Netflix is set to expire on older Sony TVs by next month – is your TV affected? And what are your options?

[What Hi-Fi?]

Sony has announced that Netflix will no longer be supported on its 2014 Bravia LCD TVs by the end of next month.

Netflix is set to expire on older Sony TVs by next month – is your TV affected? And what are your options? : Read more

 

[Sonicvcam]

To be fair this series of TVs never had ITVx, all4, now TV, Disney+ and others. So while the article is useful info most customers will already have a Roku, Chromecast etc.
I bought a device within months of buying my 42w705.

 

[Friesiansam]

How many TVs these days, actually last as long as ten years?

 

[DougK1]

How many TVs these days, actually last as long as ten years?

The TVs last it's the smart aspect which fails due to firmware/software support being removed. But you know this already. My smart pannie plasma went dumb years ago just had to find a way to make it smart again with a fire-stick.

 

[Braisim]

Netflix is also no longer supporting (or sorry "sunsetting support" to use their awful phrase) Ist and 2nd Gen Apple TV from the end of July. A bit annoying for me as I only use the Apple TV for streaming to a PC monitor in a spare room for which a TV would be inappropriate. I imagine there might be a few people out there still using older Apple TVs for Netflix.

 

[Wales1]

I had a Sony TV for 12 years till I upgraded. Was still working fine v

 

[Corpus_Chain]

This is why connecting a PC to your TV is still the most reliable and flexible option of obtaining internet content.