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I agree. I use a roku instead, but same result. I used the apps on my TV for a bit when I got it, but they would fail, like it had a memory leak if I watched so
by varikin 6y ago
I agree. I use a roku instead, but same result. I used the apps on my TV for a bit when I got it, but they would fail, like it had a memory leak if I watched something for over 3 hours. I don't trust telling the TV to disable wifi, so I just changed the wifi credentials on the TV to be incorrect. No problems anymore.
- Scoundreller 6y agoOnly a matter of time before they start downloading ads via OTA datastream. Could do rough geolocation by differential signal strengths/timing. TV could run code to infer gender/age/etc or just link it to the serial number of the purchaser and their address. Of course you didn’t get your 65” TV delivered to your own house, right? If it’s strictly one-way, ad purchasers may not know precisely how many “hits” they got, but could be inferred from the online TVs. To be determined if it’s worthwhile if almost everyone puts the TV online anyway, but if there’s a world where people don’t, you’ll still be almost as screwed.
- withinboredom 6y agoI’m surprised they haven’t paid google to serve long term ads to offline TVs from their street view cars... or Tesla, or any car manufacturer probably parked in a close by garage and able to receive data ota
- bootlooped 6y agoAt least TCL and Hisense manufacture TVs with Roku built in, which seems like a big benefit, streaming services don't need to make and maintain another app specifically for your budget brand.