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If it ain't broke (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Has anyone else here never actually bought a TV? I've been given 3 perfectly good TVs that relatives were gonna throw out when they upgraded to smart TVs. I love my dumb, free TVs. They do exactly what I need them to and nothing more. I'm going to be really sad when they kick the bucket.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

I've been using the same two TVs since 2008 and I have zero desire to upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I was a given free, very decent, dumb tv and upgraded it to a smart tv with a $5 steam link and ran a cat 6 cable to it from my router. Best $5 ever. Have no intention of buying a new one. If I ever do, I will try my hardest to make sure if it's a dumb one. I know they sell "commercial displays" that are basically a tv with no thrid party apps or a way to install them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Any TV is a dumb TV if you plug a Kodi box in the HDMI and never use the smart trash.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I set up a tv for my mother in law. No joke had to register with an email before it would let me switch to HDMI.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Did it also ask to register if it didn't have internet?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah required me to put it online before giving me control of the video sources.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's terrible. And good to know how low they've sunk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Legit that should be illegal

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Yes, people like me buy TVs. I'm the guy who keeps giving away perfectly good TVs to other people because I've bought a new one and don't want to store the old one. I've given away 2 smart TVs so far, though I'm not sure what I'll do with my current one when I inevitably upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've bought my TVs because all my relatives are the same as us. My mom finally tossed an old CRT TV a couple of years ago because it started having issues displaying colours correctly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I used my family's first HDTV from 2008 up until last year, when my family got me a 55" 4k TV for like $250. Not gonna lie, it's pretty nice having so much screen, but I'm never getting rid of the ol' Sanyo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

One of my TVs was given to us by my mother-in-law, but we did buy the other one. Before the 'smart' TV era though.