Comments on: Up to $500 to upgrade your TV? Samsung, are you kidding me?

By: D

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:34:02 +0000

I agree with you totally. I am so disappointed that I hopped on the “Samsung” loyalty bandwagon. I have everything from camera to pad to cell phone. I failed by purchasing the Smart TV. I thought Samsung was the industry leader for the technology. I never dreamed they would take the revenue stream from the initial technology and then abandon their customers, by not offering a grandfathered upgrade or by back in regards to the new improvements they immediately rolled out on such a high end purchase. The SmartTV cost is more than a computer or cellphone and the company should have treated its customers better. They are turning out to be just another Apple….it is so disappointing.

By: Mr Samsung

Mr Samsung — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:58:05 +0000

Firstly the box is being suggested at the cost of 300 dollars according to the recent reports, so this puts a bit of a different slant on the argument. This cost is affordable as oppose to buying a new TV. Yes I agree the old one becoming obsolete is a bit of a joke but that’s life. As far as Apple supporting old devices, what like the ipad one which is totally abandoned??

By: Sparky

Sparky — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:08:24 +0000

why would you wait for 2014 evolution kit instead? Or wait till people start selling 2013 EK on eBay? In my opinion the price is too high.

By: Yevgeniy Morozov

Yevgeniy Morozov — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:29:18 +0000

Disagree! In few years smart features will become strong market driver. Why wouldn’t you hesitate to spend 500 bucks on new Iphone? This upgradable kit is the same sort of things, especially if it is being reused by few family members.

By: Rob Stevens

Rob Stevens — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:34:34 +0000

Of course they won’t. They don’t want you to have more external options. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them take more HDMI ports away when they realize that the more ports they offer, the less likely you are to spring for their box.

By: Rob Stevens

Rob Stevens — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:33:07 +0000

This is, of course, assuming you’ll buy one every year. You probably won’t. But if you can get an upgraded experience on your old screen every three years or so, it’s not so bad.

That said, I would never use this stuff. Can I just get a high-quality “dumb” screen, please? There’s a reason why my first HDTV didn’t even have a tuner in it. There will always be something better, and I don’t want to be locked into a proprietary solution.

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:58:04 +0000

I was expecting the evolution kit to add atleast two additional HDMI inputs, after seeing how they cut the number down to only three on the 2012 model lineup.

By: Ram Kanda

Ram Kanda — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:29:35 +0000

I think this is actually the smart move (no pun intended) and it’s what I was hoping Apple would do (and hope they still do). You don’t have to upgrade each year. That’s the thing. And when your TV is feeling too old and sluggish to run all the new apps, you can buy an upgrade box. The monitor is still fine for a long time. Look how long HI-DEF TVs have been around. If you bought a great 1080P screen 10 years ago and could have just upgraded the internals a couple times, you would have always felt as though you had a brand new television. This is the promise of a desktop PC but for your television, with modular components that you don’t have to chuck out when one part feels old or fails.

By: tim

tim — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:24:08 +0000

Buy a cheap pc and connect it.

By: modsuperstar

modsuperstar — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:17:50 +0000

Sounds like they basically want you to buy their equivalent of an “Apple TV” yearly instead of actually having a sensible software update plan. Say what you will about Apple, they don’t typically leave their devices behind high and dry. Usually you can get at least 3 years of current software from them.