Comment on I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD**
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 11 months agoJust 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 11 months ago
What’s the practical difference between using a console and a smart TV?
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 11 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 11 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.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Sony famously pushed DVDs into the mainstream and won a generation of console wars by building a pretty good DVD player into the PS2 which also happened to cost not much more than most DVD players did at the time
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
They also track you less. They still track you, but it isn’t even close to what a smart TV does.
v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Good point, thanks
Katana314@lemmy.world 11 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.