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[–] 8 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Man I'm really dreading buying a new TV. Been going strong with my plasma for years. I don't need any "smart" features in a tv. From what I understand you either get a good TV or a "dumb" TV, pick one.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    But a good tv, and don’t connect it to the internet. Apple TV or Shield device.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    televisions of the near future when you first turn them on: "Internet connection and account required to complete initial product set up."

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    My TV channels now come in through an app and just recently it started working on my Nvidia shield, still I can't really disconnect the net from my samsung tv because explaining to my father how to use the tv app is already hard, he would not handle using it through the nvidia shield.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Yeah, pretty much. Any decent display on a TV is gonna have all the shit you don't want, but you can (at least for now) just not connect your smart TV to the internet. You;'d have a good TV with the "smarts" neutered. But you're still paying for it.

    It's a bit like the ATSC broadcast stack. You likely aren't using it, but the industry still makes you pay for it (and it's not cheap).

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