Panasonic for me, if only they made a decent smart side of it.LG TVs really are a mess, aren’t they? A Sony for me, next time. 10+ years from my Sony HD TVs, problem free.
8.8.8.8 is just google DNS server, you could alter that on your router if you want, normally it'll be set to whatever your ISP provide (as it should be the quickest unless it needs to fetch from a larger DNS)Hi @Tam1
Sorry for being thick - but can I check; you assigned a Fixed IP for the TV via your Router LAN IP settings and then on the TV itself you changed the DNS to 8.8.8.8 ?
Is that right -if not can you please provide more details?
Thanks - finally got round to doing this. I will update here the results after a few days.8.8.8.8 is just google DNS server, you could alter that on your router if you want, normally it'll be set to whatever your ISP provide (as it should be the quickest unless it needs to fetch from a larger DNS)
Thank you for this. I've just done this and the guide is immeasurably better. Takes about 5 seconds now down from about 30.Our old 43" LG TV (gave away) was fine. New one has very slow guide. Just turned TV on, then switched off at mains. Then back on a minute later. Far better. Found this out on Samsung web site!
You can use the browser and radio times.com which is a really good guide. Bookmark it and in the LG browser startup settings set to start with bookmarks or from where you left off. Also in option you can turn on picture in picture to watch while you are looking at the guide. Press the cross to make small while looking at guide. Pick the channel number you want, click on the TV and enter the number. No more painful waiting.Is there any way to use a 'normal' Freeview Programme Guide on LG smart sets? On both my main 65E6 and a second Smart LG set in the bedroom, the OS insists on trying to soft-load some over-complicated app-style guide with scrollback options from the internet. The picture and sounds goes off completely and you are stuck on a green loading screen the first time you access it, which especially on the bedroom TV which has no cable box and only a fairly weak wifi connection, takes ages - 20-30 seconds sometimes.
A Freeview guide should be picked up from off-air transmitted data, and thus displayed instantly every time, with no interruption to the background audio of the current TV channel (which is usually shown in the corner of the guide screen). My wife finds this process especially annoying, and we are actually going to have to replace the bedroom TV if I can't solve it.
Andre