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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 36 points 9 months ago (27 children)

Theres a ton of other things I want my TV to do before more pixels.

Actual functional software would be nice, better tracking on high speed shots (in particular sweeping landscapes or reticles in video games) higher frame rates and variable frame rate content, make the actual using of the tv, things like changing inputs or channels faster, oh man so much more.

Anything but more pixels.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago (20 children)

    Actual functional software would be nice

    you do not want software on your TV.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, yes and no. I like e-arc, and I like being able to adjust settings other than v-hold. But I don't want this slow crud fest that keeps telling me when my neighbour turns on Bluetooth on their iphone.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I like e-arc,

    ... the audio hdmi thing?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Yeah, all my inputs go to the tv, then i run a wire to the receiver. This makes it so my ps5 and PC are plugged directly to the tv so i can get different resolutions are variable refresh rate and the tv can control the receiver. So when I turn something on, the tv/receiver turn on and set themselves to matching settings, Dolby, stereo, whatever. Its not huge but its a nice convinienice over the older optical connection.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (16 children)

    I want software on my TV.

    Steam Link specifically. I like streaming to my TV via Ethernet.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    You can do that with a Raspberry Pi for <$100 and without the need to have Amazon/Google/Roku/whoever tf else collecting your data.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (6 children)

    Who says I let Amazon/Google/Roku/whoeverTfElse collect my data?

    I have my TV isolated to its own network and allow inputs from LAN, so i can use Steam Link and Jellyfin just fine.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (5 children)

    Cool. Who owns the OS on the TV or the app store where you downloaded JF and SL?

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I didnt download Jellyfin or steamlink through an app store. I loaded the .apk onto a USB, plugged it in, and sideloaded it lol.

    Any other 'gotcha's?

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Sounds like an unnecessary amount of extra work to avoid being spied on by the spyware TV that you bought. You do you, though bud.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    an unnecessary amount of extra work

    As opposed to buying, flashing, then installing a raspberry pi? Lol

    Edit: using mod powers to censor me calling out your poor behaviour is also poor behaviour. Be better.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Honestly? It's not that far off, with a much better pay off. But like I said, you do you. You wanna die on the smartTV hill for whatever reason, go for it lmao

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    So get a device that can do that. You didn't need a piece of software that will never see an update to do this.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    It's funny that you think smart TVs don't receive updates. It's got a wifi chip for a reason.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Tvs can last 20 years you'll be lucky to get 2 years of updates

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I have a Samsung frame because I wanted a TV that didn't look so much like I had one, but the software is so goddam bad. The only way to switch sources quickly is to set them as a favorite which isn't always that straight forward if you didn't do it right away. Regardless you have to let the the home page fully render before you can even worry about that. Even the Samsung TV app which you would think would be perfectly optimized for the hardware since the same compare makes the software is barely functional and loads like a web page on AOL in 1998

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I like my frame because it faces a set of windows and with all my other tvs ... I would have to close the blinds to see the tv in the day time.

    However, the software is straight garbage. I didn't even know about the favourite thing ... every time I change source it would spend like a minute or two trying to figure out if it could connect to it for no reason.

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