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But then how would they get that sweet sweet metric data they can resell? Think of the megacorps!

and not spy on me

Look into commercial displays. They are meant for store fronts and guest areas. These screens are typically built a bit more robust than consumer TVs. They may only have one of each input ports, may lack soundboard and built-in tuners, but they have sleeker designs and lack smartTV bloatware. You may need more peripheral equipment for the screen to function as a home use TV. Just do a little research and see if this works for your setup.

I think there are expensive models that come without any software shit. However I simply "gave up" and don't connect the TV to any network. It doesn't see a network cable and won't get my wifi credentials. Therefore it neither needs nor receives updates. Everything "smart" is done by an attached Kodi box and a FireTV stick, which I both can exchange when their time is up.

This might not be a solution that fits your needs, but personally this is why I buy computer monitors instead of TVs now

I have LG C1 that's not connected to the internet and I have not noticed any nagging. Pretty much just switch between HDMI outputs and that's it. Thankfully the input switch and apps are behind a different button unlike Samsung and their overly simple remote. (can even hold number button to switch to a specific source without menus)

I just disabled the "smart" features on my Samsung S95B and set it to run the last used "app." Which is just the last used input.

It's not perfect, but combined with HDMI CEC I almost never need to go into the ugly menu. I don't mind the smart menus of the older TVs when it was a separate part of the TV you could ignore. But the integration in these new TVs where inputs are treated like another smart app and you have to go past apps to get to picture settings is just bad design.

Not to mention serving ads for each manufacturer's own streaming apps on a device someone spent a lot of money on us completely unethical. But at least disabling the Internet features took care of that issue.

These days most tvs have the "nipple" navigation which initially seems stupid but is genuinely the most natural navigation system I've ever used

No. You'll suffer the invisible tap points because they can advertise that feature and ship more units.

How do you fuck up televisions? It's the simplest thing and these corporations just need to fucking meddle.

I've had my QD-OLED for a little while now and it has had quite a bit of static images on it without any trouble. From what I read before I bought it, OLEDs in general really don't have a burn-in issue like the early models did.

From what I can tell they're better than even plasma was at the end. And you'd have trouble actively trying to get permanent burn in on some later model plasmas. I used to service TVs and appliances. In most cases outside of using a plasma display for digital signage, I'd be able to run a swiping pattern for a little bit to get rid of the image retention. The only exception I really had for a plasma that was used in a residence was an older couple who didn't have a widescreen source and only watched shows in 4:3 aspect ratio. They finally got the HD channels from their TV provider and realized they had the bars on the sides burned in (really the screen aged unevenly).

It’s only been a few days and things are looking up

OLED's are just the way to go.

Me too!

I, too, won’t replace something until it dies. Even if an upgrade is long overdue.

An "accidental" hammering can fix that real quick like.

Let me try to improve it. That thing will be broken in no time.

Mine flickers when room temp is above 75 and gets jacked at 78.

The G3 is looking extremely appealing in all dimensions except price.

Same, I have a plasma and it works great, doesn't even know what HD ready means, but displays 1080i.

As long as HD is the max res the TV box gives, I don't see reason for an upgrade. (especially for a luxury item that is mostly background noice/movement)

No, you’re thinking of LCDs with miniLED backlighting

Micro LED screens are just trying to be like OLED but shittier. Micro LED has lighting "zones" behind the pixels, which is supposed to only light up the area where the pixels are actively being used, (i.e. not totally black) but it often leads to "blooming", which affects even expensive ass devices like the 5th gen 12.9" iPad Pro.

That's incredible! Is there a noticeable difference between 4k and 8k? What do you use it for?

No, they still get burn in. They also aren't very bright out of the box, and they get dimmer over time. They're also more expensive than LCDs despite having a limited lifespan. I've never been a fan of OLEDs for these reasons and my theory is that manufacturers want to sell them because they have a limited life span so they can sell more.

MicroLED I'm super pumped for though. No clue when we can actually expect to buy them though.

The problem is that we are reaching a point where it is cheaper to achieve the same or better results with OLED or microLED than by dumping even more money into improving LCD.

We are already at a point where OLED provides a straight up better value than LCD in higher end price brackets as long as peak brightness is not your #1 priority.