Quality is horrendous on the TV app but when I cast it from the March Madness phone app it's a lot better

I need temporary cable access to watch March Madness! I do have an antenna, but need something that gives me TBS, TNT and truTV.

Between the following, which works most reliably on AndroidTV? I'd also strongly prefer 5.1. I love my Nvidia Shield Pro (I think the 2017 model?), but also have a Chromecast with GoogleTV I could use.

What I've been able to gather from research and personal experience:

I'm leaning towards YoutubeTV, and resorting to my Chromecast with Google TV if the app is still acting up on my shield. I'm also considering SlingTV, but the app was pretty awful when I tried it a few years ago.

edit: added FuboTV

I've got a Hisense U6G with android-tv built in. Someone is selling me an Nvidia Shield 2019, non-pro for 50% of MSRP. 110 cad/86USD.

I currently mainly use my TV for wired/ethernet streatming of Cinema HD, Kodi, Netflix, BBC iplayer.

I've got a Sony STRDH190 receiver and a pair of Sony SSCS5s so stereo setup essentially.

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EDIT: I'm mainly frustrated at the time it takes to rewind something on VLC or load up kodi. I've also heard the 4k upscaling is really good but I don't know how it works and in which apps.

Recently, for Twitch, if you have adblock on, you will get ads even if you have Twitch Turbo or subs.

Is there anyway to disable the Adblock in S0undTV? I am both subbed and have Twitch Turbo, but I keep getting ads in the S0undTV app

Thanks

My DNS resolver is getting filled up with plain DNS queries for the following domain, it's coming from my Android TV.

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TCL has announced that the TV lineup of its 2019 and 2020 models, like my 43P715, would be upgraded to Android TV11, but until now nothing has arrived. Does anyone know something about it?

It's been a few months since I've seen anything about this, anyone know if there's plans to roll out Android 12 to TV's and/or CCwGTV? I'm excited to see the update but there's no new articles on it since December that I can find.

Evening all, are there actually any AndroidTV devices out there that fully supports Multichannel PCM?

Excluding the Nvidia Shield as that is out of my budget.

Seems to be a rarity and I am beginning to pull my hair out.

Hi, is there a way to make the Mi box to behave like a "normal" Chromecast? In the way that its always available to cast to. And when you do the tv reacts to that and starts by itself. Not only do I want this because this is easier. But also because I want to be able to incorporate it in different scenes in smart home automation. And if the case is that the Mi box is unable to to this, does the Google TV work in that way? Thanks in advance!

Dear everyone

My tv screen becomes black when watching tv through mibox. Does someone recognize this issue? If so, how can I deal whith it.

Thanks in advance

Hi I have a Hisense Roku TV (55R7E model).. everything is fine and the remote setup connected to the TV and works fine.

However, when I press power on the remote, it ONLY turns off the TV, and it doesn’t power off the Onn device. On my other Onn hooked up to an older LG TV, I believe it works as it should, Eg you press the power button and the Onn goes red/sleep/off (whatever it does when it goes red), AND the LG TV powers off via CEC.

But for some reason with the Hisense Roku TV, it only powers off the TV and the Onn device stays on (white light stays on). Seems like CEC isn’t working correctly, somehow?

Anyone else have or had this issue or solved it ? Thanks!

Hi! Can I get the FireTV launcher (that comes with FireTV Stick) on AndroidTV ??? (not kidding)

I need a launcher with content recommendation (basically ads) and can't use GoogleTV Home (region not supported). Thanks!

I bought a TCL 55C725 two months ago. Apart from the OS being a little slow i've never had any real issues with it, until i came home yesterday. I saw that it had updated the Disney+ app, maybe also the system itself. I'm not sure. But ever since that update everything has become unwatchable, everything that i want to watch stops for about 5 seconds after every half a second of playback. This is across all app's: Disney, Netflix, YouTube... There are no issues with my internet, the TV is plugged via ethernet and the speeds are great across other devices. Does anyone know what's going on?

I have a projector which is 1080p native resolution but upscales to 4k, but when I use my PC for this whilst I select 4k, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime are capped at 1080p.

I want to find out if I can buy a Chromecast with Google TV to force enable 4k even though the native resolution is at 1080p so I can make use of the upscaling feature with streaming services.

Any help is very much appreciated. Cheers!

Has anybody tried to make a full backup of their tv's OS for the purpose of disaster recovery? There are various Android tools to do this on a phone, so I'm wondering if its possible on a TV. I have a Sony kd75x85j and I've been adding apps from the Play store, but it would be nice to have a fallback plan if I mess something up.

To clarify on the question, I have the Shield TV and I bought it mainly for responsiveness and the addition of gaming capabilities.

I have a 4K Sony TV that came with android TV function and it’s just horrible. It’s underpowered to the point even the UI lags. It frustrated me to the point that I just exploded and came home within the hour with the Shield TV in hand.

The Shield TV is great. Very responsive with some gaming capabilities. Although I find it great, I don’t use its gaming capabilities as often as I thought I would.

I’m basically wondering if I can return the Shield TV, go the $50 Google TV, and still have the responsiveness I want.

Since last update the Disney+ app is not delivering 5.1 on Android TV and it was all right before the update. Anyone having the same issues?

Thanks