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Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me? by kube-system on Friday April 07, 2023 @02:42PM (#35485303)
> Another bonus is my TV UI hasn’t changed despite changing and upgrading TV brands.

One of the recent updates to my TV's software introduced bugs to a feature I use a lot. It is very infuriating, and it's one of the reasons I refuse to buy an expensive TV. Even if the hardware is good, I'm one software update away from a piece of garbage.

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Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me? by MrMember on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:07PM (#35487007)
An "update" to my TV made it so if it's on an input channel with no detected input for 10 seconds it will automatically switch back to the "smart" TV channel. Now if for some reason an input source isn't working correctly and I'm trying to figure out why I have to keep switching back to the correct input channel. Which of course lags for like ten seconds whenever it switches.

I'm never buying another "smart" TV.

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Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me? by freedomben on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:42PM (#35487373)
Heh, this happened to me with my Samsung TV. Never again.
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