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The specs and quality of the panel, backlighting (if applicable), and image processing. These days, the few "dumb" TVs that are still sold are either cheap and
by cosmic_cheese 10mo ago
The specs and quality of the panel, backlighting (if applicable), and image processing. These days, the few "dumb" TVs that are still sold are either cheap and bad or are designed for signage use and aren't well suited for TV/movies/games relative to their mass-market smart cousins.
A smart TV used as a dumb TV alongside a quality streaming box (Apple TV or Nvidia Shield TV) or console gets you the best overall experience.
- ekropotin 10mo agoNot for everyone, I guess. Many people, including myself, don’t want to buy “quality streaming box” just for watching Netflix or YouTube sporadically.
- cosmic_cheese 10mo agoTo each their own, but the good ones last a long time even if they’re a little pricey. As an example, the original Apple TV 4K which was released in 2017 is still quite serviceable and continues to receive updates even now. A unit purchased in 2017 for $179 will have worked out to $18/year assuming they’re still using it in 2027.
- 3eb7988a1663 10mo agoThe cheapest Roku player at this moment is selling for $16, the plush model for $80. So, you do have to eat that financial hit for the least-bad privacy option.
- zie 10mo agoRight, but the Roku literally monitors what you watch 2x a second. They call it ACR: https://advertising.roku.com/learn/resources/acr-the-future-of-tv-and-audience-data https://advertising.roku.com/learn/resources/acr-the-future-...
- Pooge 10mo agoFrom my experience, TVs are not as ubiquitous as they used to be 10 years earlier. However, one must acknowledge that you can now watch "TV" on almost all your devices.