[droithomme]

My TV, which is fairly new and a well known brand, takes 30 seconds to boot up from a warm standby state, and several minutes from a cold state.

What's more annoying than that though is that it takes a full second to change channels due to the needed signal capture and buffering for DTV signals.

The interface is abysmal and even with a HDMI cable and the BluRay set to the right resolution (a chore in itself), I still have to manually change the aspect ratio for some DVDs, which takes around 20 button presses and 20 seconds or so to accomplish, and then needs to be reset when done watching.

As a result I watch TV maybe an hour a week if that. Which is fine by me, but I doubt I'm the only one that has given up.

I remember having a TV made in the 1950s that had a rack of vacuum tubes in the back. It took less time to "warm up" than modern TVs take for their OS to boot. People complained a lot about the warm up time. And changing channels always happened instantly.

This is before we even get to "smart TV" features.

[josho]

Reading this & the OP I am stuck with one question. Upon purchasing your Smart Tv and experiencing that it really was rather stupid why did you not immediately pack it up and return it?

Not returning the tv tells Samsung et al that selling junk is acceptable.