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I'll add to this: absolutely no good can come from plugging your TV specifically into the Internet. None. Zero. Nada. Zilch. As soon as you do you'll get nagge
by cletus 9y ago
I'll add to this: absolutely no good can come from plugging your TV specifically into the Internet. None. Zero. Nada. Zilch.
As soon as you do you'll get nagged for software updates, you'll get told the privacy policy or the terms of service have changed (which you have to acknowledge) and apps for things like Youtube and Netflix tend to be inferior to those in boxes (eg Roku, AppleTV).
I buy my TV to be a dumb screen. Then I plug a Roku into it. If at some point I decide the Roku isn't working I throw it away and get something else. Worst case I'm out $120.
- dreamcompiler 9y agoExactly. My TV and DVD player would very much like to know my router's wifi password so they can connect to the internet. Ain't gonna happen.
- scrooched_moose 9y agoIs that even possible anymore? About 2-3 years ago it seems like "smart" TVs completely took over.
- cletus 9y agoI bought a Samsung 65" 1080p "Smart" TV 2.5 years ago where that seems possible.
- scrooched_moose 9y agoOh, gotcha, I misread your original post. I thought you were talking about truly "dumb" TVs. Non-smart TVs basically don't exist anymore (Sceptre is the only brand I can find). You can usually get a smart TV and keep it off the internet, but I've seen horror stories of some TVs not working at all until being "updated" after unboxing.
- sitkack 9y agoWe need a law that requires things work out of the box and can work while not connected to the net. Bonus points for requiring off switches for the "smart" features. A similar pet peeve of mine is that the huge infotainment screens on modern cars cannot be turned off the majority of the time. Only in the VW Golf I rented did it actually have a way to shut the whole thing down.