Some Rokus and Apple TVs receive longer update windows, though.
There’s updates for tv’s? Never seen one.
Samsung TVs will get 7 years of updates, starting with 2023 models
Submitted 2 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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Visstix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
normalexit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My poor Smart TV thinks I don’t have an Internet connection.
Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yeah my smart TVs are all big HTPC monitors
then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My lg wants to update pretty much every week. Your a fucking TV and you work, why do you need to update at all?!
fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Because it’s an internet enabled device running a fully fledged operating system that will have bugs and vulnerabilities that need to be fixed all the time.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean, my TV got VRR thru an update…
Would have been great if it shipped with it, but being able to get the update is better than getting mailed a usb to do it manually.
i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
That is definitely better than it was before.
It would have been far better to just have serviceable dumb TVs with small smart sticks, but I suppose that doesn’t extract enough money for these poor destitute CEOs.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because most media is still 1080p, 4k TVs (especially big screens) need to basically have a mini PC inside to handle the upscaling, or you might as well stay with a 1080p TV. So thing very few people seem willing to do these days
At that point the “smart features” don’t need anything else, so it wouldn’t make sense to leave them out.
When media is mostly 4k, we won’t need upscaling and “dumb TV’s” will make a comeback like back in the day when people would buy cheap TVs that were just as good as the expensive ones.
Since most modern media is streaming tho. And streaming companies keep charging extra for 4k streaming, it’ll be a while.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A dumb tv with a user accessable slot for a raspberry pi compute module would be nice. You could upgrade the brains easy enough and recycle the module into something else.
barsquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I want a TV that is incapable of receiving updates please. Like it only does its job of selecting which inputs to display and displaying them.
ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Imo, a television should last more than 7 years. There are occasions when simple, or less complicated is better.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
To be fair, updates are not indicative of end of life.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They will release new bugs 7 years down the line, great.
VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Just plug a pc into the damn thing and don’t worry about software updates for your goddamn tv smh.
ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
nobody has answered this question on multiple fora for me: is it necessary to connect a smart tv to the internet?
can i keep it forever on “aeroplane mode” or whatever and use it as a dumb tv? can i never connect it to the internet if that’s what i want?
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Generally no, but some are starting to require at least one time connection during TV setup process to use it.
MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 2 months ago
If you’re one of those customers who has to do this, connect it via ethernet, do the setup, then forever leave it disconnected. Never give it your wireless credentials. I personally wouldn’t trust the TV to forget the credentials and not phone home and make itself the ad machine the company wants it to be
Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I keep seeing this posted but I have yet to see anyone mention which brands are actually doing this.
OZFive@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No. You can keep it offline as much as you want and use external sources to view on your TV. You do not have to use the operating system included.
You do not have to connect it to the internet to have your TV work.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If a tv requires me to sign up, it’s either getting returned or an axe through it.
VeganicTankie@lemmygrad.ml 2 months ago
What’s a TV?
lemmylommy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
7 years of increasing amount of ads more like