Will custom firmware fix the many issues with Android TVs

by Colter_Cur

Got a Hisense TV a while back for only $400, which was an amazing price for a 65" 4K tv, but I can see why it's so cheap now, this thing is a piece of shit. I really just want to sit down and use my tv without having to troubleshoot. I have random moments where I just have to restart the tv, which is just really annoying. The OS on this tv is just shit. The big issue of today is the Chromecast, which has never been all that great to begin with. Casting to YouTube would just in general not do anything, at all, no error, just wouldn't work, and today, when I tried casting to it, it gave me an error saying, "untrusted device". Would custom firmware fix some, if not all my issues?

Boris-Lip

How about disconnecting it from the internet, plugging in an Nvidia Shield or CCwGTV, and using the TV as a 'dumb' one? Cause hey, if the panel itself is nice, and the thing is capable of displaying the HDMI input without nasty processing, overscanning, etc, then why bother with it's OS to begin from?

FlickFreak

You can't install custom firmware on a TV. All of the TV's functions are built into the firmware and any attempt to do so would brick the TV.

pawdog

And if you act now you can get any number of excellent devices for $40 and less. Onn UHD $20, Chromecast with Google TV $40, Fire TV stick 4k Max $35, Roku Stick 4k $30.

cipher-zer0

The VIDAA OS that comes with the new Hisense TVs is complete and utter crap. I bought a FireTV Cube and use that as the main device.

techma2019

Your best bet is like what others said, buy an external device and offload all the processing to that. Best of class would be nvidia shield which could be as low as $100. Totally worth it though.

uankaf

It could fix some problem but best solution here is get a fire stick or Chromecast.