we live in hell

I don’t even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they’re saying…hey do you want a worse experience?

    • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      34·
      11 months ago

      this is one major reason i switched to a projector. The “smart” malware trend has not caught up to home cinema projectors

      • gareins@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        In the low end market (sub 500eur) they are mostly android tv, so not dumb. For this reason i own an old wxga nec projector. It can do 720p, is very bright, costs about 50eur used, replacement bulbs cheap on aliexpress. It gets hot though. I pair it with 5.1 audio and rooted android tv box and the wife fully approves this :)

      • Asafum@feddit.nlEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Seriously… Like just don’t connect it to the Internet? I dont know how it works when you don’t have a PC though, it’s easy for me to say don’t connect it because my PC is what gets the data im watching. Maybe these people only have a smart TV so that they can watch streaming services with it.

      • mooots@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Absolutely this. I’m lucky enough to have access to commercial & hospitality displays. Great picture quality and longevity with none of the forced online nonsense.

    • ANIMATEK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      11 months ago

      While I agree with you these practices do bring prices down for consumers. I just have the TV off internet and use an AppleTV.

      • miss_brainfart@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        But the prices being so low is exactly what makes people care less about things like privacy, so not great either