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> buy a TV from a company that makes money by selling TVs. These pretty much don't exist at the consumer level at all anymore. Two years ago, when I purchased
by ncallaway 3y ago
> buy a TV from a company that makes money by selling TVs.
These pretty much don't exist at the consumer level at all anymore. Two years ago, when I purchased this TV, I searched pretty extensively for consumer level TVs that meet your description.
I found none.
The only option was to move up to commercial market stuff, that is much more expensive, and designed to be on nearly all the time. Seriously, if you have a recommendation for a consumer TV company that makes money by selling TVs, I'm all ears.
I believe them, but I'm also not going to put this TV on some other poor (probably unsuspecting) consumer. No, the TV has become defective, through a deliberate manufacturer's choice, and I'll demand my money back.
- LeoPanthera 3y agoThere's a difference between "smart" TVs and TVs that make money from advertising, though.
- RussianCow 3y agoThere really isn't anymore. I'm not the parent, but I have also been passively searching for a new TV and have come to the same conclusion, which is why I haven't rushed out to buy one since my current one (without WiFi) still works. If you know of any brand or model that doesn't collect your data and participate in some form of advertising, I'm all ears! As an aside: The other problem with smart TVs is that, even if the TV doesn't currently show you ads, it's one update away from doing so. A friend of mine had that happen with his TV (don't remember which brand), where it had a clean UI when he first bought it and now the home screen is littered with ads.
- ncallaway 3y ago> Seriously, if you have a recommendation for a consumer TV company that makes money by selling TVs, I'm all ears.