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I find the headline to be seriously clickbaity, as the word "smart" (in the context of TVs) generally refers to a network connection that facilitates streaming,
by hunter2_ 3y ago
I find the headline to be seriously clickbaity, as the word "smart" (in the context of TVs) generally refers to a network connection that facilitates streaming, telemetry, ads, etc. but TFA is not discussing that category of features whatsoever. It's discussing features totally unrelated to the growing popularity of disabling "smart TV" features for the sake of privacy and fewer ads.
Unfortunately, I don't know that there's a generic non-jargon word for this collection of settings, but let's not solve for that by overloading the word "smart"!
- urbandw311er 3y agoOr indeed being a sort of tech apologist by describing it as “weird”.
- j45 3y agoTVs were sold to us with some degree of smarts, they weren’t really smart, and upgrading or replacing the smarts is too much work.
- layer8 3y agoThose are image-enhancement settings. Too jargon-y?
- hunter2_ 3y agoNot too jargony, but it possibly conflates the regular calibration settings (brightness, contrast, etc.) which are actually worth tweaking because they let you get closer to the original signal. The settings this article discusses generally let you stray farther from the original signal.
- gumby 3y agoAttend a CES and you'll see this use of "smart" is standard in the TV industry. They had net connections before they had special apps and the word "smart" wasn't used back then.
- hunter2_ 3y agoSo if I asked enough industry people at CES what makes a smart TV smart, ultimately I would more often hear about things like motion interpolation than things like network connectivity?
- dang 3y agoThat was my fault - see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38526517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38526517. Fixed now. Sorry!
- hunter2_ 3y agoNo worries; I only meant to comment on the headline within the work itself and didn't even notice a discrepancy!