TL;DR:
- Using AI to ask your TV questions
- Spatial 3D sound
- Integrate your calendar with your TV
- AI Energy Mode
- AI picture upscaling
Not just a pointless “AI bad” article, actually some decent (though very brief) points
5 bizarre AI TV features that simply shouldn't exist
Submitted 2 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.pocket-lint.com/ai-smart-tv-features-useless/
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smeg@feddit.uk 2 months ago
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
- AI Energy Mode
It suddenly needs a gigawatt datacenter to do its job?
smeg@feddit.uk 2 months ago
AI has become a meaningless buzzword you can apply to anything, so no
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I was confused by the “Spatial 3D sound” one, because spatial audio is genuinely pretty awesome. But yeah, the whole head tracking thing is basically useless and I immediately disable it when I can.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Spatial audio is a scam unless you have some really nice equipment
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
TVs that do anything more than displaying a signal exactly as it’s input shouldn’t exist.
Alice@beehaw.org 2 months ago
I at least like audio with the display.
Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Instructions unclear, TVs now display audio via AI — Samsung
dgriffith@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Some of that input could do with a bit of tweaking though.
I wouldn’t mind if the TV was able to do things with the audio track, like remove background music, or lift the volume of people speaking, or erase laugh tracks/live audience hooting& hollering.
There’s probably similar manipulation that you could do on the video side (eventually, once TVs stop getting the worst processors ever, not here and now). Imagine a prompt that says “Airbrush every recognisable brand name on-screen so that it blends with the background”.
I seriously doubt if any major manufacturer would do that kind of thing though, so better get working on jailbreaking those TVs.
Kichae@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Sorry, the best we can do is always showing you subtitles by default, and not letting you permanently change that.
Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Instructions unclear. Added Starbucks coffee to every season of game of thrones
DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 months ago
What you’re asking for is a monitor, not a TV. The last TV I’ve seen that is this limited still had a picture tube - and it wasn’t even the last CRT TV I’ve used (we actually had a very late one with HDMI). Regardless of how silly AI features are, there’s a middle ground.
yozul@beehaw.org 2 months ago
This, but unironically. When I had a small apartment I just had a big monitor with everything hooked up to it in the main room, and it was great. Now I spend all my time at my desk because I hate the stupid TV.
Summzashi@lemmy.one 2 months ago
Nvidia’s AI upscaler is pretty dope though. I wouldn’t mind seeing that fleshed out more.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Yup. One of several reasons why the Shield TV Pro is still the best streaming box. Using a smart TV after having gotten used to this device is painful.