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?
That’s getting increasingly difficult to do.
The enshittification continues.
They exist, but very few people care to buy them. TCL/Sceptre/Insignia sell dumb TVs over in America for reasonable prices, though you’ll need to check out the display models to check the TV’s quality.
High end brands will sell their dumb TVs as digital signage displays, often with a price tag that’s oriented at the business market.
Alternatively, you can get “gaming monitors” like the LG 48GQ900 that do nothing but display HDMI. Their sound quality is often worse (get a soundbar) and they don’t always come with a usable remote, but gaming monitors work fine as TVs as long as you have an external TV decoder box.
People want smart TVs. Not because they’re interested in playing candy crush on their big screen, but because they’re cheaper than dumb TVs. The ads and integrated services subsidise the TV so that they can be sold for the bargain bin prices that people have come to expect.
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