It always feels like some form of VR tech comes out with some sort of fanfare and with a promise it will take over the world, but it never does.

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    15 hours ago

    If every smart TV you buy is the same, then you have no viable choices, and as such they’re doing the bare minimum of what’s expected for the bare minimum of cost.

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      14 hours ago

      You can choose not to have a TV. I only know about the current state of smart TVs because of sometimes being around the ones other people have, I would never buy one myself, there’s no need. Any media you want to see can be viewed in other ways.

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        10 hours ago

        Do you have a 55" OLED laptop screen to watch movies and play games on?

        I mean, all power to you, but I really like having a nice sized TV.

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          9 hours ago

          That’s fair. I think if I wanted a larger screen I’d look into big monitors and some kind of expansion of my homelab setup to display things to it, but I can see why people might want a dedicated device with less setup required, even one where the setup is still pretty confusing.

          I looked up some statistics and it seems, depressingly, that consumers are in fact buying more televisions and it’s projected to increase, so I guess I have to concede the point that what they are doing is successful despite all reason.