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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service” (www.theregister.com)
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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Exactly, I'll be using a big monitor with an HTPC. These "smart" TVs are just horrific anymore with their ads and subs and everything else that's a money grab. I don't need any of that garbage.

Right now I have an older TV without a smart OS. It's hooked up to an AV amp and a couple TV boxes. I dread replacing my TV because of the crappy operating systems they all have now. I'll have to find a big monitor if I can even find something like that for a decent price, don't know, haven't looked.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Plug a Raspberry Pi with LibreElec into the HDMI port of any smart tv and never use the OS or connect it to wifi. I can't fathom why people use the ad-ridden trash these TVs ship with.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    While I agree that smart TVs are garbage, they're cheap AF because of the ads and other garbage they include. Look for a dumb TV, if you can even find one nowadays, and it's double the price. They're subsidizing the cost of the TV with the ads and tracking.

    I also have an older TV from 2008, and if it dies, I'm probably not going to replace it. I don't use it enough that it's worth replacing.

    If you want a large monitor, those are quite expensive, especially at the sizes of today's TVs. You can get a cheapish 40" monitor, but above that, you're looking at a 50% premium for a monitor over a TV.

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