help ☹️ I just got the google Tv.

I have all my apps connected. netflix, hulu, youtube.

they will all play fine. maybe a minute in. video will freeze. audio continues playing. then sometimes video unfreezes but then video/audio are out of sync.

i dont think its the apps. eince it happens on various ones

so that means its either the device. or maybe my internet?

im very close to just returning it.

Hello,

I have the new Google TV, do you know which app works to have it switch off like a sleeper function on the TV ?

thanks to all

Recently purchased a 65 inch Sony X900H TV, and tried the chromecast from my Windows 10 laptop using Google Chrome browser "cast" mode, realized that the quality is pretty poor overall - for example I tried opening a High Resolution photo and it was pixelated. Both devices are connected to the same Wifi network at 5Ghz.

This is the first time i have used Chromecast on an android tv, hence am not sure how it is supposed to be. Is there a way to improve the quality?

I added a 32gb card to it via a USB-C hub. Selected “add as internal storage” but when I go to X-Plorer and look it still shows the device at 1gb available. Not sure what else I need to do?

I have my NVIDIA Shield TV hooked up to my Denon AVR X1600H which is then connected to my LG CX tv. However, I don't see the Dolby Vision icon when watching content that supports it in Netflix. My TV has DV support, my AVR has DV passthrough and according to Nvidia's website, the Shield TV should also support it. Anyone any ideas?

EDIT: Connecting the Shield to the TV straight away does work. So I guess there's an issue with my AVR's DV passthrough. Maybe not the correct sub to post this in then, sorry.

Is there a tv box that have pre installed retro game app and games, that have in the box the joystics but more important that have pre installed the app to watch the standard tv from the tv antenna. So a tv antenna box with retro games. thanks!

OK, as the title says. I have installed Duo on the Aura, which runs Android TV v.9 and enabled the camera and mic in the app. It shows 'camera and mic not found'. Attempts I have made so far are, clear cache and storage for the app; power cycle the Aura; uninstall and reinstall the app. All to no avail. Has anyone else found a way around adding a usb webcam and getting it to work with Google Duo?

I just got my TCL - 50" Class 4 Series LED 4K UHD Smart Android TV yesterday. I am watching Netflix on my Xbox with this TV and the music in the shows is way louder than all other audio. I set the Sound Mode setting to Voice and turned on the Auto Volume Control, but music is still way too loud. What other settings could I adjust to either amplify the dialogue volume or decrease the music volume?

Has anyone run this update yet?

TPM171E _ 107.001.136.003 – Date: 2020/12/07

• Android Oreo 8.0.0 based software
• Fix for UHD playback on specific VOD services
• Improvements for network setup
• Fix for clock time in EPG grid
• Improvements for system stability

I cant see uhd logo anywhere on amazon prime movies. Why?

I use Philips 4K UHD LED Android Smart TV.

let me start off by saying, i have a Nvidia Shield with Kodi installed and Venom. the Shield i bought for my son who barely uses it so i installed Kodi on it just for fun.

a relative of mine bought one of those cheap Android TV boxes, preprogrammed, named StreamGenie for $300+

he started having buffering issues, im an IT tech, so he called me for help.

no matter how much i tried to explain to him that his issue is probably software related, he’s been running back and forth to Best Buy spending hundreds on new modems, routers, and upgrading his ISP package to fix the problem.

my question is NOT about his device. he wont listen, so i dont care anymore.

however, looking in to his issue got me curious as to who is financing these preprogrammed Android boxes? there are a massive amount of them on ebay and online

StreamGenie Tickbox TV FreeStream

is anyone here familiar with these boxes?

best i can find, FreeStream is based out of Texas

Tickbox got shutdown and sued for 25 million in 2017

the StreamGenie i cant find any information on outside of resellers

i did manage to find the same box on AliExpress and a Chinese supplier that will etch your brand logo on the box

is there a forum online or Reddit page dedicated to sellers of these boxes?

So i got this new tv to go with my hue lights but it waaaaaaay to bright at night. I like using the night filter on my phone later at the day. So in contrast the tv blinds me at night time. I highy dislike using it with the lights of. Offcourse I tried to tweek al settings etc. but I just can't work around it. Also twilight app doesnt work :(. Can anyone please help me or otherwise I will have to return it. Im not talking about the ambilight im talking about the screen. The guy frkm the helpdesk couldnt help me.

Thanks in advance

I recently got a TCL with Android TV. I previously used a 2nd gen Chromecast on my old non-smart tv. With that I could control playback on whatever I was streaming with voice commands to the Google Home. Can I use voice commands through my GH to control Android tv? I assumed it could because it seems simple enough but I’m having trouble.

My tv is definitely connected to my GH network with all of my other smart devices. I can control playback and volume on the GH app. As I was playing around trying to solve this I was able to use GH to turn my tv off but could not turn it back on. Once I did so manually I couldn’t turn it off again. Later when I asked my speaker to open Youtube on my tv it started playing some random YT video. Am I missing something in the setup or is Android TV just not capable of this kind of control? Thanks

Thinking about getting cyberpunk with chromecast ultra, but I really really like the idea of google tv where it pulls all the content from Hulu and Netflix and hbo and organizes it all into one page, so you can scroll through all of it at once without launching the related app. Went into a rabbit hole trying to figure out how to make it possible. Can I install googletv on top of androidtv onto an old laptop and use it as a server for the CC ultra? Or just googletv by itself on the laptop then stream to tv?

Anyone with the Chromecast with Google TV have a remote finder suggestion? I have a 5 year old that is pretty good about taking care of the remote but the 1.5 year old is not. It's a small remote that is hard to find at times. I have a Tile for my keys but the remote seems to be too small for the Tile Sticker. I love the remote finder feature in the Roku Ultra I have.

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is there an independent app that kills my connection when I'm not connected to the my VPN provider anymore? I know there are a couple of vendors which have this build in in their service. I like my current VPN Provider (Windscribe) but there is no kill switch option in their app.

I have Philips 4K UHD LED Android TV and on netflix almost all the movies are cropped with black from upper/lower side. How to stretch it to full screen?

as i download a lot of movies, i need exfat support, i was between the tiVo (more powerful) or the mi box s (will probably get updated more?) I feel safer with xiaomi, but i really dont want to take a performance hit, the ccwgt just... does not support exfat. sugestions? thanks!

I currently have a Fire TV Stick 4k and a Chromecast Ultra. The Chromecast Ultra came with my Stadia setup and that's all I really use it for (apart from the occasions where I have issues with my Fire TV Stick). I'd like to get and Android TV device to replace both devices for when Stadia is supported.

I was going to pick up the Chromecast with Google TV for free-ish with the Netflix deal, but I saw that the Shield TV has "AI Upscaling" to 4k. Is it a feature that makes the Shield worth the cost? I have a few streaming services that I'm not going to pay for upgrading to 4k.

Hey guys, just looking for recommendations for an android TV VPN, preferably free.

I know ExpressVPN and NordVPN are great, but I wouldn't want to pay 25AUD each month if i can help it.

I have tried HolaVPN but it's very patchy (it says its connected but it hasn't). Any recommendations? I'm okay with being bound by data restrictions with a free account