In Defense of Dumb TVs

Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by rurban on Sunday February 28, 2021 @09:30AM (#26293613)

No citation possible, because the data is encrypted. What is measurable is the delayed startup. Of course they can send the data later, but that's not what is measured.

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Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by zinekeller on Sunday February 28, 2021 @09:48AM (#26293731)

Not saying that they don't send data at startup (but it is more likely that it will be delayed by around a minute or two), but not acknowledging that dumb (OLED/LCD) televisions' faster boot times is simply due to having literally fewer functions is missing the bush. Even well-optimized embedded Linux still takes around 5 seconds to boot to init whereas dumb TVs are already (usually) finished in 3 seconds.

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Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by naikrovek on Sunday February 28, 2021 @11:28PM (#26299755)

> No citation possible

Then why are you saying something as if it is fact? You don't know what is happening there, you've assumed. You're guessing.

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Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by rurban on Monday March 01, 2021 @05:55PM (#26309616)

Maybe is not fact. Maybe is a guess

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Re:In Defense of Dumb TVs by naikrovek on Monday March 01, 2021 @10:00PM (#26311415)

Then what is the point of mentioning it? Maybe your bones are blue. Maybe not. It's a guess. It could go either way! So why mention it at all?

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