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Article #625659Re: The extinct tech you forgot existed
From: J. Clarke
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:59
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:59
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On 23 Aug 2018 21:21:56 GMT, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote: >On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 19:19:54 +0000, Huge wrote: > >> On 2018-08-23, Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> wrote: >> >> [28 lines snipped] >> >>> My TV set broke down last week. I may want to replace it, but I don't >>> understand the feature set of the current models. What's a "SmartTV" >> >> A TV with a shitty web browser and a shitty media streamer built in. >> >>> and do I want one? >> >> No. Buy a "dumb" TV (if you can find one) and something like a Roku box, >> or buy a SMART TV and budget to buy a Roku when you discover just how >> crappy the "SMART" bit is. Oh, and firewall it off from your home >> network, >> consider firewalling it off from everything on the Internet other than >> content providers and fill the microphone (typically in the remote) with >> epoxy. >> >> And under no circumstances buy a Samdung. > >+1 I'm curious--what brand do you recommend these days? The options seem to be a few Japanese companies, two Korean ones, and a bunch of off-brand.
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