Why is it so fucking hard to find a simple, cheap, non "smart TV" nowadays?
I already have a Chromecast, I don't need "apps" on my TV.
"dumb" TVs
Grayson Wright
Adrian Richardson
The "smart" TVs are cheaper than "dumb" TVs retard.
Lucas Foster
What? not OP, but clearly the dumb TV is $100 cheaper than the smart TV there.
What's cheaper than the $200 Spectre?
But I guess the problem is there's so few options for dumb TVs these days.
Thomas Green
No, you're retarded.
I don't need a "smart TV" spying on me and listening to my conversations.
Isaac Smith
>tries to avoid smart TVs because of "spyware"
>uses Google shit
Fucking idiot. Why not just not connect the tv to the internet? Braindead nigger
Juan Davis
Where did OP say anything about spyware? A Smart TV is just a dumb TV with an android box built in. If I already have my own android box, why should I pay extra for the built in one I'll never use?
Josiah Adams
>What's cheaper than the $200 Spectre
it's Sceptre, not Spectre lol
Jaxson Fisher
>A Smart TV is just a dumb TV with an android box
Do most TVs actually run some Android variant?
Brayden Fisher
I couldn't possibly fathom why they may be cheaper than dumb TVs. Perhaps they just want people to have TVs with microphones for some inexplicable reason? Hmm...
Jack Mitchell
The smart TV is subsidized by selling your data
John Jenkins
The "smart" TV is 4k while the "dumb" TV is 1080p. It also has a much better panel, with higher contrast and more color uniformity.
Ayden James
Higher res =/= better panel
Andrew Jackson
Reminder that "Smart TVs" are quite literally telescreens from 1984.
Luke Anderson
The thing is that your not paying extra
All TVs are smart at the same time TVs are at their lowest price they have ever been
You really can't say your paying extra
I would take the bet that the 4k Vizio is going to be better at everything outside of resolution than the 1080p Secptre
Jason Taylor
get a projector
Adrian Rogers
>at their lowest price they have ever been
Yeah because they sell your data to offset the prices
Matthew Cruz
Just buy CRT TV.
Joshua Thompson
Sounds like a good reason to get a smart tv over a dumb one then
If that is the case (which I doubt, the real reason their cheap is competition and non-existent margins for both panel and TV makers) then why the hell not get a smart TV because it's cheaper and then proceed not to use the smart features and deny them that precious data mining profit
Brayden Lee
Some goy on the internet once told me that if you look for hotel/industrial models of tvs it comes without the smart TV bullshit.
Elijah Lewis
link?
Matthew Parker
You also pay 10x more because it's "enterprise" grade
Jonathan Bailey
That Vizio smart TV is the same price I paid for my 43 inch LG 1080P TV without smart features. I would buy it and never use those features, never connect it to the internet.
Adam Garcia
The trick is to get EOL models on black friday and those kind of holidays
Anthony Bennett
I've been trying to find one for my mom for mother's day next month, You can't find a 24 inch tv that just has tv anymore.
Hudson Nguyen
This.
Nothing beats big picture.
Nolan Cook
>Why
"Smart" TVs really are all about tracking you and worse, serving ads. Change the channel, get an advertisement. The worst part of it is that you have zero control over the "smart" software - meaning they can decide to push an update which services advertisements every 5 minutes regardless of what you are watching the day the warranty expires.
>subsidized
That's the right way to look at it.
They are. You can not connect them to the Internet - for now. I wouldn't be shocked if TVs get 5G of some sort built-in sometime in the near future.
Jaxson Young
Makes sense somebody dumb enough to fall for the chromecast meme would like stupid TVs.
Isaiah Moore
Something like this
nec-display-solutions.com
But they are expensive.
Blake Smith
All smart tvs have a mic. I'll let you figure out the rest.
Brayden Morgan
TV manufacturers realized they can get paid by Youtube/Netflix/etc to integrate their streaming services into the TV, making the device cheaper and more attractive