Some New User Questions

by cjb110

I've just got a new Philips 856 Oled which runs Android TV (If I've not already mixed up Google TV/Android TV!) and I've got a few questions.

  1. There's a quick menu that can pop out the right side, can I customise those options, as they're pretty useless as they are?

  2. Is there an app that allows for remote button re-mapping, the Philips remote is still way to broadcast tv orientated, so I want to see if I can make more buttons do useful stuff?

  3. Is there any OSD/Info available, I want to see what input res was, what the output res is, what hdr mode, what framerate etc etc, you know basic diagnostic stuff.

  4. What is the recommended app for NAS stored media? I've got a Synology NAS, so I was going to start with their dsvideo app. But the Infuse app on AppleTV was better and it didn't need a server (my NAS although marketed as a Play for this usage doesn't really have the oomph for running the server stuff I've tried (plex and emby I think i've been through).

  5. And for clarity Google TV was first (I've still got a Sony one of those somewhere), then Android TV (which the Nvidia Sheilds run (again one of those is somewhere:)), the current OS on TV's is Android TV but that might be changing back to being Google TV branded? have I got all that right?

  6. Oh and might be a bit off topic, but I can't make the Philips TV a Hue Hub can I?

Thanks

bcandyone

Hi, I have a Philip’s android tv and use Button Mapper from the play store. It works very good.

the-hundredth-idiot

You mentioned that you've tried Plex and it didn't work for you in the past. I'm running it now on with the server on a Raspberry Pi and an Android TV client and it works well - no transcoding because the client is powerful enough to play anything. You might give it another shot.

DaatRedd

I have a Philips AndroidTV.

  1. Not that I have found

  2. I doubt it. Only because the preset buttons are probably subsidised by whoever owns those button (eg. Netflix)

  3. When watching broadcast TV, I press OK a couple of times to get any OSD, not sure it has the info you want though.

  4. I use Kodi with my Synology NAS.

  5. I have no idea what Google/android roadmap is

  6. I don't know, but I would doubt it as your TV would need to be on all the time to be useful hub.

pawdog

Android TV was first. As far as I know all devices that launched with Android TV still run the Android TV UI. Some new Sony TV's have shipped with Google TV UI, as has the Chromecast W Google TV. Many original Android TV's and devices that shipped with the Android TV UI are now on the new Discover UI. It's unknown to all but Google what the future holds for legacy Android TV devices and TV's.