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Re:A Dumb TV for Consumers by jordanbeiber on Sunday October 20, 2019 @09:57AM (#21304180)
No “smart”, no built-in speaker, no unnecessary ports.

This TV caters to someone who has an apple tv, some gaming consoles etc hooked up to an AVP/AV-receiver.

It’s a user that have no proper TV alternatives, besides projectors, these days. Other than reeeally expensive commercial screens.

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Re:A Dumb TV for Consumers by nixpulvis on Sunday October 20, 2019 @10:15AM (#21304266)
Isn't an app that requires my "smart"phone smarter than it would be with a silly little remote?

Ironically smarter => stupider

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Re:A Dumb TV for Consumers by jordanbeiber on Sunday October 20, 2019 @10:46AM (#21304476)
Exactly. Smarter by not doing things I don’t want it to do.

Having remote functionality in an app is way better than an additional remote that will be lost as it is so rarely used.

I have my apple remote, don’t want nothing else.

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