I recently got a Sony Bravia 4k hdr running Android TV. I would have preferred a dumb TV but I've been plesently surprised so far.
it's got Chromecast built in which has been great at my last party (would like to know how to bridge that to the guest network so I don't have to let users on the main network)
Kodi installed from the Play store and works pretty well. A few hd movie can't stream without skipping over the network from my nas but I can also plug in an hd directly to the TV as storage for Android.
Has built in DVR just add hd which I did and have been using to grab a few things.
Installed an Airplay app which seems to work. Have use it from both my phone and my Mac.
Netflix and YouTube work fine.
My original plan was to use it as a dumb TV and get a mac mini but Apple hadn't updated it in years. Thought about getting a NUC but so far it's doing everything I needed.
Was able to turn off all the ads by going to every app and turning off notifications.
It's supposedly going to get and Android 6 update soon so will see if still like it then.
We just recently got a Vizio and I'm actually not horrified by their setup.
Large parts are useless - Yahoo Profile that can't be removed for example. The app selection is limited compared to some of the bigger companies. It sucks that the Remote Buttons are hard coded to Xumo and iHeartRadio - which I'll never use and would LOVE to switch those to say Plex and Pandora which I do use...
But other than those issues, I've actually been rather impressed that most of the needs are met. Netflix, Pandora, Prime, Plex, Youtube. Logged into all the accounts and setup within an hour with shortcuts customized (except for on the remote and the Yahoo Profile that can't be removed).
Granted... I think we will switch to ChromeCast because that works for all our other TVs and for consistency sake... but given how much hate there is towards Smart TVs, I expected to hate the "Vizio OS" (or whatever it's called)... and actually kinda like it.
I do the same with my TV but it doesn't change the fact that its UI is as responsive as a website running on a calculator -- and it sometimes takes 90 seconds to even boot after I power it on.
I wish we had a hardware switch on these TVs, something to alternate between an old screen-and-TV-mode-only, and a smart TV. Sigh.
