Wait’ll you hear about changing TV channels in 1985.
Turning on a TV in 1975: wait 60 seconds for the tube to warm up.
Turning on a TV in 1985: wait 10 seconds for the tube to warm up.
Turning on a TV in 1995: wait 2 seconds for the tube to warm up.
Turning on a TV in 2023: stare at the LG logo for 20 seconds, then wait another 30 seconds "for Smart Services to become available" in order to change the channel.
Or for my nearly brand new Samsung smart TV - starts up in about 5 seconds, then you can happily watch TV and I did for a few months until it forced an update, which slowed things down.
Now things still work, but the TV needs a restart about once a week if I use the built in apps like YouTube or Netflix.
Finally bought an Apple TV 4K and it "boots" directly into it. Such a relief! (Well, except for that bizarre touch remote that came with the Apple TV, but that's a small price to pay!)
It's asinine how slow service provider's boxes work nowadays. Our Xfinity cable box has a .5-1.0 input lag, (more like 2secs for ff/rw/play) and it's the same even after customer service replaced it with another unit. What a waste of resources...
