Framework-agnostic performance rules for TV/OTT apps running on low-end television hardware — texture/GPU memory budgets, garbage-collection pressure, image sizing/decode/caching, and lazy loading/virtualization of large content lists. Use whenever code that will run on a smart TV or set-top box touches images, poster rails/grids, animations, long-running sessions, or memory — even if the user never says "performance" — "build a poster grid," "the app stutters when scrolling," "it crashes after browsing for a while," "images take forever to appear," "add a hero banner with backdrop art," "janky animation on the TV but fine on my laptop." Also use for questions about memor…
