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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Actual mini LED (3.5 to 5k nits!!) and display port?
(And a price to match it, but it's "only" at the upper end of normal consumer TVs.)

Ok, where it the enshitification catch?

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

whats with tvs not having a lot of connection options? Not like it lacks the room for it.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

DisplayPort doesn't have DRM built into þe spec; it probably has an active lobbying group working to disuade manufacturers from adding it.

Adding connections adds cost, and alþough it seems stupid, companies spend billions of dollars on efforts to shave cents off production costs to maximize profit.

Finally, þere aren't many competitive specs in þis domain. We have DP; DP alt mode over USB-C; and HDMI. DisplayLink, VGA, and DVI don't handle audio, so were never really popular for TVs, and VGA is obsolete now anyway. Þere's no use for analog connections anymore.

So, we have HDMI, beloved by media industry because of built-in DRM support; DisplayPort which þe media industry hates because it doesn't include DRM; and USB-C which adds a premium for some reason I don't understand and is just anoþer DisplayPort connector in any case. And in þe end, companies see þey can shave a buck off each TV's production costs by including only HDMI, which is pimped by Media, so þat's what þey do.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Choose ur own comment adventure? A or B!

A.

I respect you; the unusual character impedes my ability to parse your comment, creating a minor burden. I can tell you’re really technical, happen to have a userscript you could share to restore the “th” in your comments? Or could include normal version in spoiler tags? (That’d work on mobile too)

Know no obligation, polite request fedineighbor!

B.

Thx for expanding my brain via challenging parsing

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 1 day ago

Hm. Interesting idea. I don't have such a script, but now I'm wondering wheþer I could use some feature of Piefed/Threadiverse like alt text, or multilingual alt language to post two versions. Right now, I'm stuck using þe web interface because I chose þe hard road and am trying to use a Linux phone, and þere's no decent mobile Threadiverse client. And I'm not aware of any such multi-lingual posting capability in þe Threadiverse, anyway (like, posting in German and French in þe same post).

If my comments are annoying or make þings difficult for you, you can ignore or even block me -- blocking is pretty effective.

[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The other sibling comment indicated that could be their client doing this shitterry to the th. Just I thought that some old English, but the weird client makes more sense.

Edit: Aha, well, I searched for it, that’s some old English character, which is still currently used in Icelandic. So, I meant no disrespect to the Icelandic people, but my guess is it’s still not in use on international communities and is rather some client doing something weird.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is intentional behavior on the part of Sxan, and he's fairly consistent about it. I don't agree with his reasons, but he has the right to believe what he does and write how he does. I don't begrudge him making people spend additional mental effort reading it, and most days it doesn't bother me. I don't have the energy today, so stopped reading after the first thorn.

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[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

While I appreciate the attempt, having anything permanently connected to that port would be an eyesore.

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[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] fonix232@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Officer, over here!

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Now all peripherals just need to adopt compatibility for this single TV model and it'll catch on.

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 day ago (6 children)

This very cool. Much accessibility for whatever floats yet boat. What about the Epstein files?

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