did this happen recently? i got mine in 2019 its enormous and all it does it turn on and lets me play xbox
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sibannac@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠agoNearly all tvs are smart tvs that make money with showing ads and selling data. Any loss on the hardware is made up on selling customer data and ad space. The tvs would be amazing if they didnât come with smart features.
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
2018 is about when it started but it was a very small number of tvs. By 2020 it was a common thing but it was a dedicated line of tvs from each brand. By 2024 it was all cheaper tvs basically. And now itâs basically every TV and even some monitors.
The non smart TVs are almost as hard to find now as finding a smart one was in 2018. And monitors are starting to have smart features and ads even among the highest end offerings. But unlike tvs they arnt any cheaper for it. Its stupid.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
The build quality is not great, they saved on backlight heatsinking so the LEDs will bake and delaminate, causing dark spots, discoloration etc.
leaveWitX@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
TV?No, itâs just a big display
stickly@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Is there any way to lobotomize these smart TVs? Even the specs on a cheaper mid-range would blow my current dinosaur out of the water
modus@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Donât connect them to the internet.
stickly@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
True, Iâll probably end up going that route when this one dies (assuming they donât all require sign in and heartbeats at that point)
Was hoping for something like a FOSS OS just for the convenience of keeping jellyfin up to date and cleaning up the useless baked in apps.
sureshot0@discuss.online â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
This probably exists, or at least I hope it does
modus@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Use an external media player. Personally, I use a roku routed through a pihole.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Iv stared coming across some thatâs not remotely an option. They require a logged in account before they accept any input.
If you attempt to use a DNS ad blocker they also just stop working. Its fucking toxic.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Right back to the store then.
Fuck around and get a chargeback.
modus@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Wow. Fuck that.
Iâm actually curious enough to buy one to see how bad they actually are now.
Gormadt@slrpnk.net â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Never connect them to the internet
You want your favorite streaming service on there? Get an older (used office) PC, load it up with (your prefered flavor of) Linux, get a bluetooth keyboard mouse combo, hook it up to your HDMI port, and go ham.
Some TVs even let you turn them on directly to a specific HDMI port for a bonus fun time of never having to see the TVs menu.
conartistpanda@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Find out the streaming service limits the quality then stop paying for it and pirate that shit instead.
toddestan@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨days⊠ago
Not really, the smarts are integrated into the control circuitry. You canât bypass them and turn them into simple, dumb displays.
Depending on the model, you can block the TV from the internet and leave it on set to one of the inputs and the smarts bits wonât bother you again. Other ones are more intrusive and pushy about it.