TV...

[Mossback]

I should be clear, the only things I will be watching is football, more football, and the occasional porn flick.


So in my defense, I'm not actually watching TV, I'm watching sports. Believe me, cable news or broadcast TV holds about as much interest as lawns do.

 

[Evan B]

I should be clear, the only things I will be watching is football, more football, and the occasional porn flick.


So in my defense, I'm not actually watching TV, I'm watching sports. Believe me, cable news or broadcast TV holds about as much interest as lawns do.

Yeah I'm definitely not a TV watcher. During the winter months, I use it to watch football and play my vidja games. Doesn't get used much at all between like March and September.

 

[Evan B]

Shoot I run a 4k Fire Stick on my one year old Hisense with Google TV. Some of the built in apps on Google TV on the Hisense won't do HDR, Dolby Vision or Dolby Atmos audio output (Peacock is one), but do on the Fire Stick. Varies between streaming services but it is annoying as hell.

I do think it just depends on the TV. Hisense is a budget brand so I could see the Firestick improving the experience. I'm definitely not an expert on it or how it works. I was just under the impression it was an OS/app bridge of sorts.

 

[Mossback]

It also keeps the ads the newer tvs have embedded in their operating systems from being shown on the home screen, as well as...wait for it...the new smart tvs collect and sell your data if they are connected directly to the internet.

This is what I have read, not owning one yet, I'm looking at all the various options for connecting, but...

"Vizio's own earnings materials showed its device business generating negative gross profit while its advertising, data, and services business generated the company's positive gross profit"

 

[RCF]

It also keeps the ads the newer tvs have embedded in their operating systems from being shown on the home screen, as well as...wait for it...the new smart tvs collect and sell your data if they are connected directly to the internet.

This is what I have read, not owning one yet, I'm looking at all the various options for connecting, but...

"Vizio's own earnings materials showed its device business generating negative gross profit while its advertising, data, and services business generated the company's positive gross profit"

I did not know about selling data.

Looks like you can turn off that 'feature '.

 

[Mossback]

I have read that you can.
I wonder if it's similar to how you turn off you location on your phone, or the listening feature on Alexa...etc.
Software toggles for location services or voice assistants do not completely stop background data collection or network activity.