George Hofmeister

What do you want to update it to?

Well I'm all for an expansion, but LG needs to be seen to engage with both content providers, app producers and end users if they want webOS to blossom and not die on the vine as it did with Palm/HP.

I would recommend Plex Media Server for the back-end if your Synology NAS is capable of running it, which available from their Packages or direct from Plex. There is a Plex webOS client available for the front-end. Currently, to my knowledge, there is no way to just browse to a file share (if that is how you have things set up) and just play a file from it. You could also look at using DLNA which both devices should support.

OK

Did they have anything like a dedicated support page or just a contact link? Whichever it was could you share it with the forum so that others can badger iflix as well.

Have you contacted iflix to voice your desire for a webOS app?

Hi, A user here who does not use his LG webOS TV's web browser for streaming content; as I'm happily streaming media through the dedicated apps, and is really happy with his SMART TV brick. To say that other SMART TV platforms do not have the same issues in untrue, the first result from a Google search throws up this post: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/TVs/web-browser-on-smart-tv/td-p/253/page/3 If you start looking round forums for Samsung you will find many of the same issues with Tizen as there are with webOS. When you talk about expensive pay-to-view apps there are other free-to-view options in the store, it may be that there are not the ones you want but this is down to content providers not producing the app. The YouTube app is a constant source of discussion on the forum, but strangely (for me at least) BBC iPlayer, Amazon Video, ITV Player, Channel 4, Five, PLEX all seem to have no issues at all managing the memory available to them. I myself, like I am guessing many others, purchased my LG webOS device with the expectation that it was going to be first and foremost a television and secondly it would provide dedicated apps for streaming content. What I did not expect it to be was a full blown replacement for my desktop computer or a huge wall hung mobile like device. Would I like to see LG engage with webOS TV users in a better way, well yes of course. Do LG do well managing a customer's expectations vs reality, sometime.

Err but no webOS

Others on the forum recommend disabling Quick Start in the settings to get around this issue, I have tried it myself so your mileage may vary.

What site(s) are you trying to visit? See the following post: The webOS does display HTML5 pages, so if you can tell us the ones you cannot see that would help.

Thank you Yoda.

See this post: Basically Flash is unsupported on webOS, and never will be due to it being out-dated, insecure and coming to end of life, I am not aware of any SMART TV that does support it.

The web browser is only designed for light browsing (there is a link somewhere on the forum to the official LG statement) and not for streaming media. BT needs to be cajoled in to producing a compatible app for webOS.

Currently no there is not.

No

The is a difference between the software version and the firmware version of webOS. You want to find your firmware version to tell you exactly which webOS you are running. My TV has software version 05.30.20 and firmware 3.3.3-4202 (dreadlocks-dharug), meaning I am running not webOS 5 but webOS 3.x.x

This is a feature many people have asked for, one that the boffins at LG obviously did not think of. It is possible that the feature will have made its way in to webOS 4, but it is anyone's guess if your current TV will be one of those that will be compatible with the upgrade.

Content providers are the producers of apps for webOS (unless someone knows different), so if it is missing features a word with Sling is in order.

Hi Daniel, It is highly unlikely that old LG NetCast televisions will get an upgrade to webOS. The two main reasons are: 1. Hardware - The NetCast televisons run different chipsets and memory meaning reprogramming webOS to cover these units, which leads on to reason 2 2. There is no money in it for LG. Quite simply; why would LG spend the money to do the conversion when there is no profit centre in it for them? They would much prefer you purchase a new set from them.

Thanks for the info, I have used the form to add my request for an app.

Hi, Currently to my knowledge there is no VPN app for webOS. If you mode/router supports VPN you could direct the service through that instead.

As you have tried flashing the board and it is still telling you it is a 630V it would seem logical to assume that the flash did not actually work as the board is not compatible with the 650V firmware.

Hi, Probably better to ask this question over at the official LG Developer website: http://webostv.developer.lge.com

I'm guessing that there would be a chip to handle the 3D, if you have tried flashing the 650V firmware and it has made no difference you have probably answered your own question.

Try these: http://www.lg.com/hk_en/support/product-help/CT20136005-1436494046012-initial-setup YMMV