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Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.(arstechnica.com)

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“The TV business isn’t just about selling TVs anymore. Companies are increasingly seeing viewers, not TV sets, as their most lucrative asset…”

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LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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I miss dumb TV. I would pay more for a dumb OLED TV. Then add the media box of your choice, be it an Apple TV, a Raspberry Pi or whatever…

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Steve@communick.news
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Commercial monitors or digital signage displays are out there.
B&H has a good selection.
They are a bit more expensive, but not crazy.

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umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml
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I thought not connecting it to the internet will make it OK?

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Taleya@aussie.zone
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Some literally will not let you use them without an Internet-enabled setup

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thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
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They can also hijack the connection of a connected box (ethernet over hdmi) or via a connected phone (bluetooth & chromecast iirc)

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umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml
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Any source on this?

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RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world
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I just don’t use the smart features. Maybe it’s because I run Pi Hole, but I don’t have any ad issues at all using Apple TV.

There are ads on YouTube TV, the normal ones you find on broadcast TV or cable, and that is all.

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Damage@feddit.it
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The processor in my Bravia seems to do wonders for image quality tho. Same file on my HiDPI computers doesn’t look nearly as good.

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LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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I’m okay with image processing in the screen, by smart, I mean with a media platform and apps installed on the screen. I have two Roku TV that are now unusable even as a screen because the recent Roku software updates made the whole tv sluggish as hell even to simply turn on to an input like HDMI. It’s baaaaaad. Image processing on the other hand no biggie (as long as it’s not this motion flow shit)

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proton_lynx@lemmy.world
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Oh man, I would kill for this…

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pdxfed@lemmy.world
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I have a 2012 Vizio TV with a Chromecast. I have it hooked to WiFi so that I can cast to it. Is it able to connect to the Internet through the Chromecast?

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LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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If connected via HDMI, no. But your TV might be able to act as a remote control for your Chromecast. No internet data via HDMI.

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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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How about 10x more

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Anissem@lemmy.ml
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fantasty@programming.dev
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Go away, batin!

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Lojcs@lemm.ee
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Very much unrelated but I recently read samsung’s smart monitor/tv privacy policy and it says they can record EVERYTHING you do on it and devices connected to it including programs or games you use and you can’t opt out of this short of foregoing smart features (except screen casting) altogether. There’s also an option (that doesn’t look optional in their ui) that lets them automatically process that data.

I’d heard those things were ridiculous but didn’t imagine this much

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naun@lemmy.world
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Does that mean they don’t (or can’t) steal information when you’re screen casting?

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Lojcs@lemm.ee
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I think they only do if you agreed to the privacy policy

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chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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“each new connected TV platform user generates around $5 per quarter in data and advertising revenue.”

Sounds like a pathetic amount of money for betraying your customers with a shitty ad infested smart tv

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Sneezycat@sopuli.xyz
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Now multiply $5 by 1.75 billion…

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chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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But televisions cost hundreds of dollars at least

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Sneezycat@sopuli.xyz
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I don’t see your point

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Nihilist@lemmy.nowhere.moe
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what the hell guys, it’s not even free and i am the product anyway ?!

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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Can sell the TV cheaper than the competition, if you get some revenue from ads. Race to the bottom, market regulates itself, and so on.

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GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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Yup

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