07-29-2015, 06:11 PM
Paul F. wrote:
[quote=Robert M]
Paul,
Trust me. This isn't a reason to avoid Samsung Smart TVs. My parents, brother and I each have them and so far they've been great TVs.
Robert
If they "forgot" to have a way to log out of an account, what ELSE did they "forget" in the way of software features? I'll pass... lots of good Smart TV's out there.
Not really. Smart TVs tend to be worse than separate boxes precisely for these reasons. I have three and between services being stripped away, apps never being updated to support features of the service, it is much cheaper to buy a sub $100 box every three years or so than worry about the built in smart features.
I have some hope the Roku TVs will be different, but the Roku 2 that was being sold new (and some stores still have old stock) just a couple months back does not support multiple profiles on Netflix, even though the HDMI stick with essentially the same internal hardware does support the feature. I hope Roku TVs don't fall under the same artificial marketing product differentiation.
To be pedantic, you can log out of Netflix on the Samsung TV, you just need to hit the special user mode. Apparently. Also of note, you can deactivate your devices from the Netflix website, but this might be an all or nothing proposal. Amazon, on the other hand, does allow for per device deactivation from the Amazon website. Honestly, as much of a pain Samsung has made this procedure, Netflix should consider per device deactivation. It does come in handy.