Samsung Smart Tv Smart Hub

[ESCAPIS]

I finally succumbed and bought a Smart Tv.

Samsung 55" that was at an attractive discounted price (no doubt clearing the stock for a more advanced, probably curved ones soon). it came with a handy new generation remote.

The Smart Hub is cool, but I suspect it register accounts based on location and subject the subscriber to the contents of his location, which, as far as Thailand is concerned, have some of the very recent movies and blockbusters....except, it is dubbed in Thai.

Has anyone come come across, this situation? Is there a way around it, meaning getting to register with a Hong Kong or australan server for english language? Assuming Samsung has a similar Smart Hub service in their territories!

I suppose I can watch my stash of torrents TVShows and Movies through Plex, pity XMBC does not exist for Samsung or so I believe.

The nice thing about XMBC is I can do away with Mac mini and re-attach its hard drive to the TV through its USB 3 port.

XMBC has a torrent client and downloads to the attached drive directly, and makes A/V available to the tv.

Of course, a jailbroken APPLE TV (has to be 1 or 2 gen) can offer all that and probably more, but that defeat the purpose of the Smart TV and its HUB.

Has anyone found a novel way of dealing with such situation?

Sent from an Apple gadget.

[FiftyTwo]

Trouble is nothing the Samsung Smart TV can do that an android box can't do far better and for a lot less money.

A basic HD Samsung screen + $140 android quad core box with air mouse beats it on price, on hardware, and is easily upgradeable.

Edited November 21, 2013 by FiftyTwo

[ESCAPIS]

Can you give me a nudge? Where to find such box.? Brand?

Sent from an Apple gadget.

[FiftyTwo]

Can you give me a nudge? Where to find such box.? Brand?

Sent from an Apple gadget.

MINIX NEO X7 Quad Core 2GB 16GB Storage TV & Media Streaming Player

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EIAR5CY/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Air Mouse

http://www.amazon.com/Tronsmart-TSM-01-Keyboard-Motion-Sensing/dp/B00DU7I75K/ref=sr_1_12?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1385035974&sr=1-12&keywords=air+mouse

Edited November 21, 2013 by FiftyTwo

[ESCAPIS]

Both links are taking me to trickybyte. !!!U

Sorry, my fault, changed dns and forgot to change them back

Got it.

Edited November 21, 2013 by ESCAPIS

[srn89]

Connect your T.V. to the Internet, you can find a lot of films etc on You Tube etc.

[gravity101]

Hi

You can chnage the SmartTV internet service location (UK, USA etc) by the performing the following. If its a new F seies, there are newer instructions on the web. Worked for me. I now have additional apps, and those horrid Thai ones are gone:

A smart TV will have different apps available depending on what market it is sold in. TVS sold outside North America are often unable to switch region to the USA. Some apps are locked down to serial numbers of the TV model and as this limitation is based on hardware it can’t be unlocked.

That said - changing the region to one of the following should provide access to the Netflix app on most TVS: USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

1. Press the Smart Hub button on the remote control
2. When Smart Hub has loaded then press », 2, 8, 9, « (fast forward, 2, 8, 9, rewind). Please not that new F-series Samsung TVS have a different way of changing app store. Please take a look at our other tutorial here.
3. Under Internet service location select the country you wish to use. Selecting either USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark will give you access to Netflix. UK will also give you access to BBC iPlayer. You can only have apps from one region installed at any given time. In other words you can’t have American and British apps installed at the same time.
4. Once you have selected to the country you wish to use press Next
5. Agree to Terms
6. Update of Smart Hub will start
7. Default apps for the region will be installed and old apps deleted
8. Once Smart Hub has rebooted your can install apps from the new region as you please

Thx

[affen02]

Hi

Maybe stupid question Gravity 101, if i perform as u say could it be possibloe that i interfere with my truemove channels, wouldent want that to happend.

Regards Alfen

[manarak]

Hi

You can chnage the SmartTV internet service location (UK, USA etc) by the performing the following. If its a new F seies, there are newer instructions on the web. Worked for me. I now have additional apps, and those horrid Thai ones are gone:

A smart TV will have different apps available depending on what market it is sold in. TVS sold outside North America are often unable to switch region to the USA. Some apps are locked down to serial numbers of the TV model and as this limitation is based on hardware it can’t be unlocked.

That said - changing the region to one of the following should provide access to the Netflix app on most TVS: USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

1. Press the Smart Hub button on the remote control
2. When Smart Hub has loaded then press », 2, 8, 9, « (fast forward, 2, 8, 9, rewind). Please not that new F-series Samsung TVS have a different way of changing app store. Please take a look at our other tutorial here.
3. Under Internet service location select the country you wish to use. Selecting either USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark will give you access to Netflix. UK will also give you access to BBC iPlayer. You can only have apps from one region installed at any given time. In other words you can’t have American and British apps installed at the same time.
4. Once you have selected to the country you wish to use press Next
5. Agree to Terms
6. Update of Smart Hub will start
7. Default apps for the region will be installed and old apps deleted
8. Once Smart Hub has rebooted your can install apps from the new region as you please

Thx

Very useful post, thanks for that!

I will soon be looking to purchase a couple of 46" smart TVs from Samsung.

Which shop has the best price?

[Crossy]

I'm not convinced about smart TVs.

As FiftyTwo notes, a regular TV with an Android stick is cheaper, more versatile and upgradable.

[manarak]

I'm not convinced about smart TVs.

As FiftyTwo notes, a regular TV with an Android stick is cheaper, more versatile and upgradable.

yes - I've owned a popcornhour device too, and compared with a smart tv, a stick or a device is probably cheaper, but sticks and devices are in my experienced less polished. I don't like to be bothered by firmware upgrades, rebuilding thumb indexes, unsupported codecs, etc.

In favor of the smart TV: I like that there is only one remote, no additional cables, boxes, etc.

[iamariva1957]

The Smart Hub is anything but smart! I have one as well, same brand and size and I have never been able to get the thing to work as advertised. Yes, there are sites that are already programed into the TV such as Viki which give you some movies (usually old ones) and some TV shows both in English... but I wind up using my DVD player more than trying to get anything from the web to actually work. As a matter of fact they (Samsung) had a problem with their Smart Hub and different servers and still do. Sometimes it is even down as far as I could tell by surfing the web asking questions about it on my laptop. Frankly... I wish I had not bought the thing in the first place. Other than the Thai news and the BBC which I can get through the TV by going online with it... sometimes... it was not worthy the money and the aggravation that it has caused. This is just my experience and not I fear the norm. The apps on the thing work but do as for changing the country location of the set though possible (as already listed in this tread) folks like Amazon, etc will be looking at your local IP Address and will not allow you to view stuff because "of your geographical location". That is not something you will be able to change.

[Firefan]

I tend to agree.I anyway need an additional box/computer attached to install various player softwares like Thaiexpattv, Ilikehd, XBMC (as most smart Tvs run their own operating systems) and while I thought that the "from router direct to smart TV" connection would increase speed, the lagging hardware (to keep TV prices down) can not keep up with a good computer/box, can not be upgraded - and I am not impressed with the Samsung interface either. Cheers!

[JoePai]

Have recently bought a 50" Samsung Smart for 30k which I thought quite cheap - just found out it has 3D on it so last night watched 'Turbo' on it with the kids - actually prefer the 3D picture to going to the movies !

[manarak]

The Smart Hub is anything but smart! I have one as well, same brand and size and I have never been able to get the thing to work as advertised. Yes, there are sites that are already programed into the TV such as Viki which give you some movies (usually old ones) and some TV shows both in English... but I wind up using my DVD player more than trying to get anything from the web to actually work. As a matter of fact they (Samsung) had a problem with their Smart Hub and different servers and still do. Sometimes it is even down as far as I could tell by surfing the web asking questions about it on my laptop. Frankly... I wish I had not bought the thing in the first place. Other than the Thai news and the BBC which I can get through the TV by going online with it... sometimes... it was not worthy the money and the aggravation that it has caused. This is just my experience and not I fear the norm. The apps on the thing work but do as for changing the country location of the set though possible (as already listed in this tread) folks like Amazon, etc will be looking at your local IP Address and will not allow you to view stuff because "of your geographical location". That is not something you will be able to change.

wrong - use a VPN to connect your router to the internet.

for your streaming problems, I guess your bandwidth is too low to use these services.

[Deke]

I'm not convinced about smart TVs.

 

As FiftyTwo notes, a regular TV with an Android stick is cheaper, more versatile and upgradable.

What do you recommend as an Android box/stick that I could pick up at Fortune or somewhere similar?

Sent from my GT-N8000 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[IMHO]

Have recently bought a 50" Samsung Smart for 30k which I thought quite cheap - just found out it has 3D on it so last night watched 'Turbo' on it with the kids - actually prefer the 3D picture to going to the movies !

I have 170+ 3D Blurays that my kids don't watch in 3D anymore, because they say it makes their 65" plasma look too small now

Once you get used to the size of your screen, the 'small screen effect' 3d created will piss you off.. Plus there's only one truly good 3D title (Avatar) and you can only watch it so many times

Edited November 22, 2013 by IMHO

[FiftyTwo]

Have recently bought a 50" Samsung Smart for 30k which I thought quite cheap - just found out it has 3D on it so last night watched 'Turbo' on it with the kids - actually prefer the 3D picture to going to the movies !

I have 170+ 3D Blurays that my kids don't watch in 3D anymore, because they say it makes their 65" plasma look too small now

Once you get used to the size of your screen, the 'small screen effect' 3d created will piss you off.. Plus there's only one truly good 3D title (Avatar) and you can only watch it so many times

Yep, paying more for 3D is a waste of time.

Once or twice then the gimmick is unused.

[gravity101]

Hi

Maybe stupid question Gravity 101, if i perform as u say could it be possibloe that i interfere with my truemove channels, wouldent want that to happend.

Regards Alfen

Sorry for the delay

No It wouldn't. Were only talking about changing Samsung Smart Hub Setup.

[Crossy]

I'm not convinced about smart TVs.

As FiftyTwo notes, a regular TV with an Android stick is cheaper, more versatile and upgradable.

What do you recommend as an Android box/stick that I could pick up at Fortune or somewhere similar?

Sorry about the delay responding, I have one of these http://www.pandawill.com/mk809iv-quad-core-mini-android-tv-box-tv-dongle-rk3188-bluetooth-2gb-8gb-android-42-p82919.html but similar units are available at about the same price in Fortune etc, not sure of exact outlets, take a picture with you

Works nicely with UK-TV and 365Sport for my Ashes fix

BTW Wifey is now convinced I'm mad, Angry Birds on a 50" screen

[ESCAPIS]

Been to the local Chonburi Samsung center.

After a stroke inducing attemps at explaining the following, to the assistant technician (the senior one has a meeting, probably with a female in a boudoir)

"My smarthub is in thai"

"I requite it in english like the model i saw on your desk"

"Please help me or tell me what to do"

Not a word of english, and my thai is less than mediocre if I want to be optimistic. Finally after a fair amount of gesticulations and double dutch blabbering, on both side, the cleaning woman, bless her heart, advised the assistant to go and see the problem for himself.

Women of all races, amazes me, they are never short of practical sense,!

I loaded him on the motorbike, it is just a kawazaki ksr slightly modified to fit some of my height, proved a bit too high for the lad and i had to practically carry him and seating him behind me. I might add that I made sure the shopping bag i carried was firmly and securely wedged between that area of body contact...just in case....!

Arrived home, showed him the tv . fiddled a bit with it, discovered what I was trying to explain about the thai and the region setting and decided that he has no clue, but promised to alert The Senior Engineer on Monday.

Hope springs eternal!

I will keep you posted guys.

Sent from an Apple gadget.

[scotsman]

http://help.unotelly.com/support/solutions/articles/31574-setting-up-unodns-on-your-samsung-tv-and-blu-ray-player-smarthub- This is how to change it and you will need a DNS server as well for the country you choose.

Regards

Scotsman

[silopsist]

Hi

You can chnage the SmartTV internet service location (UK, USA etc) by the performing the following. If its a new F seies, there are newer instructions on the web. Worked for me. I now have additional apps, and those horrid Thai ones are gone:

A smart TV will have different apps available depending on what market it is sold in. TVS sold outside North America are often unable to switch region to the USA. Some apps are locked down to serial numbers of the TV model and as this limitation is based on hardware it can’t be unlocked.

That said - changing the region to one of the following should provide access to the Netflix app on most TVS: USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

1. Press the Smart Hub button on the remote control
2. When Smart Hub has loaded then press », 2, 8, 9, « (fast forward, 2, 8, 9, rewind). Please not that new F-series Samsung TVS have a different way of changing app store. Please take a look at our other tutorial here.
3. Under Internet service location select the country you wish to use. Selecting either USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark will give you access to Netflix. UK will also give you access to BBC iPlayer. You can only have apps from one region installed at any given time. In other words you can’t have American and British apps installed at the same time.
4. Once you have selected to the country you wish to use press Next
5. Agree to Terms
6. Update of Smart Hub will start
7. Default apps for the region will be installed and old apps deleted
8. Once Smart Hub has rebooted your can install apps from the new region as you please

Thx

i've done all this, now when I select any app it says geolocation problem and wont play any programes................I thought this was gonna be life changing, but it still doesnt work. All I want is uk TV, how do I get it. Thats what I paid the money for!

[astral]

You probably need to look at VPN services to mask your real location

but I am not sure how practical that is on a Smart TV

[scotsman]

If you follow the instructions on my link and try the DNS servers on the free trial then you can see that this works for UK and many other TV apps http://help.unotelly.com/support/solutions/articles/31574-setting-up-unodns-on-your-samsung-tv-and-blu-ray-player-smarthub- http://www.unotelly.com/unodns/ Its 5$ a month if you are happy with it. If you have a problem getting it to work just ask them by e-mail they will help you but I found out if you check your service is working on this web link

http://quickstart3.unotelly.com/#setup and if its says setup is active then your good to go but it does not then you can try using the update your ip address in the menu on the left of the page.

regards

Scotsman

Edited January 23, 2014 by scotsman

[papayaklaus]

Hmmm ... I have since heard of ulango.tv...
I have since found many apps...

[Chicog]

I know I keep pushing it but it's hard to beat the Chromecast at $30.

Then just stream what you like from your PC.

FilmOn have added Casting now too.