Using the arrow keys to select letters on the standard on screen keyboard is damn annoying.

I'm looking for a keyboard that allows me to use the remote in a T9 fashion, like phones in the good old days, but I can't seem to find any in the Play store.

(Not looking to buy a new remote, just want a T9 virtual keyboard that understands 0-9 as letters.)

Is it just like a regular TV at that point? Or is it trash at that point and you should get rid of it?

Should you not get a smart TV for this reason? And just add streaming devices like a Roku player or an Android device that connects to the HDMI port?

Or is it still okay to get a smart TV? I'm not sure but I feel like not smart TVs might actually be more expensive today.

Is there an app that can use remote functionality? I tried stremium and that's nice, but I would like an app that can change channels and even use the number pad. For example, press 7 on the number pad would change the channel to abc. This is more to make it easier for my parents.

Does anybody know how I can get the Apple TV Ariel screensaver offline? I have the one that you need WiFi for, but just wondering if there’s an offline alternative? Thanks.

My audio feels a bit off with bluetooth headphones, and Android TV seems to have an audio delay option in the Audio settings. This does work when I'm just using my normal TV speakers, but it doesn't seem like any adjustments apply to the bluetooth headphones.

Are other people experiencing this? Is there a way around it, like maybe an app I can download or something I can do within my settings?

As the title suggest, I recently bought a Sony Bravia AndroidTV. It's been 2 days now and I'm very pleased with the AndroidTV experience the Bravia offers. It's smooth and seems to play pretty much any video format natively.

It got me thinking maybe my Shield TV is no longer useful for my intended use. Up until now, I used my Shield TV for all things media on my TV setup; Netflix, Youtube, Plex, Kodi and a bunch other media apps.

Gaming is out of scope here. I never used the Shield TV for gaming purpose.

Long story short, I'll keep the Shield TV on hold for now while I check how the TV itself handles media content consumption.

But I wanted to know if there would be any benefit in keeping the Shield TV in my AV setup. Any known issue with Android TV on Bravia TVs?

Any issue with Bluetooth headphone pairing (late night movie watching)?

Also, is it possible to enable ADB debugging on Bravia's AndroidTV? I need it to integrate with HomeAssistant.

So the other day both my Netflix and YouTube buttons stopped working, It did show a signal that the HDMI a response but it didn't do anything, any suggestions? (Sorry for my english).

My soundbar (Samsung HW-Q60T) is basically useless because it only supports dolby digital 5.1 and Netflix (on Android) uses Dolby digital plus for 5.1.

When Chromecast is plugged into soundbar: Soundbar does not provide 5.1 -> stereo only, manually enforcing "Dolby Digital Plus" in Chromecast settings provides the "5.1" option in netflix but leads to no sound (obviously soundbar cant handle the signal)

When plugged into TV: Huge audio delay as TV takes over "conversion" (Even when set to "Passthrough" my tv switches back to Auto during Netflix playback).

Whenever the hdmi cable is connected the volume (audio out jack) of the box is low. If I remove the hdmi cable the volume increases! (I use external speakers, not TV)

(I disabled CEC, the problem persists)

Any ideas?

Can I somehow create a app icon for a HDMI input, so the user can click on that instead of using the input change button on the remote

I have a Philips 50pfl5604 I was wondering if there is a way to have it load my favorite app when I turn the TV on or does it just automatically default to last antenna channel?

Is this normal for Bravia televisions - sometimes the voice search is spot on and other times it doesn’t even work at all. Any remedies?

This isnt for me. Im trying to setup TV for my grandparents, I have an extra firestick and a chromecast with google TV. Is it possible to watch spectrum TV through a browser or somehow sideload the app and it actually work? Casting from their phone is out of the question.. The fact that I can no longer download the app to their roku tv is very annoying.

Youtube scrolling and playback speed is extrem slow

I haven't found this precise case in several searches, so if there is a thread please link.

I have a Google TV on a Sony Bravia (I know it has Android TV built in, but customization like renaming the device is non-functional). I had the Google TV connected via my Wi-Fi network, but recently bought the appropriate ethernet power adapter for the device. While it was connected via Wi-Fi, I could give voice commands to Google Assistant to turn on that device. Now, however, I cannot turn it on using voice. (I can turn it off with a voice command.)

I found one post suggesting a static IP address for the device. I have tried that without success.

I have a separate device for my firewall which feeds into both a wired network and to my wireless access point, a Netgear WAC-124. The firewall appliance controls DHCP for the wireless access point as well as the rest of the network. And since the device detects a wired connection, it has rendered my wireless configuration disabled. I apparently cannot have both wired and wireless configuration simultaneously active.

Has anyone else encountered this and is there a solution other than removing the wired option? Is this a known "feature"/flaw with Google TV?

Does anyone use their Sony Bravia remote with an Xfinity X1 cable box? Just wondering if there is a button on the remote that will act as the Xfinity button.