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Unfortunately, better sets all include smart features. Just don't setup network connectivity and you'll be fine. Doing so also blocks the annoying new(er) "feat
by mizzack 8y ago
Unfortunately, better sets all include smart features. Just don't setup network connectivity and you'll be fine. Doing so also blocks the annoying new(er) "feature" many manufacturers have introduced -- injecting ads into the UI.
As far as I know, Sony is the only high end mfg that doesn't put ads in their current TV offerings.
- dev_dull 8y agoExactly this. And use something like an Apple TV for connected watching through a company that actually cares about your privacy.
- xxpor 8y agoToo bad the Apple TV does violence to the sound output of the content that's playing. Unfortunatly, it seems like the only box that supports everything (HDR, x265, bitstreaming atmos, dts:x, etc) is the nvidia shield which is android TV so you get all of the usual Google crap.
- kitsunesoba 8y agoAtmos support at the very least is coming to Apple TV with the tvOS update coming out this fall.
- mikestew 8y agoAs far as I know, Sony is the only high end mfg that doesn't put ads in their current TV offerings. My $DEITY, it's gotten that bad? Not that I'd connect a modern TV to a network connection, but yeesh, it's almost like they don't want me to buy another TV when this (thankfully, relatively new) one dies. But I'd guess there are a lot more folks willing to put up with it than there are cranky old farts like me.
- mizzack 8y agoYep. https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/ads-in-smart-tv https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/ads-in-smart-tv I stand corrected, too, it looks like Vizio is also in the clear with Sony. That said we're just talking about ads. Both Sony and Vizio have questionable pasts regarding information collection/privacy violation.