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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

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?

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[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

What? Am i supposed to watch tv? Hell nah

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 months ago

Just get a cheap PS4 or Xbox and watch all your stuff on there. We have an LG "Smart TV" that just doesn't need to be connected to the internet because our PS5 (formerly PS4) is fast and snappy, and has all the apps we could want to stream off. Plus, both have a Bluray player installed right off the bat, so we can even watch those if we're up for it.

Don't bother with sluggish performance on your Smart TV, it's just not worth it.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What's the practical difference between using a console and a smart TV? Aside from this one feature I mean, which I've never seen on mine.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

The UI is better and not as slow as on smart TVs from what I've heard. Plus you can play games on the console and watch DVDs and Blurays if that's your thing. Apart from that, not much.

[-] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is true, because smart TVs have shitty processors, and consoles do not. Consoles are made for media, smart TVs have shitty embedded software on slow hardware, comparatively.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

Sony famously pushed DVDs into the mainstream and won a generation of console wars by building a pretty good DVD player into the PS2 which also happened to cost not much more than most DVD players did at the time

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

They also track you less. They still track you, but it isn't even close to what a smart TV does.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

Good point, thanks

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Consoles tend to have higher power draw than a lot of simple devices. Depends on how much you care about environmental power savings or power bills.

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Who said that? There are lots of streaming devices you can connect to your display, from game consoles to streaming boxes like Apple TV, Nvidia shield, Android box or if you really want to tinker a PC connected to the TV. The point is, don't connect the TV itself to the internet as it has the most access to the whole viewing experience to drop ads on you.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

Why this escapes so many people on Lemmy is beyond me

[-] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Exactly. Streaming is so much better than TV. People complain about 5s skippable ads and the pripesed solution is 5 minutes of ads?

Also, so much more convenient than DVDs.

[-] frokie@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

No, the solution is not going back to cable. The solution is the high seas

[-] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago
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