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Originally Posted by Chris
I have a Samsung series 7, which I bought in 2018. It has a 4K LCD panel which is still great. However, it was designed at a point when streaming apps were considered an add-on rather than the device’s principal function, and as we now receive all our TV over IP (both broadcast and on-demand streaming) it suffers a little from a lack of onboard memory. Apps take a while to start up (some are worse than others) and occasionally Prime and Paramount will refuse to play a show. You have to reboot the TV to make them work. I suspect this is because they have given Netflix preferential treatment and it never seems to quite quit running in the background even when you ask it to.
I suspect we will end up replacing it by this time next year but it is likely to be apps grinding to a halt or refusing to update rather than panel quality that will be the reason.
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You can fix your streaming app issue with a 4K Firestick rather than replacing the TV.
But if you want a new and better TVas a quality of life thing spread over several years of usage to spread the cost I highly recommend a top end Mini LED QLED TV if you are like me and decided to avoid the negatives of an OLED.