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Question

Browser question LN 575 V

by Jan 1, 2014 4:55AM PST

Hi,
I'm thinking of buying this tv,the LG 42 LN575V.
Can anyone tell me if the browserhas full acces to the web and if it supports flash ?
Cheers

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Re: browser
by Forum moderator Jan 1, 2014 5:07AM PST

Full access to the web, that's a lot. Most tv's don't come with an ftp program or a pop3-mail client, of even basic internet utilities like ping and tracert. And if you use them in China possibly part of the Internet is blocked by the Chinese government.
Even java applets, Silverlight and Adobe Air and iPAd apps (all of which are fed from the net) are very doubtful.

And what did the sales person in the shop say when you asked him to demo a flash game on it from your favorite flash game site? Never believe what they tell you about compatibility unless you see it with your own eyes.

Kees

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by Iamdaz Jan 2, 2014 3:07AM PST

When I say full access I mean will I be able to load the same websites I can from a pc.

The tv in question is out of stock now anyway but I got the sales assistant to load the browser on another LG tv and one of the websites I use loaded no problem....although it then asked for a plug in to go any further. and he wouldn't do that.

Must say the response time to load the on screen keyboard was ridiculously slow,about 10 seconds !

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by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 3, 2014 3:10AM PST

Hulu.com and many other sites don't work for many reasons. It's not they can't but the site does not cater or want TV browsers.
Bob

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by Iamdaz Jan 3, 2014 7:08PM PST

Isn't that because sites like Hulu only work in certain regions due to copyright issues ?

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(NT) No.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 4, 2014 1:32AM PST
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