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Muttley Snickers:
As the title suggests, for some time now whilst viewing Youtube videos I would see a yellow banner message stating that "We'll stop supporting this browser soon, for the best experience please update your browser".  I watched a video this morning without any problems but just now went to watch Dave's latest video and got a message declaring "video format not supported". 

I mainly watch Youtube videos on an older LG Smart TV which runs a gutted version of Chrome 22 and there is no longer any support for this model in regards to firmware or browser updates. The TV features and functions have always worked perfectly but the browser has been somewhat problematic since new as some pages were either slow to load or would not load at all.

So now I need to find a solution to this inconvenient dilemma and my options are to either buy a new Smart TV or get a Raspberry Pi or Stick PC to use as the internet browser on the exising TV. I know some people cringe at the thought of using a Smart TV but for my needs this one has been ideal and I liked that all of the functions and internet activity can be done with a mouse, the TV is also completely silent as well.

I can't really justify buying a new TV so I would appreciate if others could give me some guidance and opinions on the most practical solution. I have computers for other stuff in the study but this one is for the bedroom so it must be silent. The current TV is an LG 32LA6230 with 3 x HDMI and 3 x USB ports and I only use one USB port for a mouse, all of the HDMI ports are free.   

Someone else in the same boat.
https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/27621880?hi=en

wraper:

--- Quote from: Muttley Snickers on May 19, 2020, 02:56:44 pm ---or get a Raspberry Pi or Stick PC to use as the internet browser on the exising TV.

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It will suck. On anything below RPi 4 it's basically unusable. On 4 you can deal with that but still sucks.
Mr. Scram:
Getting an external PC is the best long term solution. I won't comment on whether a Raspberry Pi, SFF PC or old junk computer is a better solution as that depends on your means and wants.
Muttley Snickers:

--- Quote from: wraper on May 19, 2020, 03:10:39 pm ---It will suck. On anything below RPi 4 it's basically unusable. On 4 you can deal with that but still sucks.

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Only a few weeks ago a non-technical friend rang and asked me about using a Raspberry Pi 4 to make his old TV "Smart" internet wise. I watched a few vdeos on the subject but didn't think I would need to do the same thing. He went ahead and ordered a RPi 4 from RS anyway and is waiting on it to be delivered so I will get to see how it works before commiting.   
Muttley Snickers:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on May 19, 2020, 03:13:44 pm ---Getting an external PC is the best long term solution. I won't comment on whether a Raspberry Pi, SFF PC or old junk computer is a better solution as that depends on your means and wants.

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I agree and have plenty of computers, laptops and tablets elsewhere but they are not really an ideal solution in the bedroom, the TV with all its faults has been a good compromise in that regard. 

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