Any alternatives for the european market? I don't see Sceptre being sold anywhere around (Germany)
What is the best dumb TV?
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#622FWIW, TechniSat in Germany still produces dumb smart TVs with recording but without the data grabbing.
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With a standalone smart box connected via HDMI if it becomes obsolete, or you want to use different software it’s just that which needs replacing. With a smart TV the entire display has to be replaced, to no real benefit.
Not really. Why not just use the TV until it becomes obsolete then buy a box if you have to?
Often the TV box apps run better, gets obsoleted much more slowly and you can customise it much more easily than your smart TV (e.g. you are out of options if your TV doesn't support some new streaming service).
I have a random, no-name Android TV box and it's one of the best value for money devices I've gotten in years - covers every single streaming service, has IPTV, web browser, and any other conceivable option you'd want in a TV box. You can add a VPN trivially, use it as a music client for LMS....and so on. Plus it doesn't have unblockable ads covering half the screen like recent Samsung TVs.
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but much better than the old analog knob. For less than a minute you couldnt even turn it (usually jumped back to the bell or was anything from 20s to 1min)
Sorry this is a bit nitpicky but since this is HN ... is it strictly correct to call this knob “analogue”? The old fashioned ones were clockwork and the newer ones are some kind of digital rotary controller ... I guess if we’re describing the experience rather than the mechanism maybe just good old “knob” suffice!
Ye a mechanical timer is digital in its output, right? The analogue dailer could maybe be the power, but it was most likely discrete too.
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One needs to mentally prepare for the coming 5G era; ubiquitous tracking and data harvesting combined with artificial intelligence and social credit. Where is the opt out from this hellish corporate revolution?
5G doesn't change the economics of having cell radios nor paying for cell data. Why would notoriously low margin products like a TV ever pay for such a lavish addition when most people voluntary connect it to wifi or ethernet anyway?
search for "comcast lpwan" or machineq or "comcast iot"
just make an agreement with one company, done.
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#626What's dumb about smart teevees? The essential part has one lifecycle and the smarts have another. Better have the smarts outboard so they can be replaced when they're obsolete.
Imagine having to toss your car when it needs new tires.
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End the torture: What's the make/model of the microwave?
I bought a Breville with jogger knobs for power and time, just because I liked the UI. Most importantly they can be changed even while cooking. I think this is the current revision: https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/microwaves/bmo850.ht... It does have all the feature buttons, which are just inside the door, although I admit I have never used them. Alternatively buy a really cheap microwave that just has two ph…
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End the torture: What's the make/model of the microwave?
I bought a Breville with jogger knobs for power and time, just because I liked the UI. Most importantly they can be changed even while cooking. I think this is the current revision: https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/microwaves/bmo850.ht... It does have all the feature buttons, which are just inside the door, although I admit I have never used them. Alternatively buy a really cheap microwave that just has two ph…
One knob is even better.
https://www.usaequipmentdirect.com/sharp-commercial-medium-d...
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My microwave has a wheel to turn the timer, a wheel to set the WATT, a stop button and a start button. If you press the start button it’ll automatically run for 30 seconds, if you press it again it’ll add another 30 seconds to the current run. It took me maybe 4 years of owning it before I learned of the start button feature. Not sure what the hell people are doing with microwaves that connect to the internet, but I…
End the torture: What's the make/model of the microwave?
A simpler UI is Sharp R21LCFS. Link elsewhere in thread.
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We're going off topic now, but why do all microwaves have knobs now? I hate them. I want a number pad like the microwaves had when I was growing up. I want to close the door, press the numbers that indicate the amount of time I want and hit "start". When you turn a knob, either you have no indication of the exact time, or there's a display that moves in increments that the computer thinks are good (usually 10s). I do…
Where are you shopping? Only 5 of the first 50 microwaves that I just saw on Amazon have knobs.
Now that you mention it, I guess what I really am is a grumbling ex-pat.
I often find things I want on amazon.com and then change the URL to .de or .co.uk, or I find items that are available for shipping to Germany (for a decent price), I assume because they actually ship from China or are already distributed in Amazon warehouses. I guess in the case of microwaves the power input is different, so the models are different by area, and this part of Europe seems to prefer knobs.
I will say, though, I don't see any there with blister buttons; they all appear to be capactive.