• Fizz@lemmy.nzEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    No way, tell me that isnt real. I remember hearing a patent about being able to deliver ads over hdmi but dont tell me it actually got implemented.

  • slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 months ago

    Instead of buying a TV, look for a digital signage display. It’s a TV, but with none of the “smart” crap on it.

    Alternatively, just don’t hook your device up to the internet.

        • wheeldawg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          If they were, they should be free. Yet there’s still triple and quad digit prices on these things that probably cost like 8% of that to build (because of slave labor probably), and the subsidy on top should mean they’re literally paying us monthly to have their screen.

    • renzev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      This is good advice, but I really wish we lived in a world where consumers could bond together and get laws passed that make this type of crap illegal so that buying TV’s (or any type of appliance for that matter) didn’t involve having to do research on weird non-consumer hardware just to have a nice experience.

      EDIT: some morons in my replies keep on saying shit about “voting republican” and We Do In OtHeR CoUnTRiEs. I’m not american, I don’t live in america, and I cannot remember the last time I set foot in america. Shut the fuck up, nobody asked you.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    Looked at the CES reveals and aside from some minor improvements, its nothing but overloaded AI crap.

    Even on TVs from 10 years ago, the first thing you had to do was turn off the stupid auto frame generation, smoothing, lighting, and other effects so you can actually enjoy your content in original detail and correct FPS.

    • relic_@lemm.ee
      0·
      4 months ago

      Feel like I’m the only one that likes the soap opera effect to some extent 🙈

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
    1·
    4 months ago

    Not as bad as this, but when I moved to a new town I got a free big TV with my new ISP. I was going with that ISP anyways so a free 4k HDR TV on top was a nice bonus.

    I wish I had gotten some other bonus. Viewing angle is atrocious and it is impossible to get rid of the input lag (no there isn’t a gaming mode or similar) so no games with precise timing can be played.

    So now we have a big living room TV that is too good to replace with something better but bad enough to be a little bit annoying.

  • Synapse@lemmy.world
    1·
    4 months ago

    My current TV has started to die. It’s developing a purple spot that starts to be very distracting. I am not excited about researching a new model that doesn’t pull out this kind a shit on me. I don’t intend to ever connect it to the Internet. My current TV is nothing more than a big display for my NVIDIA shield TV and the next one will be the same.

      • zod000@lemmy.ml
        1·
        4 months ago

        I got their 1080p 43" “dumb” model for $150 not too long ago. I wouldn’t choose it for my main living room TV, but it is perfectly fine for what I needed it for and they can’t retroactively make it worse like the Roku tv it replaced.

        • theangryseal@lemmy.world
          0·
          4 months ago

          I think mine was around 300 and is 47”. I don’t watch a lot of tv, it’s mostly there for the kids. The 4k picture looks amazing when I do use it. I do most of my gaming on my Steam Deck and I dock that to a 720p Samsung I’ve had for 18 years now (Was very high end when I got it). It is good enough for me.

          I’m about to inherit my daughter’s gaming laptop and I’ll plug that in the bedroom and be happy with it too.

          • zod000@lemmy.ml
            1·
            4 months ago

            $300 isn’t too bad of a price for a 47" 4K where they aren’t getting extra money from your data and ads. I went for the 1080p model because at the distance we sit at it was impossible to tell the difference based on the 4K Roku TV is replaced.

    • Zacryon@feddit.org
      1·
      4 months ago

      I’ve read at some other post that some smart TVs won’t work at all if you don’t connect it to the internet.

      Read with caution, I haven’t verified this.

    • Psythik@lemmy.world
      0·
      4 months ago

      144Hz TVs are a thing and common. I’m using a 65" 144Hz 4K OLED right now.

      Modern TVs are excellent gaming monitors, and they’re much cheaper than an equivalent PC monitor. Especially LG OLEDs, since they are built with gaming in mind. Input lag is a thing of the past.