SolidTV Blog

Technical Deep Dives on TV App Performance

Hands-on articles about building fast TV apps: diagnosing layout jitter on Smart TVs, eliminating garbage collection stutter in the LightningJS renderer, and honest framework comparisons for Tizen, WebOS, Android TV, and Fire TV.

Troubleshooting

Why Your Smart TV App Is Slow — and How to Fix It

A field guide for diagnosing Tizen scroll stutter, WebOS frame drops, Fire TV Stick slowness, Samsung memory leaks, and LightningJS GC sawtooth — with concrete fixes for each.

May 16, 2026 · 12 min read Read Article →
Performance

Boosting LightningJS FPS by 50%

How fixing renderer bugs, eliminating garbage collection in hot paths, and caching unchanged work pushed a Raspberry Pi 3 TV UI from 30 FPS to 45+ FPS.

Jan 27, 2026 · 6 min read Read Article →
Rendering

What the FOUC? Fixing Layout Jitter on TV

Why TV apps "think out loud" between draw and measure — and how Atomic First Paint resolves layout before any WebGL draw call so the first frame is fully formed.

Feb 24, 2026 · 3 min read Read Article →
Framework Comparison

SolidJS vs Blits: Debunking the "Most Efficient Framework" Claim

When you swap raw elements for real components, Blits gets 2× slower because every component adds an extra parent node. SolidJS stays flat — with receipts.

Jun 2, 2025 · 3 min read Read Article →

Struggling with TV app performance?

We offer performance audits, rendering pipeline tuning, and memory optimization for teams shipping on Tizen, WebOS, Android TV, and Fire TV. If scrolling stutters, animations hitch, or first paint feels unstable, we can help.