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[–] 17 points 6 months ago (5 children)

TVs

streaming apps are useful, but some of these tvs don't even have buttons, and their mobile apps are garbage. they're also marginally slower than conventional tvs

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

    That’s why you get a computer, slap it under a large TV or display and watch online videos with ublock origin on. The computer gets the ethernet while the TV gets the HDMI.

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  • [+] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)
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    Besides, regular TV channels and their programs suck. Nothing of value was lost when I decided skip connecting my TV cable. It's basically a glorified display now, and the computer provides all the videos I could ever want.

    You could think of it as a "smart TV" setup of sorts, since the computer is smart and can do so much more than any smart TV out there. You can watch all sorts of streaming stuff on it, it can block ads, and even YouTube is barely tolerable now that I installed sponsor block. I've even installed Steam on the PC and played some simple games on it. It's not quite a console yet, but after a few upgrades it could be.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I have a smart LG that, as of today, has had its internet privileges revoked because it installed yet another update that changed how our shit works. 100% of our TV viewing is done through an Apple TV, but I kept the LG online for the odd occasion that I wanted to cast my phone to it to show my wife something.

    But nope. No more will our LG talk to the internet. It's lost the right.

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