Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV
by 404mm on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:51AM
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Vizio makes (or used to make) those as well. I have one of their 4k 70” without tuner (in the US). It does not suck any less.
Disclaimer: I received it as a “equal replacement” by squaretrade for broken Sharp 70”
Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV
by woldenron on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:12AM
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Do you perhaps know how does it work in Germany? I heard you have to pay the TV tax regardless if you have a TV or not.
Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV
by nicbou on Saturday April 16, 2022 @03:53AM
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Yes, the Rundfunkbeitrag is per household. There are ways to get a reduction, but only because of financial difficulties or a handicap. The devices you own have no effect on the TV tax. It has been so for many years.
Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV
by LeonidasXIV on Friday April 15, 2022 @11:27AM
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Yes, you have to pay the Rundfunkgebühr also if you don't have a TV but your computer has access to the Internet because public broadcasters also have a presence on the Internet.
Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV
by BrandoElFollito on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:08AM
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> Most devices are not high end though.
Do you mean that their quality is meh, or whether they lack functionality?
Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV
by andix on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:25AM
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The functionality is fine. You can turn them on and off. And you probably want to use a soundbar, because of bad speakers. But the panels are just not great. Like all the other TVs in that price range.
You can get for example one of those (german, but you probably can read the specs anyway):
https://nogis.at or https://www.gisbefreit.at/
Most devices are not high end though.