6 Reasons I Skipped a Smart TV and Bought a Streaming Stick Instead
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Summary
A common complaint about smart TVs is their slow performance as the result of clunky interfaces and underpowered hardware, particularly on more basic models.
Using streaming devices rather than the smart TV’s built-in apps can help overcome these performance issues and offer a number of other advantages.
These include speed, since the devices are specifically optimised for fast performance and switching between apps; regular software updates, as the updates are simultaneous and much more frequent than those for smart TVs; cost-effectiveness, as it is much cheaper to upgrade the streaming device than buy a whole new TV; and portability, since streaming devices can be taken on trips and used with hotel TVs or borrowed TVs elsewhere.
Other benefits of streaming devices versus smart TVs include access to more apps and services and better performance, as the cost of the hardware and software is more closely aligned.
