Submitted 2 months ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
When our last TV which was ‘smart’ died, we just bought a big lcd monitor at the pawn shop. We already were only using Kodi on an Android box, so a monitor with external speaker is fine. (Seemed spyware free last time I checked, but beware no-name android media boxes on=from eBay etc., use a tiny or old spare PC instead if you wish).
One must ‘sail the high seas’ tovget content, of course…
Nah, my TV is not Internet connected. My router is as blocking. My dns is as blocking. My web browser and phone browser are web blocking. I use the YouTube website on my phone. If someone bypasses all that and pushes adds I just back out of that site.
And it’s driving up the price of commercial flatscreens.
An article on Ars Technica, complaining about advertising.
What hypocrite posted this?
“you participate in society? Interesting!”
GO AWAY!! BAITIN’!
I unironically wanna watch “ouch! my balls” tho, that looks like quality programming i could get behind
Isn’t that basically what Jackass was?
My HiSense Vidaa OS TV shows ads for newer TV’s from their online store.
Is an Apple TV box a good platform choice to avoid this?
I’d probably opt for an external streaming box and simply use the TV as a monitor instead of the whole system (as it was originally)
That’s what I’m planning to do and curious if Apple TV box is a good option. Fire stick is riddled with ads. Not sure about Roku and Apple TV.
If you have other Apple devices the Apple TV is the best option.
Plex makes an app for it, and infuse makes a fantastic media server client.
Also enables all kinds of useful home automation integration, and FaceTime via your television(this is a game changer).
lol not for me, i don’t connect it to the internet
There are/were already TVs that automatically connect to any public WiFi or even have their own SIM card.
well mine doesnt… but then again knowing roku it might lol
I only connect to internet if my tv needs an update. Generally hardware inside TVs are super slow too.
Do I have Nvidia shield connected that been debloated with a simple launcher, which is connected to my router that’s running a VPN + DNS filter.
I reset my Android TV to stock before the ads, block all updates, and just run Plex and Netflix when I choose.
Probably going to take it further in the future and just use a little android media stick and nuke the SmartTV is entirely because of how badly it lags.
Absolutely insane how badly AndroidTVs perform after a year or so of ownership. If I could revert the core software updates I would.
Also, wifi causes the entire TV to become a laggy unusable mess. Has to be plugged in over ethernet. Absolutely unbelievable.
People let their TV’s onto the internet? I thought we already had this discussion and nobody does this anymore.
Smart tub and stremio. I’m good.
Amen. I recently switched over and I haven’t been happier. I even got my parents onboard with it instead of satellite TV and streaming services.
Have an Insignia tv and having to click out of a full screen ad after boot up will never not annoy me
Any 10 year old computer & LibreELEC.
Didnt noticed ads on youtube with smarttube smarttubeapp.github.io or github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular ;)
do we have ads in computer monitors yet? monitors often have mediocre speakers so people that weren’t going to bring their own sound system have that option
The reason monitors are delayed is because they need a way to work around the commercial market. TVs in commercial settings were already more expensive
Don’t give them ideas man!
not if I don’t have a smart tv
Pihole can block all this nonsense.
Vote with your dollars. Unplug. Fuck them
is this a new trend? last time i bought a tv was 2019 and it doesnt even have a menu
My TV burned out a few months ago and we got a cheap vizio. We stream everything from another device so maybe that’s the solution, but I haven’t seen any of these ads.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My TVs are pre-smart TV and only 1080p and I have yet to feel that I was missing anything important.