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I also got a new LG. I purposefully didn't connect it to the internet because of ads. What happens? I get a popup every few times I turn on the TV telling me

I also got a new LG. I purposefully didn't connect it to the internet because of ads. What happens? I get a popup every few times I turn on the TV telling me that I can enable Alexa support by connecting it to the internet. It's an ad. For itself. I connected it to the internet. Now I get other ads in that way instead. LG is no savior in the anti-ad race.

ape4 2y ago
So not Samsung or LG, then who?
- deleted 2y ago
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- glial 2y ago
  My TCL has no ads and has quite good picture quality besides.
- wccrawford 2y ago
  Unfortunately, it appears that if you want a top-notch panel, you don't really have a good choice. If you're willing to settle for less than the best, there might be options. I didn't really look into them, though.
- user3939382 2y ago
  Commercial displays are more expensive but come without the crap.
- spennant 2y ago
  Money not a problem? Get a "pro"/digital sign display and connect your own sound system as well as tuner/stb. https://www.lg.com/us/business/digital-signage/lg-65ep5g https://www.lg.com/us/business/digital-signage/lg-65ep5g https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/4k-uhd/qe-series/98-qec-series-450-nit-4k-uhd-display-lh98qecelgcxgo/ https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/4k-uhd/qe-serie...
  - akvadrako 2y ago
    Those are not the same quality of picture as decent OLED screens.
- wil421 2y ago
  Sony has decent TVs that have Android TV with settings you can shut off. However I never connected it to the internet and I am never bothered by pop-ups. The Roku TVs I put in my family’s vacation home are terrible. They oversaturate the image to account for the shitty display. Don’t use it a lot so I don’t care.
osamagirl69 2y ago
Genuinely curious - which model is this? I bought a LG C2 OLED last year (still current model) and never experienced this. It mentioned alexa support on the box, but I have never seen any popups related to it. FWIW - on most LG TVs, you can 'revoke' your acceptance of the EULA, which essentially returns the TV to non-smart status. Most of the tiles will disappear from the home screen, as will the ads. Depending on the model you might need to futz with the settings to make sure that the TV defaults to the hdmi input instead of the homescreen when you turn it on.
- speeder 2y ago
  I used to own a C2 in Brazil. Never accepted EULA. Noticed that the notification system sometimes notified me of TV Globo newest productions, begged me to install Alexa, begged me to install other random crap. And when a guest accepted EULA it promptly filled my home screen with "recommendations" of documentaries about Porn, with explicit posters included. I then threatened to sue them. The porn recommendations stopped and they sent me an apology, but the other ads remained.
- wccrawford 2y ago
  Yup, LG C2. As the other poster said, it just periodically popped up with stuff, trying to get me to put it on the internet.
mrandish 2y ago
Since many decent panels are sold by display OEM's factory divisions to other TV makers, I'm hoping some non-OEM brand finally figures out there's a big enough opportunity here to spec a new model with the highest-end panel they can source and pair it with the most elegantly minimal front-end possible. Then promote it with a clever ad campaign highlighting that it will never have ads and never bother you. With the development time and money saved they could afford to implement a few thoughtful touches like a physical master on/off switch. If that switch is on, then the TV is on whenever power is present. This allows it to be controlled with a simple home automation power plug. A soft on/off control can still exist downstream of the physical switch.

ape4 2y ago

So not Samsung or LG, then who?

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glial 2y ago
My TCL has no ads and has quite good picture quality besides.
wccrawford 2y ago
Unfortunately, it appears that if you want a top-notch panel, you don't really have a good choice. If you're willing to settle for less than the best, there might be options. I didn't really look into them, though.
user3939382 2y ago
Commercial displays are more expensive but come without the crap.
spennant 2y ago
Money not a problem? Get a "pro"/digital sign display and connect your own sound system as well as tuner/stb. https://www.lg.com/us/business/digital-signage/lg-65ep5g https://www.lg.com/us/business/digital-signage/lg-65ep5g https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/4k-uhd/qe-series/98-qec-series-450-nit-4k-uhd-display-lh98qecelgcxgo/ https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/4k-uhd/qe-serie...
- akvadrako 2y ago
  Those are not the same quality of picture as decent OLED screens.
wil421 2y ago
Sony has decent TVs that have Android TV with settings you can shut off. However I never connected it to the internet and I am never bothered by pop-ups. The Roku TVs I put in my family’s vacation home are terrible. They oversaturate the image to account for the shitty display. Don’t use it a lot so I don’t care.

osamagirl69 2y ago

Genuinely curious - which model is this? I bought a LG C2 OLED last year (still current model) and never experienced this. It mentioned alexa support on the box, but I have never seen any popups related to it. FWIW - on most LG TVs, you can 'revoke' your acceptance of the EULA, which essentially returns the TV to non-smart status. Most of the tiles will disappear from the home screen, as will the ads. Depending on the model you might need to futz with the settings to make sure that the TV defaults to the hdmi input instead of the homescreen when you turn it on.

speeder 2y ago
I used to own a C2 in Brazil. Never accepted EULA. Noticed that the notification system sometimes notified me of TV Globo newest productions, begged me to install Alexa, begged me to install other random crap. And when a guest accepted EULA it promptly filled my home screen with "recommendations" of documentaries about Porn, with explicit posters included. I then threatened to sue them. The porn recommendations stopped and they sent me an apology, but the other ads remained.
wccrawford 2y ago
Yup, LG C2. As the other poster said, it just periodically popped up with stuff, trying to get me to put it on the internet.

mrandish 2y ago

Since many decent panels are sold by display OEM's factory divisions to other TV makers, I'm hoping some non-OEM brand finally figures out there's a big enough opportunity here to spec a new model with the highest-end panel they can source and pair it with the most elegantly minimal front-end possible. Then promote it with a clever ad campaign highlighting that it will never have ads and never bother you. With the development time and money saved they could afford to implement a few thoughtful touches like a physical master on/off switch. If that switch is on, then the TV is on whenever power is present. This allows it to be controlled with a simple home automation power plug. A soft on/off control can still exist downstream of the physical switch.