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For #1 I’ve actually found it practically impossible to buy an equivalent consumer tv without “smart” features like this at any price. The only “dumb television
by mattnewton 5y ago
For #1 I’ve actually found it practically impossible to buy an equivalent consumer tv without “smart” features like this at any price. The only “dumb television” screens I have found are either large computer monitors or commercial panels with entirely different material tolerances and prices.
- BoxOfRain 5y agoI'd have a lot of brand loyalty to a company whose business it was to manufacture very well built but ultimately "dumb" devices. I want a TV that's literally just a dumb panel that can accurately display what I send to it, I want a car that's purely analogue even down to the radio and doesn't try and do things for me unexpectedly, and I want a thermostat that makes a satisfying "clunk" when I turn a mechanical knob and has no way for my smartphone (and every ne'er-do-well on the internet) to connect to it. Surely there's a market outside of grumpy HN readers who know how the sausage is made for this kind of thing? Older people spring to mind, but also people living in areas of poor internet connectivity, people who value DIY repairability, and of course the ecological angle of avoiding the inevitable e-waste of the modern throwaway approach to consumer goods.