This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I am genuinely curious, this whole thing is most likely an effort to sell more TVs, but does that actually work? Is there a significant segment of customers which buys TVs based on whether or not it has a (link to a) chatbot in it? Or did some exec just decide “our products need to have AI now” with 0 research done.
I would really like to see data on this.
Or did MS pay them to include it, knowing they could hoover up a lot of data, perhaps even with a clause in the contract to also share that data with LG?
Every article like this makes me want to hug my 13-year-old Costco Sharp (is that brand still a thing?) TV that barely has apps and doesn't get butthurt when I don't do anything with them
I feel that. I got a 50" 4k Sceptre from walmart maybe 4 or 5 years ago that has absolutely no smart features. They'll have to pry that out of my cold, dead hands before I consider 'upgrading' to a so-called smart tv.
I don't know if this is common knowledge around here or not, but you can fix them to keep them in your cold, dead hands longer, too!
The panels rarely fail without getting struck; its almost always the power supply or the lights. Replacing the lights can be time and space consuming, though, because you have to peel it completely open.
My webos keeps wanting to update to add AI shit and I keep saying no but it won't take that as a permanent answer, so every time it turns on it's required (and if I turn it on with my one and only button on the thing, it takes a while before the prompt goes away and requires remote input).
I'm looking into ways to jailbreak it or something, just family won't exactly let me do that randomly.
I routed my LGCX by simply going to a website kind of like how you could do that back in the day for iPhones but I don't think that's applicable anymore but people are definitely looking into hacking the fuck out of this television so there might be some jailbreak in the future for you
Yeah that method doesn't work on newer firmware, but luckily there are newer methods (like dejavuln), and they keep things up to date on available methods and possible versions at https://cani.rootmy.tv/
Can you DNS block the webos update site?
I haven't updated my LG TV in over 2 years. I just know it's going to be some useless shit that just makes it worse with more ads and AI
They added chromecast to mine this year which has been useful.
Using that would require having my TV connected to the internet, which I refuse to do.
I will need to replace my TV next year and I'm really not looking forward to it.
I will be hooking my two consoles (Series X and PS5), then all I need is something that I can put Emby and SmartTube on.
Are the Onn sticks still a good option?
I already barely watch the TV I have, and it never goes online.
The Internet sucks now, and I've got shit to do. Gimme a reason to stop looking at screens. I fucking dare you.
Is there a manufacturer that doesn't ship a bunch of bloat with its televisions? Maybe Panasonic or Sony?
As far as I know, none. "Smart" in smart TVs means ads, data collection and profit, they aren't about to leave money on the table.
The only way to get "dumb" TVs is to purchase digital signage TVs meant for in-store displays and other business use. In fact, they're better than ordinary TVs with improved cooling and rated lifespans, specially designed to run 24 hours a day in a cafe or smth.
Unfortunately, companies don't sell it to individuals, you have to buy it as a company. You either have to buy used or set up your own shell company. I'm this close to setting up a fake company to buy a TV, but I'm not sure if it'll work. Hopefully there's no secret legally binding TOS or smth.
That's not really true. B&H sells digital signage displays to consumers and you can buy some of them from Amazon and Best buy as well
I have a Hisense that I've never connected to the internet. It has an input button on the remote, and I just use that to go between inputs. I'm only reminded it's a smart TV when the power goes out and I see the Google TV boot screen.
Monitors and projectors also work.
We don't need/want a huge TV, so we just use a monitor with an external speaker and dedicated media box.
Smart TVs these days are just too invasive to even consider in my home.
if you're using a dedicated media box anyway, a smart TV not connected to your network is basically the same as a dumb monitor.
Your title's commas are in the wrong place, and it sent my brain on a wild goose chase of trying to find the closing comma, and then wondering why the quoted text did not make sense as a quote.
Edit: It's actually correct, odd but correct use of possessive on the plural form of an initialism.
