Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” features?

Post by Brian_K_White » Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 4:26 AM UTC

IgorPartola wrote: post #291

Brian_K_White wrote: post #251

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Excuse me, but I think I and I alone am the principle and indeed sole authority on what I enjoy. I drive my manuals daily in all kinds of traffic and weather. I live in NJ where neither the weather nor the traffic nor the roads are ideal. On the worst day, on the worst road, in the worst traffic, I still prefer to operate my vehicle rather than be carried by it. It's primarily a feeling of being involved and engaged…

Wait so you manually control the timing advance and the AFR in your car too? Because otherwise are you really even driving? Are we understaning my point yet?

Post by account42 » Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 8:29 AM UTC

distances wrote: post #372

LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #339

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Lucky, them. In Germany every household has to pay it, because of "new media", meaning regardless of the (non)existence of classical TV, radio, there is probably internet, smartphone, some means to consume public tv and radio, so f---ing PAY ! Even if one can't stand that sh-t at all, and ignores it since 1996 :-) Meanwhile the president of France promised to get rid of it this year, probably this fall.

I don't mind these fees. It's better than collecting the same in taxes as it keeps the public broadcaster independent from political oversight, at least to a certain degree.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 8:54 AM UTC

null_object wrote: post #168

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The AppleTV he recommended to use in its place has ads too I believe, through sponsored app placements.

> The AppleTV he recommended to use in its place has ads too I believe, through sponsored app placements This really is the most nitpicking anti-Apple comments I’ve seen in a while. A friend of mine had a TV that would randomly interrupt films and programs he was watching (even in the middle of an action sequence) and show an ad that was inserted by the TV software. Luckily only happened for about 6 months - I’m gues…

Post by phkahler » Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 6:42 PM UTC

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phkahler wrote: post #268

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>> You want to buy a “monitor”, not a TV. I bought a TV for a monitor. 55" 4K curved Samsung a few years ago for about $600. It went down in price and is probably discontinued now because curved TVs are stupid. Never connected it to the internet, so it's not too smart. Also, a real "monitor" doesn't come with a TV tuner and this did.

I used one as a monitor once and found that the low resolution and 30 Hz display was painful to code on.

Post by aviditas » Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 10:50 PM UTC

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Walmart stocks them during November for shopping season. The sceptre tvs are my go to for large viewing needs. If you are into perfect picture quality, it takes some settings tweaking to get to tolerable but in my opinion is ideal for just normal TV watching and video games.

Ah, I see. Is it always the same old hardware and software? Because if they suddenly start shipping with AdJank 0.2 you're back to square one.