LG OLED C6 and G6: what they ship with and what can come off
The 2026 OLED sets on webOS 26. No ADB here either. The C6 moves up a processor and loses a USB port, and this year LG publishes no nits at all.
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Guides
What ADB is, what is safe to remove, and what to do when something goes wrong.
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Tesla and Vivax: what they ship with and what comes off
The Balkan Tesla does not build cars: it is a brand of the Comtrade group, of Belgrade. Vivax belongs to M SAN Grupa, of Croatia. Neither has a single platform of its own.
· 7 min read · By television
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TCL: the same TV under several names
Forty-one fields out of forty-three, identical. The only thing that changes between two TCL televisions is the name box, and the price on the shelf.
· 7 min read · By television
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TCL S5K, S4K and C655: what they ship with and what comes off
One TV whose page title says Fire TV and Android TV at once, another with no EU energy record at all, and eight years of updates TCL never mentions.
· 8 min read · By television
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TCL QM8B, MQLED80 and T7B: what they ship with and what comes off
Two names for a set that matches field by field, and almost the only memory figure TCL publishes in its catalogue: 3 GB. The rest is what it does not say.
· 9 min read · By television
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TCL Q6C and Q7C: what they ship with and what can come off
The same television changes panel, watts and even energy class depending on which country's official spec sheet you read. And its 144 Hz is 120 in the regulated one.
· 8 min read · By television
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Samsung The Frame and The Serif: what they ship with and what comes off
The set most people buy for reasons that are not technical, read against its regulated fiche: one fast HDMI out of four, 40W and class G.
· 8 min read · By television
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Philips PUS7000 to PUS8400: what they ship with and what comes off
Philips' cheap LED range is six near identical names. Five run a closed system and one runs Google TV, and the box does not say which is which.
· 8 min read · Not Android
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Panasonic W95B, W85B, W61A and W60A: what they ship with and what comes off
The new range and the entry range. Fire TV on top, with a package list and ADB. TiVo below, which is not Android. And five systems in the same shop window.
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Panasonic MX950, MX650, MX610 and MX600: what they ship with and what comes off
The floor of the Panasonic range. A Mini LED on an in-house system, an Android TV with the Play Store, and two sets whose app store is run by a company in Kiel that no longer goes by that name.
· 8 min read · Not Android
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Metz and COOCAA: what they ship with and what comes off
Three separate websites, one legal notice: the same Zirndorf company, the same commercial register number and the same four directors.
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Loewe and Bang & Olufsen: what they ship with and what comes off
A 4,000-euro stellar runs the same VIDAA as a Hisense, and inside a 26,100-euro Beovision there is an LG screen running webOS. The regulated form says so.
· 8 min read · Not Android
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LG QNED 9M, 92A and 85B: what they ship with and what can come off
The top of the QNED range, 2025 and 2026. No ADB here either. And the most expensive set is the one with the fewest HDMI ports.
· 8 min read · By television
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Hisense U6NQ, E6NT and S5Q: what they ship with and what comes off
The 65-inch U6NQ declares 240 dimming zones and the 65-inch U7Q declares 220. Going down a rung does not remove what you would expect.
· 8 min read · Not Android
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Grundig and Beko: what they ship with and what comes off
A single company signs all 306 EPREL records held by the two brands. And since 1 January 2026 Grundig has been licensed to Changhong: the group's own report says so, in a footnote.
· 8 min read · By television
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Finlux, Luxor and Regal: what they ship with and what comes off
Europe's biggest television group does not put its name on the shop floor. Of 1,518 EPREL entries downloaded, 1,195 are signed by six companies in that one group.
· 8 min read · By television
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Aiwa, Daewoo and Akai: what they ship with and what comes off
Three Japanese and Korean names with decades of history, today licences: 50 directory entries and not one platform of their own between them.
· 7 min read · By television
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ZTE and SEI Robotics: the same box under nine logos
209 boxes, 109 brands, 168 platforms. Nine brands on four continents hand out the same device with their own name on it, and none of them says who built it.
· 8 min read · By television
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Orange, MEO and Vodafone set-top boxes: what they ship with and what comes off
On a TV the question is what you can remove. On an operator's box the question comes earlier: is it yours? All three contracts say no.
· 7 min read · Not Android
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NVIDIA SHIELD TV and SHIELD TV Pro: what they ship with and what comes off
Seventy pages on this site say support runs out after three years. This is the one that says the opposite, and it says it with dates too.
· 7 min read · By television
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Mecool, Skyworth and RockTek: what they ship with and what comes off
Six platforms in the directory, and Skyworth and Mecool are on all six. If the box is the same, what decides the purchase is memory, price and who answers.
· 8 min read · By television
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Magenta, waipu and Swisscom set-top boxes: what they ship with and what comes off
Eight operators across Germany, Austria and Switzerland hand out Android TV boxes. The question is not what comes off: it is whose it is. Each contract answers differently.
· 9 min read · Not Android
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Cheap HDMI sticks: what they ship with and what comes off
A thirty-euro stick is not one device: it is thirteen, with memory from 1 GB to 4 GB. With the figure in front of you, some fix the TV and some repeat it.
· 7 min read · By television
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Toshiba MG8F and XA9D: what they ship with and what can come off
Toshiba's top range in Spain is two series running two different systems. And a television sold as OLED whose own spec sheet declares a DLED panel.
· 8 min read · By television
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TD Systems, Engel and Nevir: what they ship with and what comes off
All three sell by the truckload in Spain and almost nobody looks inside them. Download their catalogues and four operating systems turn up, none of them the one their own sites still advertise.
· 7 min read · By television
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Sony BRAVIA 2 II, X75WL and X80L: what they ship with and what comes off
The bottom of Sony's catalogue, the part that sells most and that nobody writes about. With an awkward detail: the 2026 model ships with less than the 2023 one.
· 8 min read · By television
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Sharp JP7, HP5 and HP6: what they ship with and what can come off
The first European Sharp with local dimming, and a sister range where the eARC is no longer on the port the brand's other models left it on.
· 8 min read · By television
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Samsung Q60D and Q6F: what they ship with and what comes off
The best-selling QLED, with both fiches side by side: what it really adds over a Crystal UHD, and where the newer set goes backwards.
· 8 min read · By television
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Samsung DU7000 and DU8000: what they ship with and what comes off
The floor of Samsung's catalogue: three HDMI ports, 20 W of sound, no brightness figure at all, and a system with no ADB and nothing to uninstall.
· 8 min read · By television
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Philips OLED760 and OLED770: what they ship with and what comes off
An OLED with Ambilight and a closed system. These are the only two Philips OLEDs that do not run Google TV, and between the two there is not one declared difference.
· 8 min read · Not Android
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Panasonic W80A and MX800: what they ship with and what can come off
The affordable Panasonics that also switch on into Amazon's store. The system comes down intact from the Z95A; the port split does not. Worth knowing before you plug anything in.
· 8 min read · By television
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OK. and PEAQ: what they ship with and what comes off
A shop brand has no factory. What you buy is somebody else's set with the shop's badge on it, and the directory proves it without taking anyone's word.
· 8 min read · By television
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LG OLED B5 and UHD UA: what they ship with and what can come off
LG's affordable end on webOS 25. No ADB here either. And the old question (B5 or C5) finally answered with both LG tables side by side.
· 8 min read · By television
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Kivi and Strong: what they ship with and what comes off
A Ukrainian brand built in Shenzhen and registered in Budapest, and a French one owned by Skyworth since 2015. Neither sells anything at kivi.tv or strong.tv.
· 7 min read · By television
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Hitachi, Sanyo and Schneider: what they ship with and what comes off
Three names with ninety years of history and not one platform of their own. Sanyo's fit inside Hitachi's, and Hitachi's fit inside Schneider's.
· 7 min read · By television
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Haier and Candy: what they ship with and what comes off
Seven trade names on one platform, three platforms it shares with nobody, and a manufacturer with an address. Haier is the mirror image of JVC.
· 7 min read · By television
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External players: what they ship with and what comes off
On a TV the question is what you can remove. On a player it is a different one: whether it is worth buying. Two figures answer it, memory and years of support.
· 7 min read · By television
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Essentiel B, Continental Edison and Edenwood: what they ship with and what comes off
Three of France's best-selling televisions carry the name of the shop that sells them. None of the three has a single platform of its own, and one is not even owned by the chain everybody assumes.
· 7 min read · By television
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CHiQ and Changhong: what they ship with and what comes off
The chiq.eu domain is for sale, the warranty is signed by a Czech company, and Google's directory gives CHiQ two platforms it shares with nobody. The brand mentions none of the three.
· 8 min read · By television
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Nokia and Thomson with Google TV: which models exist and what comes off
Eighty-one Thomson models and five Nokia ones with Google TV, all sharing the same blank box in the European register: the guaranteed years of updates.
· 8 min read · By television
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Samsung Q7F and Q8F: what they ship with and what comes off
Samsung's 2025 mid-range: three HDMI ports instead of four, 60 Hz instead of 165, and a system with no ADB and nothing to uninstall.
· 7 min read · By television
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Philips PUS8500 and PUS9000: what they ship with and what comes off
Philips' best-selling range is not Android. No ADB, no packages to disable, and inside the PUS range itself there is one series that does run Google TV.
· 8 min read · Not Android
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LG QNED 80A and 87A: what they ship with and what can come off
LG's mid-range on webOS 25. No ADB here either, but there is a trap: the same series holds two televisions with nothing in common.
· 7 min read · By television
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JVC, Blaupunkt and Hyundai: what they ship with and what comes off
439 TV brands, 222 platforms and 401 brands without one of their own. Comparing a JVC with a Blaupunkt can mean comparing the same set twice.
· 9 min read · By television
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Grundig and Telefunken: what they ship with and what comes off
One belongs to Beko and sells no televisions at all on its German site. The other builds nothing: it licenses the name. Neither publishes the memory.
· 8 min read · By television
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Samsung QN90F and S95F: what they ship with and what can come off
A Neo QLED and an OLED from 2025 with four HDMI ports that all run fast, no Dolby Vision, and a system with no ADB and nothing to uninstall.
· 7 min read · By television
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Panasonic Z95A and W90A: what they ship with and what can come off
Panasonic's flagship OLED and its Full Array LED sibling. Same processor, the same four HDR formats, the same port split and the same Amazon store on switch-on.
· 8 min read · By television
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LG OLED C5 and G5: what they ship with and what can come off
Two 2025 OLEDs running webOS 25. No ADB, no package list: what does come off is Live Plus. And their four HDMI really are four fast ports.
· 8 min read · By television
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Hisense U8Q and U7Q PRO: what they ship with and what comes off
The U8Q is the higher model and declares one HDMI fewer than the U7Q PRO. And at 75 inches the cheap one gets a VA panel and the dear one, ADS.
· 8 min read · By television
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Hisense S7 Canvas and UXQ: what they ship with and what comes off
A 55-inch canvas television and a 116-inch machine. Both are bought for what they physically are, and both ship with the most locked-down platform around.
· 8 min read · By television
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Hisense E8Q and E8: what they ship with and what can come off
Mini LED with real dimming zones, a promo block promising a Wi-Fi the table contradicts, and three of the maker's own spec sheets published blank.
· 8 min read · By television
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TCL S5L: what it ships with and what can come off
In a range where everything else is 4K with Google TV, this one stops at Full HD and the older interface. And TCL never says so: you have to deduce it.
· 8 min read · By television
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Sony BRAVIA 7 and 9: what they ship with and what can come off
Sony's two Mini LED sets for 2024, with the same software and the same back-to-front port layout. And a microphone switch that is not in the same place on both.
· 8 min read · By television
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Hisense UR8 and UR9: what they ship with and what can come off
The most expensive sets in the Hisense catalogue, and the most locked down. With one oddity in the sheet: the UR8 claims more zones than the UR9 where they overlap.
· 8 min read · By television
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Hisense U7Q and U7E: what they ship with and what comes off
Two Mini LED sets that look like twins in the shop and are not in the table: the U7E declares about half again the peak brightness at every size.
· 7 min read · By television
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Hisense E7Q and E7: what they ship with and what can come off
Twenty-four models without a single line about how much memory they carry, and five of the maker's own pages that contradict themselves on the one spec that matters.
· 8 min read · By television
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Hisense A4, A5, A6 and A7: what they ship with and what comes off
Four ranges that look like the same television in different sizes. Between the A5 and the A6 the size is not what changes: the kind of set does.
· 7 min read · By television
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Xiaomi TV S Mini LED 2026: what it ships with and what comes off
The 55, 65 and 75-inch sets run at 60 Hz with 2 GB of RAM and Wi-Fi 5. The 85 and 98 run at 144 Hz with 3 GB and Wi-Fi 6. One name, two televisions.
· 8 min read · By television
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Xiaomi TV F and F Pro 2026: what they ship with and what can come off
Xiaomi's 2026 sets do not run Google TV, they run Fire TV. And between the F and the F Pro the processor and memory do not change: the brightness does.
· 8 min read · By television
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Xiaomi TV A Pro 2026: what it ships with, what comes off, and why the 32 is a different set
Within one range, the inch count usually changes only the size. Not here: the 32-inch A Pro has another resolution, another memory, other HDMI and another system.
· 8 min read · By television
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TCL RM7L and RM9L: what they ship with and what can come off
Up to 16,848 colour zones and a claimed 9,000 nits. And a renamed spec field that is worth understanding before you buy.
· 8 min read · By television
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Sharp with Roku TV and TiVo OS: what they ship with and what comes off
Sharp sells four different operating systems and only the model letter tells them apart. Two of them take no ADB at all. Worth knowing before you pay.
· 8 min read · Not Android
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Philips OLED820 and OLED850: what they ship with and what comes off
Two OLEDs with Google TV on Android 14 and three-sided Ambilight. And a warning first: below the OLED810 the system is Titan OS and none of this applies.
· 8 min read · By television
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Xiaomi TV S Pro Mini LED 2026: what it ships with and what comes off
408 zones, 1,700 nits of peak brightness and 144 Hz for 3 GB of RAM. And three HDMI ports in total, of which eARC takes one of the two fast ones.
· 8 min read · By television
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Xiaomi FX and X Mini LED: what they ship with and what can come off
Same panel cell, same processor, same wi-fi chip, same speakers. One letter apart in the name, and two different operating systems.
· 8 min read · By television
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Toshiba UF3F: what it ships with and what can come off
An entry-level Fire TV whose spec sheet claims a brightness of 250, 275 or 300 without saying of what. And three HDMI ports, with eARC taking one of them.
· 8 min read · By television
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TCL P6L, P7L and P8L: what they ship with and what can come off
Three series that look like the same range. One has native 144 Hz, another never reaches Dolby Vision, and between the first and the last lies a gulf of colour.
· 8 min read · By television
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TCL C8L and X11L: what they ship with and what can come off
Up to 20,736 zones and 10,000 claimed nits. And two of TCL's own pages whose headline announces a brightness its spec sheet does not agree with.
· 8 min read · By television
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TCL C7L: what it ships with and what can come off
A Mini LED with 3,000 nits and 2,176 zones whose own maker does not publish how many HDMI ports it has, how much memory it carries, or how many watts it sounds.
· 8 min read · By television
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Sony BRAVIA 8 II: what it ships with and what can come off
Sony's QD-OLED for 2025, with the sound coming out of the panel itself. And a spec sheet that declares Android 12 on one side of the Atlantic and nothing on the other.
· 8 min read · By television
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Sharp GR8: what it ships with and what can come off
Sharp is one of the few makers that publishes on its official sheet which apps come installed. Here is that list, and what to do with it.
· 8 min read · By television
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Philips OLED950 and OLED910: what they ship with and what can come off
Two OLEDs with four-sided Ambilight and Google TV on Android 14. Four HDMI ports, of which only two run, and the eARC takes one of those two.
· 8 min read · By television
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Metz televisions with Google TV: what they ship with and what comes off
Metz publishes brightness inch by inch, which is rare. But its 144 Hz only appear in the marketing copy, never in the specification table.
· 7 min read · By television
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Amazon's own televisions: what they ship with and what can come off
Amazon publishes the RAM, the processor and the Android version of its televisions. No other manufacturer does. And what you read there is revealing.
· 8 min read · By television
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Sony BRAVIA 8: what it ships with and what can come off
An OLED whose sound comes out of the screen itself, with Google TV on top. And four HDMI ports of which Sony itself makes clear that only two are quick.
· 7 min read · By television
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Sharp FQ5 and FQ8: what they ship with and what can come off
Two names for the same television, with 144 Hz that are genuinely real and four ports labelled HDMI 2.1 of which only two actually run.
· 7 min read · By television
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Cecotec A4 and V4: what they ship with and what can come off
The same product page says "Android TV 11" in one paragraph and "Google TV" in another. When the maker cannot make up its mind, all that is left is to ask the machine.
· 6 min read · By television
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Toshiba UF3D and QF5D: what they ship with and what can come off
Two Fire TV sets that share everything but the panel. And one figure their maker publishes on no spec sheet at all: how much memory they carry inside.
· 6 min read · By television
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TCL P7K: what it ships with and what can come off
An entry-level QLED with Google TV, a 60 Hz panel and a «120 Hz game accelerator» that only works at 1080p. Worth knowing before you plug the console in.
· 7 min read · By television
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TCL P6K: what it ships with and what can come off
An entry-level 4K set with Google TV, 2 GB of memory and 16 GB of space. And official spec sheets that contradict each other depending on where you read them.
· 7 min read · By television
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Thomson and Nokia on Google TV: what to do with an orphaned television
The company that put these brands on European televisions went under in April 2026. There will be no more updates. Here, clearing out stops being an option and becomes the way.
· 7 min read · By television
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Xiaomi TV A 2025: what it ships with and what can come off
One name for five very different televisions, all of them with 8 GB of storage. Cleaning up here is not a matter of taste: it is what keeps the machine alive.
· 7 min read · By television
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TCL C8K: what it ships with and what can come off
Over four thousand measured nits, 1,680 zones and Bang & Olufsen sound. And on top of that, an Android 12 that was not new in 2025, in a set built for ten years.
· 6 min read · By television
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Sony BRAVIA 5: what it ships with and what can come off
Sony's Mini LED for 2025, with Google TV on top of Android 12. It ships with fewer additions than its rivals, and half the home screen still is not yours.
· 6 min read · By television
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Philips OLED810: what it ships with and what can come off
An OLED with Google TV on Android 14 and Ambilight. And a trap: the model next to it in the same range does not run Google TV, so the list is not the same.
· 6 min read · By television
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Panasonic W95A: what it ships with and what can come off
A Mini LED tuned with Panasonic's rigour, all four HDR formats and 1,380 measured nits. And on top of it, Amazon's store as the home screen.
· 8 min read · By television
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Fire TV Omni QLED: what it ships with and what can come off
Here the store does not sit on top of the television: it is the one that makes it. That changes what can come off, and what comes back with every update.
· 7 min read · By television
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LG with webOS: what you can clean up when there is no ADB
On an LG running webOS the function that watches what you watch is called Live Plus, it arrives switched on, and it takes four clicks to turn off. The rest has less room.
· 7 min read · Not Android
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Samsung with Tizen: what you can clean up when there is no ADB
On a Samsung running Tizen there are no commands. There is one checkbox buried inside Terms and Conditions that decides whether the set watches what you watch, HDMI included.
· 7 min read · Not Android
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Hisense with VIDAA: what you can clean up when there is no ADB
On a Hisense running VIDAA no command will help you. What will are four settings almost nobody touches, and they take out most of the problem.
· 8 min read · Not Android
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Xiaomi TV F2: what it ships with and what can come off
An Amazon Fire TV with Xiaomi's name on the front. No Play Store and no Google packages here: the home screen belongs to Amazon, and that changes the whole list.
· 6 min read · By television
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TCL C7K: what it ships with and what can come off
A thousand zones, 1,500 nits and 64 GB of storage: on this set you are not clearing out for room, you are clearing out because the home screen is not yours.
· 6 min read · By television
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Xiaomi TV A Pro 2025: what it ships with and what can come off
An entry-level QLED with Google TV and only 8 GB of storage, where removing apps is not cosmetic: it decides whether the set can still update itself.
· 6 min read · By television
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TCL C6K: what it ships with and what can come off
A mid-range Mini LED set with Google TV, a 144 Hz panel and a home screen that shows you more than you asked for.
· 7 min read · By television
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Sony BRAVIA 3: what it ships with and what can come off
The cleanest Google TV on the market still ships with things you did not ask for, and here there is something else to watch: the features that only appear with a PlayStation in front.
· 6 min read · By television
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TCL P755: what it ships with and what comes off
A mid-range 4K set with Google TV, a decent panel for the money, and a home screen full of things you did not ask for.
· 6 min read · By television
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Your TV's microphone and the voice remote
There is a microphone in the remote and sometimes in the set as well. Worth knowing which is which.
· 2 min read · Privacy and telemetry
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Working out what a package does before removing it
Before deleting something called com.manufacturer.dtvsvc it is worth finding out what it does. You can.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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Why Samsung and LG sets are out of scope here
If your television is a Samsung or an LG, the short answer is that there is nothing here for you. The long one explains why.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Why cheap TVs carry so much advertising
Not carelessness or poor quality. It is the business model, and understanding it explains everything else.
· 3 min read · Privacy and telemetry
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What to do with a TV that no longer gets updates
Seven years without a patch and connected to your Wi-Fi. Not alarmism, just arithmetic.
· 2 min read · Privacy and telemetry
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What ADB is and why it matters on a TV
Before touching anything, it is worth understanding what ADB actually is, who put it there, and why using it is entirely ordinary.
· 3 min read · Getting started
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What interoperability actually means
An ugly word that turns out to be the soundest legal footing we have.
· 2 min read · Legal and warranty
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What data your smart TV actually collects
Not paranoia: it is written in the manufacturers' own policies. Whether anyone reads them is another matter.
· 2 min read · Privacy and telemetry
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What ACR is and why it is in your TV
The feature that knows what you are watching even when it comes from a laptop on a cable.
· 2 min read · Privacy and telemetry
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Using your old TV as a monitor
The most complete answer of all: the panel is still good, so let it be only that.
· 2 min read · Apps and alternatives
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Uninstalling a preinstalled app without root
One command, and the explanation of why it breaks nothing permanently.
· 3 min read · Getting started
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The TV's Wi-Fi keeps dropping
A classic on older televisions, and it is not always the router's fault.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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The TV is running out of space
The 8 GB on the box becomes 4 real and 400 MB free. Here is what to do.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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The right to repair and your TV
A new directive, in force for weeks. What it actually covers and what it does not.
· 2 min read · Legal and warranty
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The first packages you can safely remove
Where to start when there is no entry for your model: what is almost always safe, and what never is.
· 3 min read · Getting started
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The complete guide to cleaning up an Android TV
The whole process gathered in one place, in the order it has to happen.
· 2 min read · Getting started
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Seeing what apps your TV has installed
The TV menu shows you part of it. The real list is considerably longer, and that is where the interesting things are.
· 2 min read · Getting started
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Reusing a TV for digital signage
A television that no longer works as a television can work perfectly well as an information panel.
· 2 min read · Apps and alternatives
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Restoring an app you uninstalled
The way back in one command, and the fallback for when that command is not enough.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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Removing ads from the home screen
Paying for a television and finding adverts on your own home screen. It can be fixed.
· 2 min read · Privacy and telemetry
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Netflix or Disney+ stopped working after cleaning up
Almost always a dependency that did not look like one. It is fixable.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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My TV is stuck on the logo at startup
The worst-case scenario, which still has a fix because the firmware was never touched.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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My Android TV is slow: what to do
The panel has not failed. What has failed is what runs on top of it, and that can be fixed.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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Lightweight players for an older TV
Not all video apps weigh the same. On 1 GB of RAM, the difference is enormous.
· 2 min read · Apps and alternatives
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Is it legal to remove apps from your TV?
The short answer is yes. The long one explains what it rests on and where the line is.
· 3 min read · Legal and warranty
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Installing ADB on Windows, macOS and Linux
You do not need Android Studio or a two-gigabyte download. It is a few megabytes and it works on all three systems.
· 2 min read · Getting started
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Identifying your TV's exact model
The marketing name is no use for searching. The code on the sticker round the back is.
· 2 min read · Getting started
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I lost the remote after removing something
The most uncomfortable scenario, and why it almost always has a fix without touching anything physically.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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How to enable ADB debugging on an Android TV
It is hidden behind seven taps in a menu. Here is the exact path, and what to do when your model does not show it.
· 3 min read · Getting started
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How to do a factory reset
The safety net under everything we do here. Worth knowing how to use before you need it.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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How much power your TV uses in standby
Off does not mean off. A smart TV in standby is still working, and that gets paid for.
· 2 min read · Privacy and telemetry
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How much does cleaning up a TV actually help?
Neither a miracle nor a waste of time. Here is what to expect from the hardware you have.
· 2 min read · Getting started
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Finding out which Android version your TV runs
The Android version decides which commands work. Here are two ways to find it.
· 2 min read · Getting started
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Does using ADB void my TV warranty?
The answer is not a yes or a no. It depends on what breaks and on who has to prove what.
· 2 min read · Legal and warranty
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Do you need a Google account on the TV?
You can run an Android TV without signing in. Whether it is worth it is another question.
· 2 min read · Privacy and telemetry
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Developer options are not showing up
Seven taps that do nothing. Here are the reasons and the alternative routes.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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Connecting to your TV over Wi-Fi with ADB
No cables and two commands. Plus the three things that usually go wrong and how to fix them.
· 3 min read · Getting started
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Common mistakes when cleaning up a TV
Seven mistakes that keep repeating, costing between ten minutes and an afternoon.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
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Cleaning up an Amazon Fire TV
Fire OS is modified Android. That means ADB works, and that you have to be more careful.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Cleaning up a Xiaomi Mi TV
Mi TVs carry the PatchWall layer on top of Android TV. That is where nearly everything people want gone lives.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Cleaning up a Toshiba, CHiQ or own-brand TV
Behind half a dozen brands sit three manufacturers. Knowing which one you got solves half the problem.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Cleaning up a TCL Android TV
TCL was among the first to bet on Android TV at the budget end. That means a lot of live sets and a lot of abandoned software.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Cleaning up a Sony Bravia Android TV
Sony was early to Android TV at the premium end. Their Bravias age well on panel and less well on software.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Cleaning up a Sharp or Panasonic Android TV
Two manufacturers who move between Android and their own systems. First job: work out what you have.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Cleaning up a Philips Android TV
Philips televisions are built by TP Vision, and it shows in the package names.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Cleaning up a Nokia or Thomson StreamView TV
Two familiar brands, one manufacturer behind them, and software rather cleaner than usual.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Cleaning up a Hisense Android TV
Hisense mixes Android TV with its own VIDAA layer depending on the model. The first job is working out which you have.
· 2 min read · By manufacturer
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Blocking your TV's ads at the router
Works on any television, Android or not, and requires touching the set at all.
· 2 min read · Privacy and telemetry
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Alternative launchers for Android TV
The change you notice most on an older television, and the exact order that keeps you out of the dark.
· 2 min read · Apps and alternatives
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ADB will not connect to my TV
Eight possible causes, ordered by likelihood. The first solves half of them.
· 2 min read · Troubleshooting
