SMART TV IS IT WORTH THE CHANGE ?

austinjenna wrote:

Once that happens (and it DOES) your "smart" features will cease to work, leaving the TV a non smart TV that you paid a premium price for features no longer functioning..

Just because the manufacturer is not 'updating' the tv does not mean all the smart apps wont work, you have other problems then.

When Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, etc decide to change their connection or authentication standards, outdated versions of the app no longer function. The outdated app isn't able to connect using the new standard so it becomes nonfunctional. Sometimes even the TV's own internal browser is blocked from viewing content on websites because the browser doesn't meet the current standard. Sometimes the TV manufacturer or the service itself abandons the development of the app. When these things happen, and it happens often, the consumer is left out in the cold. Having a smart TV is really convenient, but you're really dependent on continued support from the manufacturer or the services themselves.