Edit: I guess this post is free advertising for these shitters, so I will describe what I previously linked.

There is this TV you can get for free but it has a ads on screen constantly and it has a camera pointed at you to record your reactions to ads and to ensure you don’t cover up the ad portion of the screen.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Exactly, what’s the use of a smart TV when I have a game console capable of streaming everything a “Smart TV” can AND playing games/browsing the Web?
      9/10 times people use a fire stick or cable box to watch TV anyway, all I need is volume, input selection, and power.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        You need that “smart” stuff to make smaller resolutions look good on a 4k TV.

        Upscaling takes processing power, so adding in the smart functions doesn’t really need anything else.

        Without the upscaling, it’s often a waste to buy a 4k TV because very few sources are in 4k. You’d be getting the same picture quality as 1080