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As an avid TV show consumer, people regularly asks me why am I still using my 10 years old 32" Panasonic. Well, not only it still works as day one, so why would
by wiether 6y ago
As an avid TV show consumer, people regularly asks me why am I still using my 10 years old 32" Panasonic.
Well, not only it still works as day one, so why would I get rid of a perfectly working piece of tech, also I'm not sure a bigger screen will improve my consumer experience.
Having a nVidia Shield and Plex setup, what would be the point of having a smart TV since I've already got everything a smart TV do and even better.
4K UHD ? Legally or not, there is so limited content available in more than 1080p at that moment that it wouldn't makes sense to upgrade now.
Also with new TV it seems that you have to take care of framerate profiles, HDR and whatnot. I just want to watch The Office for the 200th time, I don't care about that and I don't want to.
I remember when I bought my TV, the salesmen were trying to make me buy a 3D TV since it was the hype at that time. But I was certain that 3D was no for me, that it wasn't going to last and a 3D TV will cost me more than a 2D. So I just looked at images on the screens in the shops and finaly I said : "this one", without knowing anything about it except that I felt satisfied with how the images were rendered. It appeared that not only it wasn't a 3D TV but also it wasn't, by far, the cheapest one. The 3D ones they were trying to sell me were actually cheaper than the one I picked. I don't know if the salesman got a better % on the sell, but me I was and still am very satisfied with my choice !
Smart TV is not a trend like 3D was, it will definitely stay so unfortunately I don't see how better it can be in the future since people want cheap TV, and even if some manufacturers offers dumb TV, they will cost more than the smart ones so it will never a huge success.