Is your Samsung TV slow? This 5-second 'cold boot' trick should fix it

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Cold booting can instantly fix your Samsung TV.
• It improves sluggishness and odd behavior and clears cache.
• Simply turning off your Samsung TV puts it in standby mode.

Lately, my Samsung TV has been lagging. Apps take longer to open. The home menu hesitates before loading. Even turning the TV on feels slower than usual. It's sluggish enough to be annoying. A ZDNET editor recently suggested I try a simple "cold boot" trick that takes about five seconds. It clears the TV's memory cache and forces a full restart.

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