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Yahoo Widget support on LG LCD TV

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I have a 2009 LG LCD HDTV, 42LH50, that has Yahoo Widgets. I have only seen 13 widgets there for the last year. Is LG not supporting updates to Yahoo Widgets & Yahoo Widget firmware for this model??? It should be capable of running many other Widgets. The Widget Engine version is 5.3.1.

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  • LG needs to push an update to these TVs to allow other apps/Widgets to be available. We are actively working with LG on this.
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  • QUOTE (Austin Teames @ Feb 28 2011, 05:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    LG needs to push an update to these TVs to allow other apps/Widgets to be available. We are actively working with LG on this.


    It would be fantastic if that happened. I have tried on the LG side to address this, but I get misinformation from their 1st tier support people like "we not responsible for this", "we have not no control over this", "go talk to Yahoo", etc. Excuse me, this is your platform. I'm sure you don't let anyone just push updates w/o your approval.
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  • QUOTE (Austin Teames @ Feb 28 2011, 05:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    LG needs to push an update to these TVs to allow other apps/Widgets to be available. We are actively working with LG on this.


    Any specific time frame? Yahoo has stated this for a few months now.
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  • QUOTE (alleyoop @ Mar 2 2011, 08:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Any specific time frame? Yahoo has stated this for a few months now.

    We continue to work with and have discussions with all of our partners. At the end of the day, we cannot force anyone to upgrade the framework or firmware on their device; that is up to them.
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  • QUOTE (Benjamin Toll @ Mar 3 2011, 06:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    We continue to work with and have discussions with all of our partners. At the end of the day, we cannot force anyone to upgrade the framework or firmware on their device; that is up to them.


    Does Yahoo have a release ready to push to the XXLH50??? And only waiting on LG.
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  • QUOTE (Benjamin Toll @ Mar 3 2011, 06:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    We continue to work with and have discussions with all of our partners. At the end of the day, we cannot force anyone to upgrade the framework or firmware on their device; that is up to them.


    It's a bit misleading to advertise numerous apps and TV partners when LG only allows access to a portion of the available apps.
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  • Another 3 months have gone by w/o any update. Is it that LG & Yahoo only care about this year's model???? With responses like this you are driving consumers to other solutions such as ROKU or Goggle TV. You will then not be able to charge premiums for "Internet-Enabled TVs" & consumers will buy "dumb" sets. I've had it with Yahoo & LG support.
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  • Apologies for not responding to this earlier. This topic has been discussed several times in other forum posts. We can confirm that LG and Yahoo! have decided not to release any new Yahoo! TV Widgets on 2009 LG TVs. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. LG and Yahoo! are continuing to work together to release selected new TV Widgets to the 2010 LG TVs. We expect the next releases to be in late Q3, 2011.
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  • QUOTE (Austin Teames @ Jun 15 2011, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Apologies for not responding to this earlier. This topic has been discussed several times in other forum posts. We can confirm that LG and Yahoo! have decided not to release any new Yahoo! TV Widgets on 2009 LG TVs. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. LG and Yahoo! are continuing to work together to release selected new TV Widgets to the 2010 LG TVs. We expect the next releases to be in late Q3, 2011.


    I have an LG 42LE5400, date of manufacture: January, 2011, and I haven't seen any updates in a long time. What's up?

    James
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  • QUOTE (Austin Teames @ Jun 15 2011, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Apologies for not responding to this earlier. This topic has been discussed several times in other forum posts. We can confirm that LG and Yahoo! have decided not to release any new Yahoo! TV Widgets on 2009 LG TVs. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. LG and Yahoo! are continuing to work together to release selected new TV Widgets to the 2010 LG TVs. We expect the next releases to be in late Q3, 2011.


    Well, I, as a consumer. have decided to NOT ever purchase another LG TV, or any other brand that has Yahoo widgets. It is pretty crappy to dump support for a model just because it's 2 years old!!!! That is not comsumer-friendly & not the way to build brand loyalty.
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  • I have the 2011 LG LCD tv , but i couldn't see any yahoo widgets apps there, please let me know how can i install that

    QUOTE(Austin Teames @ 28 Feb 2011 5:38 PM)
    LG needs to push an update to these TVs to allow other apps/Widgets to be available. We are actively working with LG on this.
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  • i was sat watching tv and all of a sudden my tv goes off or on standby as i believe? the light goes blue and stays blue so i'm trying to turn it on and off and nothing will work, i've changed the batteries in my handset and it still wont turn on or anything:( also its making a noise and the optical digital audio out has a red light on and making a high pitched sound but not loud, when i completely turn off my tv it doesn't make the sound, it sounds like the noise is draining out of the TV! Please can someone reply as soon as possible with an answer to my problem or someone that can help with my problem? thanks Callum

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  • This is not a problem with Yahoo! Connected TV platform. It sounds like an issue with the LG TV itself. Please contact their customer service.

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