--- title: I looked up what chip most smart TVs actually run, and... description: Most smart TVs, even premium ones costing over $1,000, run on ARM Cortex-A53 or A55 CPU cores that are 9–14 years old. MediaTek dominates the TV chip market... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-looked-up-what-chip-most-smart-tvs-actually-run-and-now-i-get-why-they-feel-so-slow-ox7vbufvp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I looked up what chip most smart TVs actually run, and now I get why they feel so slow | daily.dev og:description: Most smart TVs, even premium ones costing over $1,000, run on ARM Cortex-A53 or A55 CPU cores that are 9–14 years old. MediaTek dominates the TV chip market... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-looked-up-what-chip-most-smart-tvs-actually-run-and-now-i-get-why-they-feel-so-slow-ox7vbufvp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OX7vBuFvP.png og:image:alt: I looked up what chip most smart TVs actually run, and now I get why they feel so slow og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I looked up what chip most smart TVs actually run, and now I get why they feel so slow **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Most smart TVs, even premium ones costing over $1,000, run on ARM Cortex-A53 or A55 CPU cores that are 9–14 years old. MediaTek dominates the TV chip market with these low-power, efficiency-focused processors. TV manufacturers have little incentive to upgrade silicon because buyers prioritize panel quality over processor speed, margins are thin, and slowdowns only become noticeable months after purchase. As TV software grows more complex — adding ads, recommendations, telemetry, and full OS skins — the aging hardware struggles to keep up, mirroring the cheap Android phone problem. The practical takeaway: treat a TV as a display first and pair it with a dedicated streaming stick for a snappier software experience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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