Samsung forum: Web Browser on the new 2011 Smart TVs is getting trashed

I does still sorta feel like its in beta, I agree. But hopefully it is! That means they'll continue to develop and improve it.

BTW, after my first week of playing the D8000 and the browser, my 4 AA batteries died. I sure hope that was because they were cheap ones and that I'll get longer than a week with newer better batteries.

You mention that you saw another thread where someone said to "fix this flaw" , not sure what flaw the poster was referring to, but there is a flaw with the qwerty remote control that ships with the D8000.

The flaw is that it is so unresponsive to the point that it is not useable. Trying to use it to enter any text is a tedious chore even more so if you are using it in the browser and trying to move the pointer around, I don't think you could have made the cursor move any slower across the screen then it currently does. I don't mind the size so much, but it is the responsiveness of the keyboard that is painfully slow and therefore flawed.

The TV has blue tooth connectivity and USB ports, so why not update the drivers to allow a blue tooth or a wireless keyboard to be used ?

Something like the Logitech K400 keyboard would be great to use with the TV and would make the SmartTV live up to its name. Its not very smart if there is not an enjoyable user interface to allow a user to use all the features of the TV, such as the browser.


So come on Samsung enable the pairing of blue tooth or wireless keyboards.

I recently purchased a Samsung PN51D6900 plasma TV. From a video that I watched that was made by Samsung, I concluded that this TV had a web browser. The guy in the video said that all TVs numbered 6300 and up had a web browser. I now discover that he is only talking about LED TVs. What's up with that? I phoned Samsung today, and was told that only the 8000 series of plasma TVs has a built-in web browser.

its now 2012 but if this was 1995 I would still be upset with the functionality of this browser`... it is RUBBISH! beware do not expect to stream internet with the same ease as your computer...and it is prone to adware and being hijacked by ad diversion ...RUBBISH!!

True. Yet I just read this post and many others on my android phone. To top it off...with only my thumb!! I was able to register for cnet with a few clicks. Now tell me, why can't my TV do this? My phone was free and the TV was $1500. Both are connected to the same internet.

I am litterally laying down typing ready to sleep. Mad that I got dupped for gimmicks called "Widgets" . I mostly wanted the highest grade picture quality and now feel the price was driven up by stuff I had no choice to accept. I am not happy to hear some other brands ( LG, Sony etc) have provably the same quality and workmanship...BUT you also get real smartness! I am litterally finding the connectivity of this Samsung 6400 46"LED useless.

GIVE US A WORKABLE BROWSER and I will be Sammy for life! No browser...cluncky browser...and I'm done.. but likely Samsung doesn't Care...they already got my money and know I can't afford another TV for several years..

I bought the 55 inch Samsung Plasma Smart TV with web browser so I could watch GBTV. No luck! Whenever I try to hook up my browser just runs and runs and runs. BIG WASTE OF MONEY. I just bought a Roku to get GBTV and it works great. Hooks up to website immediately with no streaming problems whatsoever. I think Samsung owes me some money for a product that doesn't work. Contemplating legal action and definitely contacting Consumer Protection Agency.

A web browser browses the web my smart tv web browser is not browsing the web. Sounds like a product that does not perform up to standards. Definitely a Consumer Protection complaint.

I really don't see why you expect current tv's to do what a computer will do. That's not going to happen until they incorporate a computer into the set. Get yourself an inexpensive laptop off Ebay and hook it up to your tv like I did. You get all the content and full web browsing. I have an unlimited usenet account with one of the news servers which costs me $11.00 per month and gives me access to many of the latest movies, all tv episodes, classic movies, music, games, apps. Recently watched "Bad Day at Black Rock" a classic filmed in 1955 in Cinemascope amd Eastman Color, starring Spencer Tracy, Ann Francis, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and many others. I believe eventually the computer and the tv will be joined. That's what it will take to bring full internet functionality to television.

I know this is an old post but I too am frustrated with this. I bought this tv because it is suppose to be a smart tv with internet. What a shock after we paid so much money only to learn that we cant really watch hulu or daily show on the TV.

See I am one of the few in the USA that refuses to buy into the cable nonsense and the internet on my phone. So when i got a 55 inch samsung plasma that came with an internet browser I was excited.

The sad thing is most the apps on the tv is to get paid crap. I think samsung sold its sold to hulu plus netflix and all the other paid apps. If i can pay to watch hulu plus why cant i see free hulu on this tv. Now i don't even go to the smart tv options... just a bunch of garbage.

So now I tell all my friends dont waste your money it is not worth if.

Many models of Samsung smart tv did not have web browser. It's incredible, my tv UE45D550RW have not web browser, many people are frustrated waiting for an update who implement the web browser. My tv cost 989€. Please check in ...

https://getsatisfaction.com/samsungargentina/topics/abbzc28ad8oqt

Thanks