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I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about these items as remotes?:


Impression I get is they somehow enhance sound and visuals. Do they or should I just stick with the remote that came with my Samsung QLED set?

curious the links don't seem to work.

The remote itself won't improve content quality, though it apparently adds Alexa if that's something you're into. If your Smart TV's Amazon app already does 4k content, I doubt a Fire Stick (which you plug into the TV with HDMI and use instead of the Smart TV's Amazon app) will improve things. The Fire Stick will have a different GUI and might be more supported as far as other apps you can install and get updates for (Disney+, Netflix, etc).

I prefer keeping my TV dumb and disconnected, using it only as a monitor for the cable box or Apple TV.

A fire stick cannot make your TV look or sound better. If someone told you that, they are lying to you to get a sale.

Amazon has its own TV now.

Thanks for replies Vander I think the same. My samsung tv has something called Bixby but I never activated it. And if the program has 4k then it can play it. Watching a King fisher fly up from underneath the water in slo-mo and in 4k is truly a amazing view.

OMG! Samsung put that thing on their TV's? Ugh. I'm glad a got a Sony, which is bad enough with Google sniffing and listening all the time. Bixby is Samsung's attempt at a virtual assistant. Like Siri on Apple but not as well implemented. Google's assistant is much better. Personally, I don't like talking to my phone unless it's a live person. Button presses or swipes do just fine. I certainly wouldn't like to talk to the TV to get things done and I wouldn't want it listening all the time either. Who knows where your conversations are going in the ether. I don't even use Comcast's voice remote even though they nag me on screen how easy it is to use. It's just too damn creepy.

https://nerdschalk.com/samsungs-bixby-t ... -the-ugly/

How to turn it off if your TV is a 2021 model.