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Roku disables TVs and streaming devices until users consent to new terms (techcrunch.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 69 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (28 children)

Well, my next tv won’t have a Roku in it. I was just about to buy one, and if anyone here has any advice on a dumb TV with no built-in smart features, I would really appreciate some suggestions. They’re surprisingly difficult to find nowadays. I’m looking for some thing 43 inches or smaller, 4K or 1080, and nothing special. Preferably very cheap.(I’m poor)

[–] Ghostalmedia 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My setup is a Samsung that doesn’t have WiFi setup. It supports HDMI CEC, as does my game console and streaming box, so I basically never touch the TV remote. It’s effectively a dumb monitor.

I mostly stream via my Xbox and AppleTV since they’re performant systems.

[–] Dnn 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s effectively a dumb monitor.

I may be old-fashioned but that's the only thing a TV is supposed to be. You choose how to use it by its periphery.

[–] Ghostalmedia 1 points 11 months ago

I know smart TVs get a lot of shit here, but I get the desire to have one remote, no need to configure a universal remote, and no need to manage inputs.

Personally, I think HDMI CEC is the best way to simplify remotes and input management, but I can understand why my folks would not even want to think about external devices and would want to buy one rectangle that has all the things in it already, including an app for their cable channels.

It’s an appealing user experience proposition, but it’s often executed poorly, and creates more e-waste.

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