Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second

HangingFruit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Well thing is, they all track you to some point.

  Specs wise, LG still makes some of the best TVs. You want 4k 120Hz, they’ve got you. But if you feel morally unable to support a company that has opt-out tracking like this, you’re a bit more limited. I thought maybe Sony’s better, but nope. There’s instructions on how to disable ACR on their TVs too. Philips comes with Roku or Google TV, both of which snoop on you, but I don’t know if they do the automatic content recognition thing.

  Dumb TVs exist, but good luck finding one with a decent resolution AND price.

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  • 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    good luck finding one with a decent resolution AND price. That raises the question: is there one that has decent resolution and privacy, but is expensive? Those of us who can afford it should surely go for the privacy friendly option regardless of price. Boycotting the surveillance society that’s in full development is worth a lot.

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Commercial ones would work I think, but viewing angles can be off on at least outdoor models.

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  • HangingFruit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah. I really like LG products. Will see what happens when my current TV stops working.

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• eleitl@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Many video projectors don’t. My Epson doesn’t.

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  • starchylemming@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    that name invoke the old horror that is printers

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    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I can top it - my first desktop PC was an Epson. Come to think of it, my first printer was an Epson dot matrix. Loud as fuck but it was a good little workhorse.

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    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Epsons were pretty chill printers. You could buy just the print head and you could use your own ink refills

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    • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Epson printers are pretty nice, on par with Brother for usability.

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      • starchylemming@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        epson is kinda scummy with their ink cartridges and also has bloat brother is superior

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    • eleitl@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Bought an EH-TW7000 4K PRO-UHD Projector a couple years back for less than 1 kEUR. Was about the best value then, haven’t looked recently.

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  • HangingFruit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah I get that. But I don’t want to use projector.

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    • eleitl@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I can’t imagine using a TV. None of them are wall sized and I don’t have the space. Pull down screen fits the bill.

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      • HangingFruit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I can completely understand the use case, I just prefer the better display quality of a TV

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• Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  hopfully they dont communicate locally with other lg or partnered devices

  now or in the future

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  • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fortunately these TVs are not yet sophisticated enough to communicate to the internet without your permission like Apple devices do now.

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  • TurdMongler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Like amazon ring devices? I think it’s called Sidewalk .

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