Who said that? There are lots of streaming devices you can connect to your display, from game consoles to streaming boxes like Apple TV or if you really want to tinker a PC connected to the TV.
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riodoro1@lemmy.world 9 months agoWhat? Am i supposed to watch tv? Hell nah
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Why this escapes so many people on Lemmy is beyond me
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Just get a cheap PS4 or Xbox and watch all your stuff on there. We have an LG “Smart TV” that just doesn’t need to be connected to the internet because our PS5 (formerly PS4) is fast and snappy, and has all the apps we could want to stream off. Plus, both have a Bluray player installed right off the bat, so we can even watch those if we’re up for it.
Don’t bother with sluggish performance on your Smart TV, it’s just not worth it.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 9 months ago
What’s the practical difference between using a console and a smart TV?
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
The UI is better and not as slow as on smart TVs from what I’ve heard. Plus you can play games on the console and watch DVDs and Blurays if that’s your thing. Apart from that, not much.
TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is true, because smart TVs have shitty processors, and consoles do not. Consoles are made for media, smart TVs have shitty embedded software on slow hardware, comparative.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
They also track you less. They still track you, but it isn’t even close to what a smart TV does.
Katana314@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Consoles tend to have higher power draw than a lot of simple devices. Depends on how much you care about environmental power savings or power bills.