Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.

MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s not smart if you don’t connect it to the internet

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  • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But it will try to start into a crippled user interface ever so often.

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    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My Sony just goes straight to the HDMI that turned it on via CEC

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    • crossover@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I haven seen my LG OLED’s smart OS for years.

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There are commercial displays that don’t have any of the bullshit. But you’ll have to jump through some extra hoops for the sound.

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  • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have a dedicated sound system anyway

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    • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But if your display has no digital output, you may need to plug it into the analog output of the computer you’re using to drive the display. That’s not optimal.

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      • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, I just plug the video input into my AV-Receiver and let it split it up, and then an HDMI cable from the receiver to the TVs input

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