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> My TV is 18 years old … they all continue to work as well as they worked on the day I bought them. This is unlikely to be true. The process is slow so you ma
by abtinf 1y ago
> My TV is 18 years old … they all continue to work as well as they worked on the day I bought them.
This is unlikely to be true. The process is slow so you may not have noticed it, but the tv is probably much dimmer than when it was brand new.
You may have a reasonable point about device longevity, but comparing full blown, internet connected, general purpose computing devices to an A/V receiver is obviously intentionally obtuse.
- ryandrake 1y agoIt's a Hitachi 42 inch plasma and it still looks absolutely beautiful. Not a single problem with it in almost two decades. Want to know what failed first? The goddamn Mac Mini I have attached to it as a HTPC, where, after "upgrading" to Big Sur or Monterrey, suddenly Apple just up and decided to drop 1080i resolution support (the TV only supports 1080i, not 1080p). The weakest link, in terms of longevity, is always the software developer.
- pasc1878 1y agoYou have undercut your case here. The TV works and had not been upgraded. The mac mini works if you did not upgrade it. The weakest link is doing an upgrade, it does not matter which hardware.
- ndiddy 1y agoI think it’s unreasonable that Apple sold a device that is capable of displaying 1080i and then disabled it in a software update. Doing stuff like that encourages users to not update and leave themselves vulnerable to security threats.