No thank you.
Maybe I’m just jaded, but I feel like they are doing this to maximize how long they have to inject ads and unnecessary features that track our data into our lives. My TV is not connected to the internet.
A baby step in the right direction.
What they’re saying: “we promise to support your device for seven years! Isn’t that great!”
What they mean: “We promise to keep our spying/data gathering/ad serving updated to the latest spying/gathering/ad tech to extract as much data and money as we can.”
(I 100% didn’t read this article and am 100% taking the piss on these shitty companies spying on us and manipulating us)
I actually do trust this bro tbh
They could offer 20 years of updates, and I still wouldn’t give it internet access.
I have connected my TV to the Internet a few times just to update the firmware. Then I turned it right back off again. Not sure if this was actually a great call or not, but I couldn’t help myself. Probably should’ve checked to see if I could do it with a USB drive at least lol.
Genuinely curious, what new features did that updated firmware have that were valuable to you?
At least on my TV, I’ve had firmware updates enable things like variable refresh rate, enable 4K/120Hz, improve the dynamic contrast performance, and fix a couple of weird bugs it had shipped with.
last firmware update I performed for my TV removed features, including the ability to see what resolution and framerate the set was currently displaying.
Why should a TV ever need updates? Does anyone still make good “dumb” TVs that don’t want/need an internet connection?
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I bought a 50" TCL 5 Series a few years ago on-sale and never connected it to internet. It does fine for my needs and doesn’t bother me about connection or apps at all.
I’ve had updates fix issues with HDR and what not, but I do agree, and think dumb TVs so be more available
Askin’ the real questions here… average answer i’ve seen is Buy a monitor instead.
I wanted a dumb tv. I was so sick of looking, I just got a 27" gaming monitor with 2k resolution for $150.
You can also get a 32" 4K monitor for like $500 but I didn’t really need that.
I believe the search term you seek may be “commercial signage display”
I do purchasing for a company that installs digital signage, yeah this is what you want.
Look at the CDE series by Viewsonic or similar, we mostly order Viewsonics so they’re who I’ve seen.
Will it shut down after the seven years, telling you that the software running on the TV is “no longer supported”?
All in the name of your security of course :)
I am doing this for your own good, boy
Sure daddy 🤡
Nice. Now make a TV that doesn’t need updates. Hint: Drop the internet connection.
Now now, you didn’t think that through. How then would you get your data mined and be served delicious ads, hm?
Well obviously with the block chain, duh.
FTS. I’m still using a Visio that’s a good 10 years old with an Apple TV.
Will they reprice it for a 7 year lifespan?
when i was growing up we had a thirty year old television that worked fine
Nobody is saying the TV won’t work just because updates stop. Although I really haven’t seen an LED or LCD look to good after 10 years, either.
I’d rather not have software updates and just have a tv that accepts hdmi, displayport, and AV
If 7 years of updates aren’t coupled with 7 years of an extended warranty on LED TV’s which notoriously burn out after 2 or 3, it doesn’t matter
Gets an update a couple of years in to fix some bugs.
Gets second update on year 5 to add ads in all menus.
Gets a third update on year 6 to add a nag banner saying it isn’t going to work anymore soon with a discount code for a new Samsung TV.
Gets a fourth update on year 7 on the backend to disable Samsung account access from the TV but on the front end of the TV making Samsung account access mandatory to use the TV.
Okay cool. But can they be user serviceable, repairable and/ or dumb, as in not connected to WiFi. I’d much rather just connect my Xbox, Kodi box, jellyfin or PC to my TV and use those to access my media, rather than do it on the TV. Can we bring back pretty, dumb, repairable TVs? Please and Thank you.
I’d love standarized modules to unscrew and separate the “smart” part just like a desktop pc can. If they want to shove in that shit, then at least make me able to pull them out.
just tried disconnecting the “smart” part of my desktop pc. Now all I have is an expensive space heater.
