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Smart TV brand that does not pimp their ads on the home screen?

Posted on 02/22/2024 4:15:51 AM PST by LouAvul

My Sony flat screen TV is old and is rebooting at least once a day. And the pimps at Sony have overridden my "preferences" to hawk their "woke" alerts and advertisements. All this on the home screen.

Since I'm going to upgrade anyway, is there a brand that doesn't pimp the Psuedo Cause du jour when it fires up?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: technology; televisions; tv; vanity
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To: Montana_Sam

“The Harmony is fairly basic - nothing fancy. Got it at BestBuy for about $80, which was worth it for us.”

Had my whole home theater system set up with Harmony and Alexa. It was great. I could even do things by voice that weren’t on device menus.

Then we got a new Samsung not supported by Harmony. Harmony promised updates but the pulled out of the market.


81 posted on 02/22/2024 11:33:43 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: Bob434

“We aren’t interested in c9nnecting our TV to streaming services- but with the price of cable, 8 might just have to keep an eye out for flat screen tvs on people’s lawns with free signs on them and make sure they aren’t “smart tv’s”-”

If you want to stream you will need a smart TV or connect using a smart device.


82 posted on 02/22/2024 11:45:50 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

I’m happy with the size of the screen on my phone. Never watch anything bigger.


83 posted on 02/22/2024 11:50:02 AM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: fretzer

“Evidently there are diffuser lenses for the backlight which loosen over time.”

I tore apart a Samsung that was bottom lit. The very strong metal “backing” had stamped grooves to distribute the backlight. Between the backlight and LEDs were three thin panels of different types to further diffuse the light.


84 posted on 02/22/2024 11:51:48 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: cymbeline

“I thought 4k was the highest definition we have now in the U.S. I’m referring to the signal, not the receiver.”

Most is 720 or 1080i but looks great upscaled to 4k. There is some 8k videos on the internet and now smart phone cameras can vidio 8k.

Most of the TV 4k, like Netflix, is degraded 4k and not much better than upscaled 1080.


85 posted on 02/22/2024 11:57:35 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: George from New England

“It’s like the digital world is upgrading codecs and protocols and leaving old digital sets out in the cold.”

A new 3.0 is being implemented but stations still have to broadcast in 1.1 for several more years. Your problem lies elsewhere.


86 posted on 02/22/2024 12:02:28 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: mmichaels1970

“Only thing about this site is once you include html tags “<” in your reply or post, you have to use them for line breaks or you’ll end up with one big run-on paragraph.”

If you forget to close the site will close for you. Not so years ago. If you opened a font and didn’t close it, all subsequent posts would use your font till somebody got around to closing it.


87 posted on 02/22/2024 12:08:37 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: moovova

“Luckily, it was slightly less than 4 years old, so the Sam’s club 4 yr warranty covered it. Sam’s sent a new LG which has also been great. Loved the Samsung though.”

Costco sent us a full refund for a four to TV under warranty. We bought a similar model but with better specs for less and pocketed the difference.


88 posted on 02/22/2024 12:17:09 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Typo on my part. We were talking about 175 MILE tv, that’s 11,088,000 inches diagonal.

You’re 77 years old.


89 posted on 02/22/2024 1:26:51 PM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: Lazamataz

“You’re 77 years old.”

And still spry enough to catch your mistakes.


90 posted on 02/22/2024 1:52:51 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Yet you are still 77 years old. I am much younger. Faster. Smarter. You have no idea, for example, how to solve the problem of “Microsoft.Data.SqlClient not supported on this platform” during the deploy of a WinForms application using .NET 2022. I, on the other hand, solved the issue. You needed to update the Nuget packages, removing System.Data.SqlClient; making the publish a self-contained executable, and instead of using the standard Microsoft installer, use Inno Installer (add as an extension) and have it point to the Release directory the publish command points to.

That is because you are 77 years and I am much younger.


91 posted on 02/22/2024 2:03:01 PM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: TexasGator

It appears my 15 year old antenna, albeit aluminum mostly, is bawking at being moved. Many of the riveted connections with bars interconnecting maybe adding to the intermittency.

It acts differently at times at different frequencies. The digital realm makes true frequency vs digital assignment, challenging.

I can get 203 MHz and yet 197 not. Used to be nice with analog as a little snow here and little there, no problemo.

Digital is make or break, no middle ground. All towers are a good 40 miles from me.


92 posted on 02/22/2024 2:03:38 PM PST by George from New England
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To: Lazamataz

“Typo on my part. We were talking about 175 MILE tv, that’s 11,088,000 inches diagonal.”

175 x 5280 x 12 x .872 = 9,668,736” width.

6,668,736 / 3840 = 2,515.9” per pixel. Slightly less than a football.


93 posted on 02/22/2024 2:08:27 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: Lazamataz

Do you know how to operate a nuclear reactor?

Fly a plane?

Scuba dive?

Race cars?

Hunt wild game?

Find fishing holes?

Keep a wife happy?

Spend less time with Microsoft Clients and improve your life.


94 posted on 02/22/2024 2:13:53 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
Do you know how to operate a nuclear reactor?

Yes. You press the button.

Fly a plane?

Yes, you press the button.

Scuba dive?

Yes, you press the button.

Race cars?

Yes, you press the button.

Hunt wild game?

Yes, you press the button.

Find fishing holes?

Yes, you press the button.

Keep a wife happy?

Yes, you press her button.

Spend less time with Microsoft Clients and improve your life.

No. I make crazy money at a good job and even started a rather successful business.

95 posted on 02/22/2024 2:32:00 PM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: TexasGator

Well then, I will need to upgrade my TV. I want it to be visible to astronauts in the ISS.


96 posted on 02/22/2024 2:32:59 PM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: TexasGator

It pays to get an extended warranty.
Things just don’t last anymore. I’d say we’re well ahead on the price of the extended warranties vs what it would’ve cost without the warranties.


97 posted on 02/22/2024 2:55:15 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: fretzer

We kept the Samsung. The shadow in the center of the screen is also tolerable, but we had to act because the warranty was running out. Not sure what we’ll do with it.

The LG replacement had an issue. It wouldn’t “find” the Wi-Fi network, so it wouldn’t update. Didn’t matter after I hooked up a WiFi extender thru an HDMI port. Did updates fine. A little research on YouTube, I discovered there’s a ribbon cable inside that gets folded over & crimped during manufacturing. I’ve been too lazy to take the TV off the wall and pop the back cover to straighten it out.


98 posted on 02/22/2024 3:06:42 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: moovova
It pays to get an extended warranty.

Never ever done that and haven't been burned yet....

99 posted on 02/22/2024 3:21:09 PM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: moovova

“It pays to get an extended warranty.
Things just don’t last anymore”

They sell you the extended warranty because they pay out less than they take in.

They are the experts. They know that the buyers lose money on warranties.


100 posted on 02/22/2024 3:25:46 PM PST by TexasGator
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