Sooo... You can't change between accounts on Android tv?

I have a cheapie android dox that is horrendous at browsing the web. Other cheapies I have owned ditto. Do better quality boxes from say Xiaomi do a better job or are the devices inherently bad at browsing the web. Any real life experiences would be greatly appreciated.

I have a 55inch 4k Sony TV (2 years old now at least) but Android TV has always been very laggy.

My post is two fold:

1. What tips for making the UX faster/more responsive
2. When is the new "Chromecast with Google TV" going to be launched in the UK (if the device is good, I think it will make a good replacement for the laggy TV based software)

Am I the only one that finds the Spotify app on Android TV extremely laggy, buggy and unrespondive at times? It feels like a web app and not a true Android TV APP...

What's your guy's experience with it?

Seems like we have, or some of us have, or just I have, been looking at it the wrong way. This is not a new rebranded Android TV device. It's the 3rd or 4th gen Chromecast.

This helps explain the price and the non existent storage. Makes it less appealing. Less than a gig of available storage means they aren't competing with Fire TV. It's just a better Chromecast. Nothing more.

Edit: I have been corrected on the available space. My bad on that one.

I have a TCL 4K Smart TV, Model Number 55C2US.

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The TV will not load into the main menu. It remains on the TCL Logo for 19 second, before entering the google loading screen. However, the Google Loading screen enters an infinite loading loop.

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After doing some research, it seems I need to reinstal the operating system of the TV.

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The problem is, I do not have access to the TV's opperating system. I have a USB slot of the TV, if I had an auto-exucutible program that automatically reinstals the operating system, or factory rests it, then I beleive I'll be able to fix my TCL Smart TV.

On the verge of dumping my Apple TV 4th gen and was looking at getting the Shield BUT, I visited a friend who has the latest Shield and it looks like Russia Today is not available in the app store on there. So we downloaded the RT apk file and tried loading it and it refused to work right. It would launch but you couldn't navigate around the screen.

Is there a good quality AndroidTV box out right now that fully supports the RT app?

whenever i say "Hey Google, turn off my TV" (btw, Google Assistant on phone) it replies saying "Sure" like it did anything. the problem is, my tv doesn't turn on. I also tried saying stuff like "launch Netflix on my TV" and other apps like YouTube but i always get the same "Sure" but with no action. this is the only android tv i have and it is associated to my account and Google Home. any way i can solve this problem?

Is there any media box that will have compatibility with both HDR formats (Dolby Vision and HDR10+) HDR10+ is not so imported alongside Atmos and DTS:X passthrough?

I want to use one for All (Netflix,Prime) Play Files from USB Drive and Diskdrives

I own a Samsung TV 55" QLED 4K Q70R (2019) and Samsung HW-90R Soundbar

I have found the Nvidia Shield Pro,im not shure ist the only Option?

I am using a Dish SMRT box running on Android 9 and the included remote controller has 2 specialized buttons to open youtube and watcho (Dish tv's own OTT app), but I want to make it so that the watcho app button opens Netflix...can anyone help me with it (Basically I want to remap the button to open a certain app).

Hi,

Can anyone with the new Chromecast post up a few images of the Play Movies App and what the UI looks like when scrolling please?

Thanks!

Hi,

I have a single PC hooked up to a desk with a monitor for work, and to a TV in front of a couch for Netflix, YouTube etc.

I use one of those wireless keyboards to watch stuff on the TV, but I've been facing some issues

I can't cast anything to YouTube, Netflix etc from my phone, and it really annoys me. Plus the video quality I get from a Shield which is in another room is much better on Netflix. Also the Windows 10 interface is kind of garbage compared to Android TV for this.

So I wanted to setup a VM, which runs on the TV, and I want it to run Android TV. I was reading a bit and it seems there are certain android x86 ports, but none for Android TV?

Would it be possible to run Android TV on a VM? Any ideas how I could achieve this?

I am trying to make my new Nvidia shield tv control the volume on my new Linsar ls75uhdsm20 smart TV, so I only have 1 remote.

Both devices say they support hdmi-cec. Should hdmi-cec allow volume to be adjusted by the Shield? Do all the HDMI ports on the tv support CEC? How can I tell if my HDMI cable is the problem?

Thank you kind strangers!

Hey guys please suggest me a suitable android TV. I am buying this for my grandmother as her old picture tube TV has gone haywire. So I have listed the requirements below.

Must have:

• Decent viewing angles
• Good speakers
• Long life

Would prefer:

• Screen cast
• YouTube
• USB

Don't Matter:

• Netflix
• Amazon prime
• Google assistant

Thanks in advance.

Edit: Layout and Spellcheck.

Hi, I'm having trouble with my Android Tv Box. Basically, when I open the Amazon Prime Video app, I get the following error: "Cannot connect to service", followed by UNKNOWN_DEVICE_ID. So I can not watch movies or TV shows whatsoever right now. I even tried to stream videos from my smartphone to the TV Box by using the Airscreen app as cast receiver, but it won't let me play DRM-protected content. Is there any similar app to Airscreen(that works like cast receiver)? Paid apps would be fine too.

Already posted to the shield subreddit, but I'm desperate for help.

I can't seem to figure out how to stop fast moving objects on screen to stop flickering - specifically the ball when watching soccer.

Below is a list of my available TV and Shield settings. I'm not knowledgable enough to understand how these setting interact with each other. Any tips or advice that will save me from going through each possible combination is appreciated

TV: 6 Series TCL 55R615

• Local Contrast: Low/Medium/High - N/A for game mode and when Dynamic Contrast is on
• Dynamic Contrast: Low/Medium/High
• Action Smoothing: Low/Medium/High
• Natural Cinema: On/Off
• LED Motion Clarity: On/Off
• Game Mode: On/Off

Shield TV Pro (2019)

• AI Upscaling: Basic/Enhanced/AI-Enhanced - High/Medium/Low
• Resolution: 4K 59.940hz/4K 60Hz/4K 59.940Hz DV & HDR10 Ready/4K 23.976Hz DV & HDR10 Ready/1080P 59.940Hz DV & HDR10 Ready
• Dolby Vision: On/Off
• Match Content Color Space: On/Off
• Dynamic Range: Currently grayed out... not sure how to get that option available
• Custom Display Range: Bunch of grayed out options

I would love to be able to listen to games on my deck. If it's not possible yet, is there a reason behind it?