we live in hell

I don’t even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they’re saying…hey do you want a worse experience?

  • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
    64·
    1 year ago

    We need a Lemmy community dedicated to find, repair and exchange dumb TV. These are become increasingly rare and increasingly needed.

    • Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
      131·
      1 year ago

      Look for digital signage if you want one with a lot of input options and a guarantee it will do only what you tell it to do (they are however more expensive than consumer grade models)

      • ShunkW@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        Except my old TV would still try to load ads even though it wasn’t connected to the Internet. Made it run slow as shit. When the screen died conveniently right after the warranty period, I just switched to using a monitor to watch stuff.

      • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        If my TV is full of functionnality I don’t want, I called it bloated. And I don’t like bloated TV more than smart TV.

    • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I appreciate the ECO ramifications. But it’s a hell of a lot easier just to firewall the smart ones. I suspect even a pihole might be enough

      • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Except the spying ability of smart device isn’t the only reason people could want an older TV. What if a youngster is going for a older look in its interior decor and want a TV they could put an apron on? Uh? Did you think about that?

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      When my parents’ “dumb” LG TV became faulty, I asked them to keep it so I could repair it and use it myself.

      Best decision ever. The issue was just down to a dodgy connection to the LCD panel, just needed a thin shim material in there and the issue was solved. I added a fan in there too since it gets really hot, and also now run it on the lowest brightness (which is still pretty visible during daytime) since the old CCFL backlights kick out a ton more heat when cranked up

      It’s just over a decade old now and still going strong, currently hooked up to a Steam Link in the bedroom for streaming from other machines in the house, a Miracast/EZCast HDMI dongle for casting from my phone, and finally to my PS2.