or not, I have a Samsung HT-TX52 receiver where you can't adjust bass, treble and miss. Also, it has a few audio modes but none are phenomenal. I recently bought a Hisense U7G and have it set to Optical out.

My question is, is it possible to adjust the sound quality coming out of the TV? Like is there an app I can download that gives me that possibility? I've gone through the sound settings and nothing changes the tone.

I know optical is supposed to be "pure" sound, but since I have no settings on my receiver, I'm hoping there's a way to adjust it before it hits my receiver.

I have a Philips 50pfl5604 that I purchased last spring. It is still android 9 and says no updates are available. Slow as !!!! My sister and B.I.L. each have a MeCool with android 11 and the difference is amazing. My question is can I force an android update with a thumb drive or connect a box like they have to my TV? I'm feeling stuck in the dark ages.

My wife wants to play Nintendo on our TCL 65s434.

I lack knowledge about the minimum requirements to do so, but I installed an emulator app and some games and tried a cheap USB dongle based controller and a cheap bluetooth controller and both are unusable due to the short but instantaneous delay between button presses and game play.

Is there any way to troubleshoot whether this is due to insufficient specs on the TV (so buy a CC etc), compared to lousy controllers (so get a nice one) versus the emulator app I chose at random (so try others)?

Thanks.

Hello guys I know that Google TV can emulate video games but I want to know if is able to run gta sa. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

The usage I'd be wanting out of any device is basically running Kodi (accessing a shared directory on the network) and VPN+Streaming (outside the US but would like to access stuff like Hulu). From what searching around I've done, it seems that VPN part limits me a bit killing anything that's not running just Android TV with full Play Store access, so Apple TV is out and I believe Google TV is out. The Shield Tube/Pro seem perfect for this, but what seems to be memory issues causing the Tube to freeze and need restarts has me wary of going with that and the Pro seems completely like overkill as I really doubt I'll make use of any gaming features, although I'd never say never. Also, largely due to file sizes I'm unlikely to be playing many 4k files and I don't have any fancy audio setup, would maybe get a sound bar sometime in the near future (currently using a bose speaker as a pseudo sound bar), any 4k video would be from streaming.

Currently I have a HTPC setup with an ~8 year old NUC that's chugging along. It generally runs Kodi fine, but can't handle HVEC, pulseaudio is my nemesis, and it can't even handle streaming sites at this point. I was originally looking at upgrading that, but was thinking an AndroidTV box would be a cheaper solution and I would just demote the HTPC back to basically being a server.

Should the Nvidia Shield (Tube) handle this fine or the Pro is the safer bet? The upscaling is very enticing, but I've been living fine without such a feature. Is there some device I'm completely overlooking? In the EU if that impacts any suggestions.

My iplayer android tv app gets stuck on loading screen for last week.

Hi All,

Making a post with my experience with the TV.

Quick background: I owned a TCL 6 series Roku TV from 2018 and i loved the TV. The picture quality was great, the UI experience was fast and great, HDMI auto switch was good etc...

When the latest “Mini-LED" TV's were announced and BestBuy had them in stock, I immediately sold my 2018 TCL and got the new one for $1200+taxes. I was very excited to get the new TV shipped and then..

I notice that the display glass upfront doesn't line up with the frame, it was not really noticeable until you search for it, I thought it was OK. I ended up using it for 4 months until I couldn't take it anymore.

1. WIFI and Ethernet will successfully connect but, account setup wont work.

2. I was unable to update the software EVER.

3. The display always chose to set to 100% brightness and will always reset with sleep

4. HDMI auto switch is a nightmare. I had an apple TV and Xbox connected. Lets say I am watching the apple TV and I chose to turn on Xbox. I switch the input to see that the screen has moved -10% to the right with blank space on the left. I had restart the Xbox to fix this issue.

5. Dolby viston is not good. Its very warm

6. Blacks on this mini-LED display are the worse. My old 6 series did it much better.

Overall, I am not very happy with thts purchase. To add insult to injury, TCL's support sucked! BestBuy dropped the price to $800 before eventually discontinuing the model. I have contacted the TCL support multiple times to always have my concern forwarded to the "evaluation team" after the same troubleshooting steps every time.

Fed up, I went up to my local best buy (The place where my TV shipped from) and expressed my concerns and how I am now left with a $1420 purchase that I am left with. The manager was very understanding and offered to take the TV back for the full price I pad and offered and exchange. I could buy any TV that they had in stock. I am very happy BestBuy decided to support the customer.

If you face these issues with your TCL mint-LED TV, try to return it. The customer is not a Ouality Assurance tester for a company.

I just configured play-fi on my Philips Android 50pus7304 to listen wireless with my headphone. That part works. The problem is now that the other people don't hear a thing over the tv speaker. It looks like it is or headphones or speaker. Does anyone has a solution?

Hi all! I have connected some speakers via the 3.5mm port on the Mi Box S and this works fine.

The Mi Box S keeps outputting audio through hdmi to my tv speakers. I can turn the TV speakers off via the tv's menu, however, im actually happy I can use the (pretty decent) TV-speakers in addition to my speakers, acting like some kind of centerspeaker BUT.... the external speakers and tv speakers are not in sync with eachother creating this annoying echo.

The question:
Is there someway I can get the audio from the speakers (via 3.5mm port) and the audio from my TV (via hdmi) in sync with eachother?