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The AI explosion isn't just hurting the prices of computers and consoles – it's coming for TVs and audio tech too (www.techradar.com)
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[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago (3 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.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week 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."

[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

These already exist. I've also seen some that technically work but have pop-ups complaining about being offline.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days 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.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago

I would immediately return that as defective. I'd rather use that old 1980's portable TV that's been collecting dust in my closet since they shut down the analog TV broadcasts.

[–] chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week 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).