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Re:Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020? by garbene on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:52AM (#25503696)
Wife and I picked up a laser projector three months into quarantine. It’s keeping us sane.
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Re:Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020? by Karuhanga on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:19PM (#25508652)
Hi, does this have the capability of a smart TV?
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Re:Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020? by asciident on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @04:31PM (#25511489)
The one mentioned here does have Google TV, basically an old version of Android unfortunately. I agree with you that it'd be better if they were just dumb projectors, and you can easily get a $50 casting device if you want, rather than obsolete a $1000-$2000 projector.
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Re:Ask HN: What are your best purchases in 2020? by Caprinicus on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:08PM (#25509236)
Most projectors don’t and it’s wonderful. So many smart TVs get loaded up with ads because you are essentially a captive audience tied to a very expensive purchase. Throw a Roku or Apple TV on there and you’ll get the same thing with far less premature obsolescence
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