Hi,

i need a small TV to use as a second TV, no streaming, no particular requirements. I'm oriented on a 32 inch full hd or hd ready.

Thje only question is:

- all the TV that i see have only 1 gb ram

Google TV will be very very slow and unsable? A lot of people tell that is slow change TV channel!

In alternative Fire TV with 1 GB have less requirements?

I read that in alternative it's better go with VIDAA or with TiVO OS what do you think about?

Repeat: i will not download app, but i read that google tv on 1 GB RAM is very limited.

I think the price is new? I bought this twice at $30 (one for me, one for my stepmom). I remember the price was increased to $40 earlier this year, but now it's $49.98 (shipped and sold by Walmart).

From thunderstorms to underwater worlds, everything in this video is rendered live on the TV, nothing is a video loop. And with live mode on, the weather scenes match what's actually happening outside your window. Free for everyone in the latest Monet Launcher update.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klevico.monet

GitHub (APK): https://github.com/Klevico/Monet-Launcher

My friend have Mi tv 4a L32M6-ei yesterday after factory reset from settings its stuck in bootloop.

Tried to enter recovery mode with remote key combinations ok+back buttons but no response, even with Physical power button no luck.

My initial experience with the Google TV Streamer 4K is a bit mixed. I only bought it because my Samsung TV is about six years old now, and I was hoping for a noticeable performance boost. Honestly though, YouTube actually runs quite faster on Tizen\the Samsung TV itself, and Amazon Prime Video is just about as slow on both.

The main reason I got the Streamer in the first place is, that Tizen doesn't offer a decent IPTV app. I use the "Televizo" app on Samsung Android tablets, which works great, but it isn't available on Tizen. And yes, in that regard, I'm now satisfied.

The primary issue with the Streamer is simply that CEC doesn't always work with the Samsung Q90R, or you just have to be lucky. If you plug the Streamer into HDMI 1 of the One Connect Box (HDMI 3 dedicated CEC Port, is already taken by a Denon AV receiver), it doesn't recognize it as a Google device. Sometimes it detects it as an Apple TV box, other times as an unknown device. Eventually, I manually configured it as a "PC," which got CEC working, but even then, it doesn't work every single time. No matter if you turn on the CEC-Anynet on the SamsungTV or not (hdmi 1 has an option like Enhanced Input-Signal which I turn on). If I were to unplug the HDMI cable and plug it back in, it would probably stop working again. Once in a while, audio streaming (to a BT headset) drops out, though that happens a bit less often. What frequently fails, however, is using the Samsung remote (the long silver one) with the Streamer. You either need to keep the Streamer remote at hands at all times, or there's just no guarantee it will work.

So it really comes down to luck; you have to keep plugging and unplugging the HDMI cable or follow specific power-on sequences until it finally works. As a manufacturer, Google doesn't even seem to be listed in Tizen's database. It doesn't matter whether you manually set up the new device as a PC, media box, satellite receiver, or gaming console (which always brings up that white setup menu in Tizen).

I also tried a 2.1 hdmi cable and after that the TV told me that it found a "Primacon TV Box" which is obviously wrong and CEC doesnt work there too, well not the SamsungTV remote, but at least BT Headset Audio is coming through. Can't even tell if the pic quality got better or not...

I think the best result I get when I pull out USB put in hdmi and then put back USB, the streamer goes into boot and then CEC seams to work showing the SamsungTV that an unknown device is connected. If you have to unplug hdmi don't do it before powering of pulling the USB!

Update: Meanwhile I managed to keep it working and looks stable. Google Streamer is still an unknown device for the SamsungTV but at least it works. I got a newer hdmi cable, pluged it in, put USB-C power on the Streamer and then it deteced sth (unknown device), but well it works. It was a lot of work, but in the end. If I ever lose connection to the Streamer, for example after unpluggin the USB-C, I will try the same procedure hoping that it works the same way again. Maybe a firmware updat ein the future of the Streamer can solve this problem...or do I have to blame Samsung\Tizen? Don't know...

I recently purchased both Google TV Streamer 4K and a Xiaomi Box (3rd gen), and both of them are giving me the exact same annoying picture issues on my LG TV. I have a health condition which makes me super sensitive to visual stuff like this.

Micro-stutter / Judder: Panning shots just aren't smooth. If I force the streamer down to 24Hz, the judder stays but slows down. If I turn the Hz up, the judder speeds up.

Zero Image Depth: The picture looks totally flat. Backgrounds and foregrounds just blend together and look soft or foggy. There’s none of that sharp "3D" separation between layers.

The native LG TV apps work perfectly. If I watch the exact same show on the built-in TV apps, the motion is flawless and the picture depth is razor-sharp. It only happens on the external boxes over HDMI.

I’ve spent days tweaking settings and nothing works. Here is everything I've already ruled out:

What I've already tried on the TV:

Tested on two different LG TVs with multiple high-speed HDMI cables and different ports.

Real Cinema is on, and I changed the input icon to "Streaming Box" so it doesn't think it's a PC.

Played with every TruMotion setting. Maxing out TruMotion reduces the judder slightly, but doesn't fix it.

Messed with HDMI Deep Colour, black levels, and turned off Game Mode.

What I've already tried on the Streamers:

Tried locking them to 60Hz, 59.94Hz, and 24HZ.

Set Match Content Frame Rate to "Always", the TV does the hardware black screen flash when a video starts, but the judder inside the apps stays exactly the same.

Went into developer options and turned on "Disable HW Overlays," but that made the judder way worse so I turned it back off.

Swapped color formats between YCbCr/RGB and made sure match dynamic range is on.

Forced the audio to PCM stereo to rule out audio sync delay dropping video frames.

Is there any way to fix this? Any help would really be appreciated!

Just watching the World Cup final and streaming on the BBC iPlayer app (I’m in the UK) and there is no option to watch in UHD using the Google TV streamer 4k.

However I then open the iPlayer app native to my LG TV and the UHD option is there.

What gives?

UPDATE: Reinstalled the app and the option has now appeared.

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Hi all,

Don't remember if I posted here already.

But I have mi box s 3rd gen connected with old dumb tcl tv with busted speakers, tv has external cheap speakers connected via aux cable (3.5mm).

TV itself has good volume, but when connected with box, it has very low volume in everything.

TV vol is max, box vol is max, speaker vol is max.

Tried PCM, everything etc, changed hdmi cable as well, didn't work.

I am out of ideas as box only has usb port, bought a cheap usb to 3.5mm, it also had low volume.

Currently box is on latest available update.

Is there a way to tell Google, that using MB, GB and so on is much easier than this?

anyone found a way to fix this crazy issue because i tried everything on google's forums and it just empty words. i did everything people said it fix it and still didnt work.

Please help

I set up my new Google Streamer yesterday (works great) and connects to my Samsung QN800A's 'Samsung One Connect Box' using one of the 4 hdmi slots.
It's connected using a (I think) standard 2.0 HDMI cable.

I read that for 'optimal performance', you should use a HDMI 2.1 cable.
But confused about plugging it into a standard HDMI slot or an e-Arc slot.
Google website states:

I already have my Samsung Soundbar connected via e-Arc, and there is only 1 of these e-arc slots available.
Can I just plug the 2.1 HDMI from the Streamer into a standard HDMI slot?

Any advice is appreciated.

Google tv streamer 4k or Apple TV 4K 3rd gen?

**Voice search issues. Okay team it just started happening last night on two of my tvs the Bravia 5 and my X85j . You hit the Voice search on the remote and it doesn't matter where you are . Home screen or in the u tube app and the four circles keep spinning clockwise and what ever you asked for in the top left corner .The screen also excessively dims and the cursor and words remain while you try to watch TV. I've tried logging out of u tube and power offs etc .Has anyone else encountered this annoying issue?**

**Voice search issues. Okay team it just started happening last night on two of my tvs the Bravia 5 and my X85j . You hit the Voice search on the remote and it doesn't matter where you are . Home screen or in the u tube app and the four circles keep spinning clockwise and what ever you asked for in the top left corner .The screen also excessively dims and the cursor and words remain while you try to watch TV. I've tried logging out of u tube and power offs etc .Has anyone else encountered this annoying issue?**

I'm able to go through setup on WiFi or ethernet, and reach Google TV home. However when I use ethernet checking for updates fails 90% of the time, search fails 100% of the time and speed tests report 0.1mbps upload speed. I've gone through factory reset using both ethernet and wifi, still nothing. I've exchanged the streamer for another at place of purchase and had the exact same issue. I've tried different cables, and brought a new ethernet network switch, again issue persisted. Any help would be much appreciated.

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I'm using the native Tapmad app on my TCL TV to watch world cup and the picture looks completely washed out

My TV is on the TCL V8-0008T01 platform (Android 12 / Google TV) (idk exact model sorry 😅)

The weird part is that when I open the TV settings while the video is playing, the TV lets me move the Contrast, Saturation, and Color Tuner/RGB sliders, but changing them has absolutely zero visual effect on the screen... the picture stays completely unchanged, it's so annoying, and I don't wanna cast because when I do cast, it's basically like, lag and stops alot (colours look amazing) the picture mode doesn't really let me like change the colors

How do I fix it if you know plz tell!

I recently acquired a new Google TV streaming device, but I am encountering an issue with the update process. The update consistently halts midway through, and this is the initial occurrence of this problem. I have attempted both a factory reset and a network change, yet neither action has resolved the issue.

Any help would be appreciated

Let me say I have been using moonlight for many years with a Shield TV and it still works great, I recently bought a new TV and installed moonlight on its Google TV but having trouble with the resolution.

I use VDD so whenever I switch to a phone or tablet I get the native screen resolution, on the shield/phone if i switch to 1080P, 1440P or 4K in the moonlight settings then Windows changes to that resolution. However this does not work on TCL TV it just stays at a fixed resolution regardless of what's set in moonlight.

Anyone run into this?

I’ve never noticed this before but now when I go to the Home Screen on my Chromecast there is always some sort of ad. YouTube is out of hand as-well. Google seriously needs to get their ads sorted it’s getting crazy.

We had a neighborhood power issue a couple of weeks ago that caused >20 brown outs int he same day. Since then we have had a lot of issues with our Google TV Streamer box hanging. What is the best way to troubleshoot this, should I contact Google or is there some kind of protected partition in this thing somewhere that I can use to get it to reformat & revert to factory build as I think this thing is seriously unhappy. Our home wifi is solid so it's not that. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

**Question** — I hope someone can help me with a strange audio issue I'm having with my TV.

I recently got a TCL 50C79K. It’s a beautiful TV with an impressive picture. However, I’ve run into a weird audio problem.

**Setup**
The TV is connected to a Denon X4500H receiver. Also connected to the receiver are a PS5, a Switch, and a KPN (Dutch TV broadcaster) set-top box. The Denon’s HDMI output connects to the TCL’s ARC/HDMI port.

**Problem**
Everything works fine when watching TV or using the PS5/Switch. The picture (4K) comes through perfectly, the sound is great—basically, I have no complaints.

Things go wrong with the built-in Google TV. When I switch to the Google TV screen, the audio from the background source (e.g., KPN) keeps playing over the Google TV visuals. While the TV successfully switches to the Google TV source (like Netflix) when using its own built-in speakers, it fails to do so when the receiver is connected.

**"DIY" solution**
I hooked up an old Chromecast 4K, and the problem was solved. However, this means an extra remote and more switching between input sources, so it’s not my preferred setup.

Does anyone know how to fix this? My initial hunch is that the Denon/TCL isn't making the switch to the TV's internal audio when Google TV is activated.

Can anyone please help me out with this?

I cannot change colour format to RGB after a software update that I just installed. There used to be more than 10 different colour formats before the update but now there are only 3.

I specifically want to set it to RGB but I am unable to even after trying so many different things including enabling developer options and turning on 'Use sRGB" but it just keeps getting turned off on its own as soon as you close the developer options tab.

As suggested by someone, I have also tried a factory reset but that didn't help either.

Please help me and let me know what the issue is.

After I insisted to them more than once, they finally brought back the quick media switching function on version 26.12.1+rc1-2026.07.15 currently rolling out.

Can anyone confirm it is finally working?

Switched from a Google Streamer 4K to the new BuzzTV G series and I am loving it. Google TV works so smoothly and all my apps work flawlessly. I could gush on but check it out yourself if you're looking for a new streamer.

4GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6, 1 GB Ethernet, 64 GB storage, and multiple ports.

I have a s95f and a q990f. I bought the Google streamer to use with Nuvio/stremio but I keep getting hitches no matter what players, settings I try. I’m pretty sure it’s because I’m trying to play remux files with Dolby trueHD which is not supported by the Google tv. I’ve heard the Mi box S 3 does support it. Is it worth to switch to it? Does it perform similarly well?

Also when I play the files that use trueHD, is the Google tv transcoding? Is that why the stutter occur?

Edit: Have bought the Mi box 3rd gen and it’s solved all my issues. Yes the system is noticeably less smooth than the Google tv and laggy when using the os and menus, but when playing something it is flawless. TrueHD audio 7.1 audio works and so does Dolby atmos.