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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 15:04:19 No.51059425 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51060307 >>51062708 >>51062775 >>51068078

So I see a lot of smart-tv bashing around here. The most complaints being about stuff like "ads" or "spyware" or "NSA.

Couldn't you just not connect your tv to the internet if you don't want to be spied on?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 15:53:37 No.51060209 Report Delete

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Yes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 16:00:49 No.51060307 Report Delete

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>>51059425
>Couldn't you just not connect your tv to the internet if you don't want to be spied on?
I wish it were that simple. See, the NSA is in collusion with your power company and there is a special, NSA bot device installed in your power meter which can magically determine what you are doing with your TV based on tiny fluctuations in the current flow at any discrete moment in time. You're just fucked. I wouldn't even turn on my TV if I were you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 16:30:44 No.51060782 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51061915

those are legit complaints but they're also slow as fuck and there are only like 1 or 2 useable apps per tv ecosystem, and they're fucking garbage compared to the ones that come on a Roku or other media players

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 17:42:47 No.51061915 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51062398

>>51060782
>they're also slow as fuck
How exactly are they slow?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 18:13:51 No.51062398 Report Delete

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>>51061915

When you do things it doesn't go as fast as using Roku or Apple TV.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 18:16:40 No.51062435 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51062733

>MS releases Surface® TV
>Uses wifi sense to connect to your wifi, no option to disable
I think I figured out the endgame boys.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 18:31:41 No.51062708 Report Delete

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>>51059425
There is nothing particully special about Smartv that you couldn't do with a HTPC.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 18:33:48 No.51062733 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51065295

>>51062435
>>Uses wifi sense to connect to your wifi, no option to disable
Block its MAC at the AP.
Job done.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 18:36:24 No.51062775 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51064649 >>51067973

>>51059425
>Couldn't you just not connect your tv to the internet if you don't want to be spied on?

But then what would be the point of spending more on a 'smart tv'

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 20:35:04 No.51064649 Report Delete

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>>51062775
True, but couldn't you just get it on sale for cheap so the extra money isn't really a problem?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 20:39:06 No.51064717 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51065331

a chromecast + regular tv is much better than a smart TV. I have a pretty high end smart tv and it's slow, bloated, and overpriced.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 20:43:47 No.51064815 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51065269

I just bought a 50" Sony smart TV because it was on sale for pretty much the same price as the other 50" different ones that looked great and were non-smart.

Apparently it runs Android TV.

Did I just buy into the botnet guys?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 21:16:49 No.51065269 Report Delete

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>>51064815
It does run android tv, yes.

Congrats anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 21:19:15 No.51065295 Report Delete

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>>51062733
Sweet haxx

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 21:22:05 No.51065331 Report Delete

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>>51064717
It's a damn shame you can hardly find a good non-smartshit TV now a days. Practically 98% of all new TV's are Smart TV's and retail stores rarely carry dumb TV's anymore. Now you either risk buying a used/refurbished TV online or get lucky and find a new, older, TV with no smart capabilities either online or at a retailer somewhere. Or you could succumb to the smart TV meme.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 21:34:22 No.51065471 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51065688

i will be fine once android or apple tv is on a smart tv but as long as its manufacturers making random shit im gonna have to keep upgrading to different players all the time.

I just don't want shit that stays stagnant on a smart tv.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 21:50:55 No.51065688 Report Delete

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>>51065471
I'm pretty sure there are a bunch of android based Smart TV's. I know that Sony's new Bravia models all run off android.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 00:23:36 No.51067973 Report Delete

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>>51062775
It's getting to the stage where 'dumb' TVs are harder to find than smart ones. I look through catalogues, and they're all fucking smart TVs, with maybe one or two shoved down the back without any internet bullshit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 00:28:37 No.51068040 Report Delete

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Just use a large computer monitor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 00:32:10 No.51068078 Report Delete

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>>51059425
Why anyone would buy a smart tv instead of spending the difference on a htpc is beyond me.

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