Android TV client vs LG WebOS

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I have an LG C1 and opportunity use the WebOS app. Limitations would be, in my opinion, mostly quality of life improvements that are needed. The other is a limitation of the TV itself, which seems like it can be fixed with an external adapter (the absolutely garbage network capabilities).

My content runs the gamut and rarely do I find content that requires transcoding. I mean remuxes, HEVC, AV1, HDR/10/+, HLG, most DV content... The caveats there are codecs, profiles, and subtitles. The WebOS app won't direct play PGS. It does a decent job with SRT and ASS. Additionally, FLAC has always presented problems with my piddly TV-only setup, where the center channel gets lost entirely. Generally 7.1 content doesn't sound great and setting the "max allowed audio channels" doesn't actually do anything. Even 5.1 can get murky depending on the mix. But these are primarily hardware issues, aside from the last point.

Older anime in my case present issues with other clients because of compatibility or poor encoding, but the WebOS app plays the content without issue. Subtitle extraction is fairly quick if the subs haven't already been pulled out, however my hardware is pretty stout. I haven't found many incompatible formats at all, surprisingly.

One point I'll concede is that it took AGES for LG to approve the Jellyfin app and updates may take longer than with other clients, however, the benefits at this point outweigh that drawback.