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I wish there was a company selling TVs without any “smart” software on it. 100% of the time I use my TV through the Apple TV and even the changing of input to s

by dewey 7y ago

I wish there was a company selling TVs without any “smart” software on it. 100% of the time I use my TV through the Apple TV and even the changing of input to switch to a console is done through HomeKit. I guess it would be way more expensive if they can’t subsidize the price without all the stock apps and ads they ship with it.

mrweasel 7y ago
We do the same, the AppleTV is really the only device with the right apps here in Denmark. We had to get a SmartTV, but we simply don't use that part, the TV is not allowed on the internet. The Philips remote have a big ass Netflix button right in the center, but we just use the Netflix app on the AppleTV, because using any of the apps on the TV is an unpleasant experience. I can sort of understand the idea of a smart TV, but the TV manufactures do not have the organisation, infrastructure, developers nor the hardware to deliver good and up to date apps, so I don't understand why they keep insisting on building smart TVs. Companies like Samsung must know that their app suck.
0xffff2 7y ago
Isn't this basically a monitor (with built-in speakers)? A quick look at Newegg suggests you can get a 43" monitor for pretty a pretty reasonable price.
- dewey 7y ago
  Yes but 43” is not really TV size material. They are made for different use cases.
  - 0xffff2 7y ago
    What is TV size material to you? A friend of mine has a 60" TV and it's huge. I really can't imagine that most people have TVs that big. You can go even bigger with monitors, but the selection is thinner so it's hard to tell if it's really economical. The whole point of my comment is that average size aside, they really don't seem to be different use cases at all for a lot of people.
    - dewey 7y ago
      My point is that most monitors are not made to be TVs and in the size of a TV also not competitive based on the price. I’m also not sure there’s a lot of OLED monitors in that size but I haven’t done much research on that as I’m not in the market right now. By TV sized I’m taking about 50+, right now I’m using a LG OLED in 55” and I’m pretty happy with it. With HomeKit and Apple TV I never see the ads and the rest of the smart garbage.

by dewey 7y ago

mrweasel 7y ago

We do the same, the AppleTV is really the only device with the right apps here in Denmark. We had to get a SmartTV, but we simply don't use that part, the TV is not allowed on the internet. The Philips remote have a big ass Netflix button right in the center, but we just use the Netflix app on the AppleTV, because using any of the apps on the TV is an unpleasant experience. I can sort of understand the idea of a smart TV, but the TV manufactures do not have the organisation, infrastructure, developers nor the hardware to deliver good and up to date apps, so I don't understand why they keep insisting on building smart TVs. Companies like Samsung must know that their app suck.

0xffff2 7y ago

Isn't this basically a monitor (with built-in speakers)? A quick look at Newegg suggests you can get a 43" monitor for pretty a pretty reasonable price.

dewey 7y ago
Yes but 43” is not really TV size material. They are made for different use cases.
- 0xffff2 7y ago
  What is TV size material to you? A friend of mine has a 60" TV and it's huge. I really can't imagine that most people have TVs that big. You can go even bigger with monitors, but the selection is thinner so it's hard to tell if it's really economical. The whole point of my comment is that average size aside, they really don't seem to be different use cases at all for a lot of people.
  - dewey 7y ago
    My point is that most monitors are not made to be TVs and in the size of a TV also not competitive based on the price. I’m also not sure there’s a lot of OLED monitors in that size but I haven’t done much research on that as I’m not in the market right now. By TV sized I’m taking about 50+, right now I’m using a LG OLED in 55” and I’m pretty happy with it. With HomeKit and Apple TV I never see the ads and the rest of the smart garbage.