we live in hell
I don’t even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they’re saying…hey do you want a worse experience?
we live in hell
I don’t even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they’re saying…hey do you want a worse experience?
The SMART thing to do is to buy a DUMB TV. Pay a little more and get a real TV- you know. A display, with speakers and HDMI inputs. Nothing else.
Sometimes you have to be a bit more pragmatic. I’m not aware of any TV with HDR, Dolby Vision, OLED, etc. that isn’t smart and reasonably priced. Your best bet is to buy a smart TV and block Internet access.
Another thing you can do is visit the selfhosted subs and they can help you out with other things like pihole for blocking ads and intrusive network activity on your home network.
Getting pihole set up may just be my new year’s resolution.
Or just don’t connect the smart TV to the Internet.
Oh wow, a link to a product sold on Amazon. I’ve never seen one of those before
It even says “currently unavailable”!
Even better!
This is what’s up. Buy a small Intel NUC, a USB-C combo Blueray & DVD player, and watch any service / play any content without the ridiculousness.
Spectres are reasonable TVs. Screen tech hasn’t improved drastically for the last few years, and streaming quality hasn’t had any major facelifts outside the frameworks we know and love – don’t let anyone fool you otherwise. Netflix, Hulu, Prime, etc., all stream comparably to one another.
Scepters are horrendous pieces of shit.
Got any better options?
I’m particularly a huge fan of LG televisions. Of course that doesn’t help if you’re trying to avoid smart altogether.
Also if you’re going LG… Their televisions are great but don’t touch their fucking home appliances. Ever. I don’t get the discrepancy between the two different parts of the same company. Beautiful televisions but things like they’re washers and dryers are notoriously horrible pieces of shit.
YMMV of course, but I’ve owned two Spectres. Rock solid, no problems. Decade later, they’re still going strong. /shrug
“He says ‘he’s already got one!’”
Underrated answer
Can’t you just not connect it to the Internet?
Not anymore bud
Yes you can. It won’t update and send info anymore
Why the F does it require a captcha to go to an Amazon page? I have no idea what you are trying to show, because I’m not doing that.