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The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point (www.wired.com)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

I remember watching a recent program (one of those investigative consumer news shows), and I remember the LG problem you mentioned. A ton of people had an issue with that compressor, and LG just kept selling the damn things. Knock on wood, our LG washer and drier, and TV have been very reliable.

I’d get a much better experience with a small PC hooked up to it instead

That's what I do these days. Combined with media I have on my NAS, I don't need other "apps" or garbage nonsense on my TV. If only they made 60" computer monitors. LOL

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    LG just kept selling the damn things. Knock on wood, our LG washer and drier, and TV have been very reliable.

    Apparently it's just their refrigerators that suck, just like with Samsung.

    We have an LG washing machine and dryer, and other than one repair that I handled myself (logic board failure, so $150-200 repair), it has been solid. I also have an LG TV, and aside from the smart crap, it works pretty well (have had for >7 years now).

    Combined with media I have on my NAS

    The one feature I like about the smart TV is support for DLNA, which means I can stream video directly to it from my NAS. I have ripped many of our DVDs to the NAS so I don't need to go fiddle with disks to watch something. My Blu-ray player supports DLNA as well, so I don't really need the TV to support it, but it is somewhat convenient.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    The one feature I like about the smart TV is support for DLNA

    Yes, a nice feature that even early "smart" TVs had. It could have stopped at that and everyone would have been happy.

    But today's smart TV's loaded with ads; unnecessary bloat; “shortcuts” to services you have no intention of ever using; massive user tracking; and complicated firmware/software that can render your TV useless, have become the real problems. It's the enshittification of hardware that really was just fine being "dumb".

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