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"The TV business isn't just about selling TVs anymore. Companies are increasingly seeing viewers, not TV sets, as their most lucrative asset..."
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Very much unrelated but I recently read samsung's smart monitor/tv privacy policy and it says they can record EVERYTHING you do on it and devices connected to it including programs or games you use and you can't opt out of this short of foregoing smart features (except screen casting) altogether. There's also an option (that doesn't look optional in their ui) that lets them automatically process that data.
I'd heard those things were ridiculous but didn't imagine this much
Recently had to buy a new TV due to a lightning strike (surge protector did nothing) and I never let my new "smart" TV communicate with the internet and it becomes a "dumb" TV and I feel pretty good about that.
This is the way to do it. Sadly, my wife really wants to use the Roku remote. I must oblige her.
The annoying thing is that even without it connected to the internet, it's still slowed down by the OS. I did the same and it's still not as responsive to things like switching inputs as the projector I was using before it.
Pfft, speak for yourself 😏I'm too poor to afford a TV.
In all seriousness, I can't afford a TV but wouldn't buy one if I could because the dual monitor setup I have + a mini projector > modern TV nonsense. My projector isn't anything fancy-- just a 720p bulb projector but I'm convinced that 4K, maybe/probably 8K laser projectors will be the endgame for many people, simply because at that point the resolution to screen size ratio for most people will be where the law of diminishing returns really starts to kick in.
In 2024, nearly 60% of Steam users are still using 1080p monitors-- myself included. The shift for the average person from 1080p to 4K is taking considerably longer than the shift from 720p to 1080p. 1080p came out in 2007, 4K came out in 2012. Only a 5 year difference but 1080p remains king for the time being specifically because 4K is too expensive for the average person and harder to justify, particularly for computer monitors.
For TVs, I think there's always going to be the core chunk of people who just mindlessly buy smart TVs without putting any thought into privacy but I really do think that long term, we're going to see a shift towards laser projectors that just accept video inputs from whatever source a person's using, i.e. a Kodi box, PC, etc. Part of why I think this is because laser projection even during daytime is amazing.
I'm rambling away but yeah, I think at a certain point between the ads and the fact that most people don't care that much about 4K over 1080p (especially considering the enormous price difference), people are going to tap out soon.
Sceptre TVs. All dumb, affordable and are great in terms of panel. That's my next brand now that my old LG Nanocell is already showing dead pixels.
https://www.sceptre.com/TV/4K-UHD-TV-category1category73.html
They do sell smart TVs too, but that's not what any of us is looking for.
I just got one of these last week for $150 new. The panel won't be winning any awards for visual quality, nor will the speakers be lauded by audiophiles, but it perfectly serviceable and affordable.
Yeah. At the end of the day, for the price and the privacy, I'm totally willing to add a dumb soundbar to it as well 🤣
The Yamaha Audio SR-C20A seems like a good option.
There a manufacturer called Spectre that has very good TVs of all sizes, at great prices and no smart features whatsoever.
Oh I didn't know that. Sorry I was living my life to the fullest sailing the high seas 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
I bought a new TCL TV recently. Stunning visuals for the price. But I had to jump through a load of unnecessary crap to keep it from phoning home, letting every tech company on the face of the planet know what I watch at 3am every morning before heading out to work.
Need to keep it disconnected from the internet, plugged into an Nvidia Shield that had the projectivity launcher installed alongside plex and steam link, and with a whitelist on my router preventing it from accessing anything other than my media server and linux pc, because that covers all I will ever use the TV for.
End result: a near dumb TV that is able to watch anything I want to watch, and play any game I want to play, but without all of the ads and tracking nonsense.
