Samsung UN32J5205 32-Inch 1080p Smart LED TV (2015 Model)

I would have rated this TV 5 stars, however it took two hours to get the Netflix app to work without constantly freezing and locking up the TVs OS. Symptoms we experienced: Launching Netflix and attempting to watch a show would cause the show to repeatedly buffer and get stuck at 99%. After this occurs, the TVs OS becomes incredibly sluggish and it becomes nearly unresponsive, forcing a full reboot of the TV. Disabling "Smart Security" feature completely resolves this issue, and gets rid of the sluggishness and freezing experienced within the TVs OS. We also disabled auto-update as we saw this was recommended by other owners as a potential fix. To disable Smart Security: Menu button on Remote> System > Smart Security > Off Pros: TV is incredibly light and thin. Picture quality is great. Once Smart Security is disabled, navigating the menu and apps are responsive and quick. Easy to use. Price Cons: TV is not ready to use "Out of the box". Smart Security feature completely cripples the TV and makes it unusable with built-in default apps. 3/5 stars. 5/5 once the Smart Security feature is disabled.

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For the prince, this TV is a good purchase. Picture quality and color are very good. Since I havent had a TV for 8 years, Im pretty satisfied with this purchase. It definitely beats watching Netflix on my computer. However, I did have a very hard time configuring this TV. I was on the verge of sending it back within the first week. I could not get Netflix to function properly. Every time I tried to watch something on Netflix, it would go into an eternal loading loop and crash. I couldnt exit the application without force powering off the TV, which was a huge pain because the TV is painfully slow to start up! It takes almost 2 minutes to "prepare the TV" so that you can open one of the smart applications. I finally reset the TV, which I really didnt want to do because setting up all the applications with usernames and passwords took over an hour (slow typing when you have to use arrows to select each letter). However, after resetting the TV, everything seemed to work just fine. Some applications that are NOT AVAILABLE that I would really love to see on this TV are: Spotify, NPR, TED Talks and some other radio and news options. However, you do get Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Go, YouTube and Pandora is offered as an application you can download. So, the two stars get docked for the extremely slow startup, difficult setup and challenges getting Netflix to work, and lack of popular applications.

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Pros: Excellent picture quality, viewing angle, and sound. Nice and thin, small bezel, and light weight. I was able to mount it on the wall myself without being worried about dropping it and once mounted, it barely sticks out from the wall at all. Cons: I bought this for the smart tv features, and they are clearly not well thought out by Samsung 1. It takes several minutes after turning on before youre allowed to even use Youtube, Amazon, Netflix, etc. Watching via the antenna or HDMI ports works fine during this time. Minor, but annoying. 2. I attached an external keyboard/mouse combo (Logitech K400) to the TV. It recognized it right away and I thought "great, no more using the remote to tap out searches in youtube or netflix. Turns out that the letter keys (QWERTY etc) only work in the web browser, and not the other "smart" features. You still need to use the on-screen keyboard to search in Youtube or Netflix. Samsungs response to this was that the apps are developed by third parties. I call BS on that, they may not be developed by Samsung but theyre still part of the product. Its not like Im trying to use some obscure input device, just a keyboard. Samsung needs to grow a pair and force their app developers to make the apps usable, and not just marginally functional as they are now.

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As with many other users, I have been experiencing a slow TV. My allegiance to this brand stemmed from our recent purchase of a larger, albeit more expensive, model for our family room. The larger model works very well and has a very reasonable response time when powering on (~5 seconds to launch an app), but this smaller model seems VERY slow to process anything within the first 1-2 minutes of power up. Our intention when purchasing this TV was to place it in our childrens playroom and use its SmartHub feature to connect to our favorite shows via Netflix, Hulu, etc. We do NOT have it hooked up to cable, satellite, or antenna. Its sole purpose is to connect to Wi-Fi! When starting the TV, the common static appears along with the channel. Once you attempt to select an app through the SmartHub, it states "Preparing TV. Please try again later". This message continues to occur regardless of the app selected for a time that is very unreasonable (over 1 minute). You have to sit there, staring at static... Because of our situation (no cable), I would consider this a poor purchase for anyone who wished to use it as we intended.

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