Why doesn’t my old smart TV work anymore?

Your smart TV, like most ‘smart’ things, has been given a limited shelf life by its static internals and the evolution of software and content. Perhaps it has had firmware foisted upon it that its poor guts can’t stomach (iPhone users know this one well); if it hasn’t, then it’s going to be behind the curve on what content providers expect.

There is no solution. Buy a new TV if you must, or rely on the smart functions of something you can plug into it rather than those built into the TV itself. This is a topic that riles Guru, so he’ll stop there before he says something libellous.

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