use your imagination.
close your eyes and manifest what you want to see.
close your eyes and manifest what you want to see.
It’s Still Stupidly, Ridiculously Difficult To Buy A ‘Dumb’ TV
- Thread starter bnew
- Start date
MajesticLion
Veteran
That's what I'm worried about same shyt with that damned Xbox Kinect remember that?!?
Then again...people made all kinds of noise about that, then turned right around and happily went along with facial/voice recognition tech to use on their phones.
skokiaan
African original
Smart tv connected to wifi...never had any problems
I’ve never connected my tv to Ethernet or WiFi. Use a Shield for all my streaming needs. Smart TVs UI usually suck ass
Camammal
Half Man Half Mammal
Yeah my TCL interface is starting to get choppy, slow af and inconsistent so I could see why this would be a issue but you could always use the hdmi port and use another device which would suck actually 
…
I think it’s because the updates and the app updates, they’re designed to increase memory usage which would make your limited memory obsolete after a few years. Just like a iPhone, android or any other app based device. Security issues are gonna happen regardless, tv is just one of many always connected devices so it doesn’t make sense to single those out and not look at the problem in its entirety.
…I think it’s because the updates and the app updates, they’re designed to increase memory usage which would make your limited memory obsolete after a few years. Just like a iPhone, android or any other app based device. Security issues are gonna happen regardless, tv is just one of many always connected devices so it doesn’t make sense to single those out and not look at the problem in its entirety.
Last edited:
ORDER_66
I am The Wrench in all your plans....
Then again...people made all kinds of noise about that, then turned right around and happily went along with facial/voice recognition tech to use on their phones.
#Facts but not me though...
Smart TVs are only as intrusive and inconvenient as you let it be.
The fact that you're at the mercy of the OEM for what services are or aren't available on the TV is reason to not mess with all that alone. The only time I've ever used any of those is recently when the Hulu application slows down on my Chromecast with Google TV (but that's more a problem with the app itself. Hulu is resource intensive as is, and the decision to keep live TV streaming while a user scrolls through the channel guide is automatic slowdown).
But the reality is that all of those features help people justify their purchases. Spending money on a new TV feels better to some folks if it seems like they're getting a bunch of features of other devices rolled into one.
The fact that you're at the mercy of the OEM for what services are or aren't available on the TV is reason to not mess with all that alone. The only time I've ever used any of those is recently when the Hulu application slows down on my Chromecast with Google TV (but that's more a problem with the app itself. Hulu is resource intensive as is, and the decision to keep live TV streaming while a user scrolls through the channel guide is automatic slowdown).
But the reality is that all of those features help people justify their purchases. Spending money on a new TV feels better to some folks if it seems like they're getting a bunch of features of other devices rolled into one.
xXMASHERXx
Superstar
People really should be educating themselves on home network setups and how to protect themselves from things like this. With more and more devices having a connection to the internet, you really are setting yourself up for headaches by not knowing what/who your devices are talking to
They really have ads on the tv itself?
I’m using the same tv that I bought in 2008. Works just fine.
We supposed to be scared of TVs now
Only time i have ever used the smart features through the tv is on a Roku TV. Anything other than that and im going through a Roku or Firestick. The UI on those smart tvs are beyond trash.
get these nets
Veteran
basically this. Fool ass reporter just had an article to submit, so he wrote paragraphs of bullshyt.
As someone already mentioned buy a "Smart TV" and don't connect it to your wifi - use an Apple TV, Roku, Firestick, etc. instead on it.
Unless they did some configuration in which the device will try to connect to all seen open wifi spots around and try to reach out to share gathered information.
Unless they did some configuration in which the device will try to connect to all seen open wifi spots around and try to reach out to share gathered information.