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Bo Zarts

(26,404 posts) Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:47 PM Thursday

Ask me anything .. I just set up a "smart" TV!

Hey .. but there was no 14 year-old around to do it for me. The smart-ass TV was a major technological challenge for me, who flew MD-80 and 737 jets with steam gauges.

Then .. THEN! .. I set up the old dumbass TV (a 2011 Samsung) on my desk and hooked it to my MacBook Pro laptop. Now I have a big screen monitor. The resolution is not great enough to process photo images, but it makes things easy to read.

Damn I'm smart!

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Ask me anything .. I just set up a "smart" TV! (Original Post) Bo Zarts Thursday OP

Congrats! SheltieLover Thursday #1

Smart TV Bluestocking Thursday #2

Learning curve for 'smart'. Norrrm Thursday #3

Smart TV Maninacan Thursday #4

Well Bo...where's the picture? Enter stage left Thursday #5

Good for you, enjoy. Congrats!!!! Fla Dem Thursday #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Fla Dem Thursday #7

What channel True Dough Thursday #8

My brother obtained a "smart TV" and attempted to set it up.... reACTIONary Thursday #9

Smart pilot/phtographer deserves a smart tv 😉 Chicagogrl1 Thursday #10

My opinion is smart TV usage is for owners who want yet another bunch of compaies stealing their personal information. Wonder Why Thursday #11

I absolutely draw the line at connecting my coffee pot to the internet. surfered Thursday #12

I set mine up but denied Google control of the process. They definitely thought they were meant to be included. Martin68 Thursday #13

outstanding! Skittles Thursday #14

How come my brand spanking new cheapo (32" under a hundred bucks) smart TV... Brother Buzz Thursday #15

SheltieLover

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1. Congrats!

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:57 PM

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Bluestocking

(695 posts)

2. Smart TV

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 07:02 PM

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Is an oxymoron

Norrrm

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3. Learning curve for 'smart'.

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 07:28 PM

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Maninacan

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4. Smart TV

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 07:58 PM

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My smart TV can only program the stations the antenna is pointing at. I cannot add a station from another direction. Have studied this problem for a few years and the only solution is 2 antennas on the tower.

Enter stage left

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5. Well Bo...where's the picture?

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:50 PM

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Fla Dem

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6. Good for you, enjoy. Congrats!!!!

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:52 PM

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True Dough

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8. What channel

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:13 PM

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is Kung Fu on?

reACTIONary

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9. My brother obtained a "smart TV" and attempted to set it up....

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:18 PM

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.... and nothing worked. His daughter came over, got it cranking, but then his Gmail stopped working. She had to make another trip.

She is not a thirteen year old girl, but whenever any tech stops working he says "I have to call my thirteen year old girl."

Chicagogrl1

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10. Smart pilot/phtographer deserves a smart tv 😉

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:23 PM

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Wonder Why

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11. My opinion is smart TV usage is for owners who want yet another bunch of compaies stealing their personal information.

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:26 PM

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surfered

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12. I absolutely draw the line at connecting my coffee pot to the internet.

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:31 PM

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Martin68

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13. I set mine up but denied Google control of the process. They definitely thought they were meant to be included.

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:45 PM

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Skittles

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14. outstanding!

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:27 PM

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it is a pet peeve of mine to read about us geezers having other people take care of tech stuff - that just feeds into the notion we cannot keep up and that is FALSE!!!

Brother Buzz

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15. How come my brand spanking new cheapo (32" under a hundred bucks) smart TV...

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:31 PM

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With built in mirroring works fine for everything except my pirated MLB games; I can watch the game, but NO sound?

My primary smart tv is a Samsung, and it’s not Apple compatible so I use a Chrome cast dongle thingy.

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