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DOES work with Samsung, NO pc needed.
I have a 50" Samsung Smart TV Model UN50J5201AFXZA, No PC connected at all. Read all the Samsung horror stories here, unfortunately after I'd bought it and it was on the way... Was ready to get super ticked off, tried it anyways. Plugged the USB reciever into the USB plug on the TV, went into settings to set it up, noticed it'd already recognized it, touched the touchpad and a cursor appeared on screen letting me navigate. Jumped over to the web browser, typed into the google search field no problem, surfed the web for awhile, leaving posts on forums, still no hassles, now the app test: Went into netflix, it let me scroll around with the touchpad, opened the search, went to type, nothing... BUT it let me use the mouse to pick letters from the on screen keyboard that pops up, a million times easier than using the remote. Now considering I'm not planning on writing any 30 page thesis in Apps, basically just using the search field, and the auto suggest usually tosses up what I'm looking for after two letters have been put in, and the touchpad makes even putting those two letters in 10x's easier than using the remote, not being able to type one or two words into an apps search field is not a deal breaker. the web browser is where the use really shines. with just a remote, the web browser is pretty useless. a novelty. with the keyboard, a working and valuable addition to your smart tv., So if you have a Samsung, judge your own use, are you getting it for the web browser? Works great. Are you getting it for apps? doesn't have full functionality, but still better than the remote. But it DOES work, no pc need be connected. It also let's me change channels on the TV using the Page up/Page down keys. I'm sure I'll find more uses as I use it, I'll update this as I do.
January 2017 · Electronics · verified purchase
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