Comment 1H3 Dumb TV

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Watching a Smart TV? It's watching you, too.

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Dumb TV (Score: 2, Interesting)

by alioth@pipedot.org on 2014-05-12 09:03 (#1H3)

When I went shopping for a new TV at the start of the year, I deliberately only considered 'dumb' TVs. The plan was to add the 'smartness' by using a spare computer I had. The computer does much more, and all the smart TV user interfaces have either had truly awful user interfaces or not supported something I wanted (meaning the computer would be needed anyway). The other issue is that it's likely that in a few years time a smart TV will be pretty out of date in what it supports - you'll have a perfectly good display but with this useless lump of 'smart' (complete with terrible user interface and security vulnerabilities). The computer however can stay up to date much more easily.

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2014-05-12 14:21 Interesting +1 vanderhoth@pipedot.org

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