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I don't know about most consumers, but the "smart" stuff is a big product negative feature when I'm shopping. I'd much rather add an external device of my choos
by digikata 10y ago
I don't know about most consumers, but the "smart" stuff is a big product negative feature when I'm shopping. I'd much rather add an external device of my choosing, Roku or Apple TV or something else than use the TV internal "smart" apps/channels which may or may not get updated.
Now if some TV added a nice little shelf space, or mount point for an external box behind the TV - I would think that would be a selling feature.
You can just not activate/use the feature, but I find I keep tripping over the button on the remote.
- maxxxxx 10y agoSomehow this stuff seems to sell. Same for Android phones. I hate that every manufacturers feels they need to add some crappy custom UI on top of stock Android but they keep doing it.
- thwarted 10y agoFor the same reason ISPs and telcos have traditionally included "value-adds" on their Internet connectivity, like email accounts, portals, news, business websites, etc, etc, etc, because they don't want to become commodity "dumb pipes". The phone manufacturers need to create and push non-standard (and often broken) app launchers and branded skins in order to differentiate, otherwise they'd just be another Android phone maker, rather than, say, the manufacturer of the Samsung phone.
- scarface74 10y agoI agree. With the exception of TVs with Roku built in. One remote that was intended to control the TV and the Roku functionality.
- coldpie 10y agoI feel like there's an easy Kickstarter grab here for some startup founded by someone with experience in display manufacturing......
- delecti 10y agoI would love a normally priced TV with no smart crap, but would absolutely not back a Kickstarter for one. It's really just not the right platform for that.