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Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me? by moonchrome on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:30PM (#35487225)
At that size isn't that basically a monitor ?
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Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me? by wholinator2 on Friday April 07, 2023 @07:51PM (#35488707)
What even is the difference between a tv and a monitor other than size?
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Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me? by diffeomorphism on Saturday April 08, 2023 @03:03AM (#35491212)
Sound, remote, additional "optimization" like adaptive contrast, (non-accurate, vivid) colors etc., more outputs like optical audio,....
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Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me? by hexo on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:17PM (#35497185)
away with those "optimizations" :)
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Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me? by diffeomorphism on Sunday April 09, 2023 @02:03AM (#35500392)
Agreed. These usually come up when people use the LG oled TVs with pcs and get annoyingly reminded that they are not actual monitors. In particular it can be very difficult to turn these "optimizations" off.
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