Samsung LN46B650 DLNA with LG NAS

by falcondrum Apr 14, 2010 8:11AM PDT

After many hours of Samsung tech support up to level 2 - Samsung said "The LN46B650 is not a DLNA device... if it doesn't work now, it won't ever work". This is a relayed message from a Product Support Specialist at Samsung.

This statement is in response to attempting to the get the LN46B650 to recognize an LG NAS N2B1. A Western Digital WDTV LIVE and a iPod app, ML Player Lite both recognize the LG NAS without a problem.

When I asked Samsung for a compatibility matrix for the LN46B650 or if any newer models were compatible with the LG NAS, Samsung could not provide an answer. No new firmware will be produced for the LN46B650, so there is no hope that this issue will be fixed.

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Samsung LN55B650

by bpatrick72 Apr 22, 2010 11:54PM PDT

So you're telling me the TV (LN55B650) I paid almost $2000 back in August is no longer getting firmware updates from Samsung and will never recieve a Netflix widget, which was advertised as coming soon and which was one of the primary reasons I bought this particular TV. Thanks a lot Samsung. Guess I should have waited and got the Vizio or LG.

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Samsung LN55B650

by Samsung_HD_Tech Samsung staff Apr 23, 2010 1:47PM PDT

bpatrick72,

I don't know if it will receive Netflix. It was not a planned widget for that model. Who advertised Netflix as a widget on the LN55B650?

--HDTech

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Samsung LN55B650

by bpatrick72 Apr 24, 2010 5:28AM PDT

I'm pretty sure that I saw it on the Samsung website back right before I bought my TV. It may have been on the Internet@TV section but seeing as how that's what my TV has, I was expecting to see it at some point.

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Samsung LN55B650

by Samsung_HD_Tech Samsung staff Apr 24, 2010 2:28PM PDT

bpatrick72,

The 2010 models have Netflix, but the 2009 models do not.

To the original poster, I also don't have a list of compatible devices. There are literally hundreds to test, and I don't know which ones will or will not work.

--HDTech

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Samsung LN46B650 and LG NAS via DLNA

by falcondrum Apr 25, 2010 3:40AM PDT

So will there be a firmware upgrade that includes compatibilty between the Samsung LN46B650 and the LG NAS? The 2nd level tech told me that "the LN46B650 was not truly a DLNA device...". This is contridicting the adverstised specs.

I had asked Samsung for a list of 46" LCD's that are DLNA compatible with the LG NAS, but did not get a reply. Can someone at Samsung substantiate this?

Thanks!

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Samsung DLNA and LG NAS

by karlanderson123 Jun 30, 2010 1:02AM PDT

I purchased the same LG NAS model and I have found exactly the same problem.

A Netgear NAS works perfectly, but as soon as the LG (newer NAS) is attached the Samsung TV just doesn't detect it).

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LG NAS compatibility

by jw650 Jun 30, 2010 6:21PM PDT

Why do you assume the problem is with the TV and not the NAS? I have tested quite a few DLNA media servers and none of them have failed completely, though most needed some tweaking (of profiles) to get them to work well.

FWIW, there seems to be a modified version of the LG firmware that includes Twonkyserver. This is the preferred server for most NAS devices and has a lot of support, including profiles for the Samsung TV.
http://lg.threnor.de/?action=faq&lang=en

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Thanks

by karlanderson123 Jun 30, 2010 7:35PM PDT

I will take a look at this firmware and possibly give it a go.

How will this enable to DLNA function to communicate with the TV, I'm maybe not as technically aware as I should be in that respect.

Karl.

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DLNA

by jw650 Jul 5, 2010 9:10AM PDT

The TV has a DLNA client which advertises its presence on the local network. Any DLNA-compatible server (PCSM, Windows MP11+ and many others) will detect this and, if they recognise the profile, announce their availability to the TV - each server will then appear in the Sources list, or in Media Play.

There are very many media servers available for Windows systems, fewer for Macs and Linux. The NAS almost certainly uses Linux. All the others I've seen licence Twonkyserver, but LG may have chosen another.

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LG NAS & Samsung TV

by falcondrum Jul 6, 2010 11:48AM PDT

You may be correct, however, LG has not made any updates to their firmware and my other DLNA devices (WD TVLIVE and an iPOD Touch app both see the LG-NAS ok.

Threnor's firmware isn't compatible with the N2BDD1 unit which I have, otherwise I would install it. Has anyone gotten it to work with the N2BDD1 (Blu-ray)?

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lg nas issue

by jcbyte Sep 20, 2010 1:52PM PDT

I am trying to use allshare with my lg-nas and although I can get the folders in the share side of the program the files do not show up in on th allshare device in my blu ray player theatre. Any suggestions?

JC

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