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Don't buy a smart tv, hook a chrome cast to it, don't buy a new one just because there are better ones out there. As for streaming, choose one service and swit
by tomjen3 9y ago
Don't buy a smart tv, hook a chrome cast to it, don't buy a new one just because there are better ones out there.
As for streaming, choose one service and switch to another to binge a new season, then cancel when it is over.
- IshKebab 9y agoAll TVs are smart now.
- ddalex 9y agoBut there is absolutely no reason for you to hook it up to your home wifi. At least, until they are 'cloud'-enabled, and they require an internet connection to verify DRM before it plays ANY content... I shouldn't give them ideas.
- simcop2387 9y agoMy current one that I bought back in 2014 (or 13?) won't start up unless it thinks it has a network connection. I've actually setup my router to just block all traffic from it, but let it on the network so it'll actually work as a panel. Otherwise it has an unskippable menu demanding to be given the wifi password (or hooked up over ethernet).
- phkahler 9y agoWhat brand and model?
- simcop2387 9y agoSamsung UN60F6400 60-Inch
- Avernar 9y agoI would have returned that crap back to the store so fast it would make the sales person's head spin.
- dudus 9y agoJust do not connect them to the WiFi and suddenly they all are dumb
- imron 9y agoJust hope your neighbours don't have an unlocked wifi connection and that the tv doesn't 'helpfully' auto connect
- jdietrich 9y agoAll TVs are smart now. Fortunately, you can now buy TV-sized monitors. They're usually sold as a "commercial monitor" or a "digital signage display".
- phkahler 9y agoI want a 50-55" curved monitor. Does that exist and is it way more expensive than a TV? I can get a TV for $800 or less.
- cesarb 9y agoA relative just bought a new TV this month, and asked me whether they should choose the "smart" TV or the normal one (I recommended the normal one, which they bought). So this is false, one can still find normal TVs.