11-05-2020, 11:49 AM
If you can run an Ethernet cable, so much the better. Depends on your environment, of course, but wi-fi is a bit tricky here because the two houses either side of me have been carved up into flats, each with their own wi-fi networks (3 on each side!). As a result, there's a lot of interference. I've had to buy a dedicated wi-fi access point and mount it in a different part of the house to the router, in order to get the best coverage. But I digress...
So yes, we have a wired connection to both our TV and our Bluray player. Both work really well.
The TV is a cheap Sony - no idea what the OS is, but doubt it's Android because Sony make that a selling point of their more expensive TVs. My experiences with Android have been less than good, so I wouldn't actively seek it out in a TV or any other domestic appliance that I expected to last more than a couple of years. Likewise, I wouldn't want a TV with a microphone fitted for voice control - it's not that I'm especially paranoid, I just don't like talking to machines (never use Siri or talk to Cortana or even a car with voice control. Can barely cope with answerphones!). Apart from that, I've no worries with relatively dumb "smart TVs".
They can also play back media files from a server on your home network if you have one. It works well enough, though our cheap TV doesn't have terribly good "shuttle" controls for fast-forwarding and rewinding. I'm a bit "old-school", so most of what I watch is from those funny silver discs that people used to have
So yes, we have a wired connection to both our TV and our Bluray player. Both work really well.
The TV is a cheap Sony - no idea what the OS is, but doubt it's Android because Sony make that a selling point of their more expensive TVs. My experiences with Android have been less than good, so I wouldn't actively seek it out in a TV or any other domestic appliance that I expected to last more than a couple of years. Likewise, I wouldn't want a TV with a microphone fitted for voice control - it's not that I'm especially paranoid, I just don't like talking to machines (never use Siri or talk to Cortana or even a car with voice control. Can barely cope with answerphones!). Apart from that, I've no worries with relatively dumb "smart TVs".
They can also play back media files from a server on your home network if you have one. It works well enough, though our cheap TV doesn't have terribly good "shuttle" controls for fast-forwarding and rewinding. I'm a bit "old-school", so most of what I watch is from those funny silver discs that people used to have
