In Defense of Dumb TVs

Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by yellowapple on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:44AM (#26291195)

I definitely second the Sceptre recommendation. Yeah, there are probably higher-quality displays out there, but my TV's been more than good enough for me, and the price point is pretty hard to beat. In terms of bang for the buck, a Sceptre TV and a box/stick of one's choosing is about as close to ideal as I've seen these days.

Hopefully they realize that the lack of smarts in their TVs is indeed a differentiator in a market flooded with "smart" TVs, and that they maintain that differentiator and resist the urge to copy everyone else.

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Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by bigtiger on Sunday February 28, 2021 @02:19AM (#26291345)

I have the 65" 4k model and I couldn't be happier. I bought it for 350 dollars from Wal-Mart's website. I even use it as my all-day monitor for work.

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Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by withinboredom on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:49AM (#26291213)

If you're in the market for speakers, trying to find ones without "bluetooth" or "Alexa" support is just as difficult. I ended up buying speakers built for computers because they were simple and dumb and just played sound.

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Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by fock on Sunday February 28, 2021 @04:15AM (#26291886)

well, there's plenty of passive speakers which you can hook up to any amplifier from the last 50 years.

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Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by vhanda on Sunday February 28, 2021 @05:46AM (#26292364)

I don't quite follow the problems with having bluetooth support. Could you please elaborate?

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Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by ajot on Sunday February 28, 2021 @11:06AM (#26294285)

Not OC, but I guess that if you're using Bluetooth, you depend on whatever DAC they've put onto the speaker, which may or may not be good enough for your taste.

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