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Re: Samsung Ads – Demand-Side Platform

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Post by adanto6840 »

smartisass wrote: post #24

Someone in a previous thread mentioned Sceptre TVs. They are dumb. Incredibly low priced but quality models available (55" 4k HDR HDMI 2.0 for $300) [1]. They have 30yrs experience. Seems a good company. Have high-end models too. [1] https://www.sceptre.com/TV/4K-UHD-TV/U550CV-UMRD-55-4K-UHD-T... Anybody here have one?

I do. 75" version. Was budget price, decent picture. Only gripe is that it's slow to turn on versus my other TVs. Is otherwise solid, though isn't used often, but have had it for ~2-3 years now I believe and no major complaints.

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Post by goda90 »

gtsteve wrote: post #10
skizm wrote: post #4

I wonder if there is a market for dumb TVs. They basically don't exist today. Closest thing I could get was a Dell conference room monitor, which is $1200 for a 55 inch, and $4500 for a 75 inch. A far cry from the $700 I spent on my current 75 inch TV, but I'm strongly considering it.

A smart TV can be a dumb TV if you never connect it to the internet and just plug in whatever you want to it via HDMI. I have a 'smart' TV myself and the only buttons I use on the remote are power and input select. It's never seen the internet since I've had it. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before these TVs require 'activation' and frequent 'reactivation' before you can use them though. Alternatively they may…

The always-online video game is already a thing. Single player campaigns that require an internet connection. I would not be surprised if we someday see TVs that won't work at all without a network connection.

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Post by tombert »

I have purposefully not set up the smartTV features for any of my TVs, and on one of them I actually opened it up and removed the WiFi card.

It's not exactly rocket science to plug in an NVidia Shield TV or an Amazon Fire Stick, so I don't really mind using those, but I don't like having any kind of implicit spying being done to me by my TV...I kind of feel like TVs should remain a "neutral" platform.

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Post by colejohnson66 »

indysigners wrote: post #6

I’d rather have no telly at all than buying some crap Samsung tv for €2.000 only to see their programmatic advertising. Whoever at Samsung decided this must be drunk! But hey, I guess there still are enough people around who don’t care.

I bought a TCL Roku TV and thankfully the only ads are on the home screen where you select the input or app.[a] I can’t imagine watching video from an input and the TV deciding I want an ad on top of my movie.

[a] I don’t delude myself into thinking this won’t change, but so far, I can just tune out (no pun intended) the ad on the side. Not to mention that the ads are of shows and movies, not products (which would be worse).

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Post by gtsteve »

simlevesque wrote: post #33
gtsteve wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A smart TV can be a dumb TV if you never connect it to the internet and just plug in whatever you want to it via HDMI. I have a 'smart' TV myself and the only buttons I use on the remote are power and input select. It's never seen the internet since I've had it. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before these TVs require 'activation' and frequent 'reactivation' before you can use them though. Alternatively they may…

tell me, how log does your "dumb smart tv" take to boot ?

Around a minute after losing mains power. When resuming from standby it's instant, like every other TV.

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Post by akerro »

ascar wrote: post #13

This should just straight out be forbidden and regulation is the only way out of it. Voting with money is not going to stop this as all major players with high-end devices are pushing this. On top of it, this information is usually a nice surprise after you already bought and setup the device. To even further push the boundaries, they are adding (more) advertising to devices that have been purchased years ago!

> This should just straight out be forbidden and regulation is the only way out of it.

Ok, but also on the internet, radio and in newspapers.

Re: Samsung Ads – Demand-Side Platform

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Post by SoapSeller »

Don't connect your TV to the internet.

I have ~5 years old Samsung smart tv. I've disconnected it from the network almost a year ago.

I have cheap Android tv box for all my "smart" needs, I will probably replace it with a mini pc once it die. Those moves only makes me want more control over my setup.

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