@jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down15cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaytechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1269arrow-down1external-linkYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.com@jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todaytechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-square@XTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish-4•1 month agoA few ideas to consider in this kind of situation: If you watch broadcast TV, consider stopping. Is it really of any use? Could your time have better uses? Maybe you’ll never need that ad stream. If all you need is a display for console/computer/media box, get a display instead. No tuner, no networking, no ads.
minus-square@Passerby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 month agoAt that point, just get a projector. You can have whatever size you can fit and the picture is still decent as long as you’re not in direct sunlight
minus-squareJustinlinkfedilinkEnglish1•30 days agoProjectors can’t compete with an OLED on picture quality. All of the good projectors run Android TV anyways…
A few ideas to consider in this kind of situation:
If you watch broadcast TV, consider stopping. Is it really of any use? Could your time have better uses? Maybe you’ll never need that ad stream.
If all you need is a display for console/computer/media box, get a display instead. No tuner, no networking, no ads.
They don’t make 77" monitors
At that point, just get a projector. You can have whatever size you can fit and the picture is still decent as long as you’re not in direct sunlight
Projectors can’t compete with an OLED on picture quality. All of the good projectors run Android TV anyways…