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The worry I have with these TVs is that basic functions like channel seeking or brightness controls now rely on a computer running Android. It feels like a 1000
by z2 5y ago
The worry I have with these TVs is that basic functions like channel seeking or brightness controls now rely on a computer running Android. It feels like a 1000-fold increase in complexity and risk for something to hobble the TV part of the TV. Say the CPU overheats due to poor heat design after 3 years--it doesn't seem like manufacturers have a dumb mode to fall back on. Similarly, I'd be very worried if a car's radio prevented the car from driving.
It is sad that wanting a simple, modular display that we can upgrade peripherals around is niche these days. In a way, car makers took a step in the right direction with more radios adopting CarPlay & Android Auto, acknowledging that their own radios can't outsmart an evolving mobile ecosystem.
- jrkfkgmfmr 5y agoThe TV part of the TV requires a CPU anyway these days, because most cable signal or HDMI inputs are digital.
- apk17 5y agoI hope very much that that CPU isn't running android, though. I can't clock it, but our current TV seems to take longer to, well, turn on, than the tube tellys of yore.
- bdamm 5y agoThe TV of my childhood took so long to warm up, you'd be standing there for at least 5 seconds wondering if it had turned on at all before seeing something. Usually it was the click of a relay and the hum of a capacitor soaking up a field that was the real clue.
- pessimizer 5y agoMy current TV takes longer than 5 seconds to turn on, and it's not even smart.
- bruce343434 5y agoJust get a seperate signal box and a big monitor?