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Originally Posted by stevej37
If your tv has a few apps, but not the ones you want....buy a firestick or roku stick for $20 and plug it in to the hdmi input on the tv.
Then any of the channels/streaming services are available.
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^^^^ This.
Manufacturers stop updating the built-in apps on older or discontinued models of "smart" TVs or Blu-Ray players pretty quick - to the point where they're pretty much unusable after a few years, which, for a decent quality device, will be a fraction of its service life.
Also, those built-in apps are rarely as good as the user experience on a decent streaming stick of any type - particularly one that's not as dumb as a rock, like the TVs tend to be.
Available HDMI input ports is far more useful, imo, than any bundled apps on the TV itself.