Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoAn ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OSarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1242cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1242external-linkAn ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OSarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square66fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareFluffyPotato@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days agoI have an old 60 inch 1080p TV from the early days of smart tvs. It has a built in app for plex and youtube, a remote that works as a pointer, it’s insanely slow but it has zero ads and I’m never ever getting a newer model.
minus-squaremrvictory1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoSame here, one of our “smart” TVs needs Ethernet for networking, the other needs a Wi-Fi dongle. Rest aren’t even smart. All 1080p.
minus-squareFluffyPotato@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI’ll find one on the used market or do whatever it takes to fix it
I have an old 60 inch 1080p TV from the early days of smart tvs. It has a built in app for plex and youtube, a remote that works as a pointer, it’s insanely slow but it has zero ads and I’m never ever getting a newer model.
Same here, one of our “smart” TVs needs Ethernet for networking, the other needs a Wi-Fi dongle. Rest aren’t even smart. All 1080p.
Up until that TV dies.
I’ll find one on the used market or do whatever it takes to fix it
That’s my plan too