You can still get dumb tvs.
Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 days agoYou mean the stuff every TV has these days? I also never hook mine to the internet so not really a problem. I haven’t seen a single ad in the year I’ve had mine
NatakuNox@lemmy.world 2 days ago
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 days ago
If you have a link or can tell me what store to walk in and get a dumb TV with even half the quality of my current TV I will take it. I could only find business displays which were all stuck at 60hz or had a color spectrum and contrast so bad my ten year old laptop IPS screen beat them.
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Well I suspect the quality is not going to be up to your standard, but this is the one I have in my living room, and I think it’s perfectly fine. But if you just can’t live without 120hz or whatever, then I guess you’re stuck.
Walmart used to have a variety of these, now they’re down to one. All my TVs are either 10+ years old or Sceptre and therefore are all dumb. But I don’t have a purist bone in my body when it comes to AV stuff.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 days ago
It’s not a bad TV. And if it was just watching movies or something I definitely wouldn’t care about 120hz, but it’s just so much better for gaming.
I’m not a purist, like I said I’m rocking a TCL which is low end, but I’ve come to appreciate some level of specs I can’t go back on.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world 2 days ago
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 days ago
You literally just linked me a 60hz business display. The thing I said was the only thing I could find and ruled out…
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That is over twice the price with low specs. You argument is invalid.
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yes they are hard to find. They are few and far between and cost over twice the price.
grue@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What disgusting cope. Don’t you have any self-respect?
Just because you can work around the abuse doesn’t mean they aren’t abusing you.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Dude, touch grass and calm down. You’re putting a lot of words in my mouth and completely missing the point which is why you’re getting down voted.
I’ve pushed back on “smart” TVs so much. My point was if your issue with TCL is the ads you should rightfully have issues with every TV. They’re all shoving ads, they’re all analysing watched content. This isn’t a TCL specific thing at all was my only point.
Also disconnecting from internet is a direct way of fighting back against that abuse. You’re not giving them those analytics or ad space. Sure you can choose to not buy any TV but I clearly keep overestimating people’s intelligence and didn’t think I needed to spell out every possible option in a quick comment.
Fuck I hate the braindead keyboard warriors the internet has enabled.