Even a cheap external digital tuner has a more features and a more usable interface than (dumb) TVs with builtin tuner. Samsung TV (2010): takes longer than a

Even a cheap external digital tuner has a more features and a more usable interface than (dumb) TVs with builtin tuner. Samsung TV (2010): takes longer than a CRT to "warm up", remote died within 4years Sony TV (2008): half the screen gets covered by program info popup for some seconds every time some decoding error happens, remote died within 4years Telefunken TV (early 90's) + external tuner: original remote still works, screen turns on automatically when decoder is turned on and it also has built-in DVR and tetris