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Big F'N TV (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 2 months ago

Ethernet cable for the win!

[-] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago

You can never convince me that wireless is better than a hardwired connection.

[-] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 10 points 2 months ago

One of most ridiculous wireless things I've encounted was Logitecs Trackball. Like, it's a stationery mouse, specifically designed not need to be moved around.

And they don't make wired variants at all anymore.

[-] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I think it's a design decision. Some high-level designer probably decided on cutting all the wires, so here we are. Shame they didn't hear about markrt research or customer surveys.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

I mean yeah because its objectively worse if you just care about performance and reliability.

[-] tynansdtm@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Better for mobile applications, which I realize TVs are typically not but sometimes they can be mounted onto a cart or something.

[-] poinck@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

this is fck'd

[-] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

On chromecast?

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

Bad choice in product i guess...

[-] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

And it only works with stock android and chrome browser. I hate it so much. Why didn't I buy a miracast dongle?

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I have no experience with it, but this might work

https://hensm.github.io/fx_cast/

[-] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wow, thanks. The only thing left is MicroG android and I will have a slightly less paintful experience.

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 months ago

I just want a dumb TV that I can connect my Linux box to

[-] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

Buy commercial signage displays they are nice tvs without all the smart garbage

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

Looked into this recently, where do I get commercial signage that isn't 6x the price for the same size screen?

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

[-] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Used or refurbished ones tend to be closer in price and I’ve seen some on Amazon and the like for a couple hundred

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

I'll keep an eye out on Craigslist and ask some of my small business contacts where they got their.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

All TVs sold at Costco are required be fully functioning without being connected to Wi-Fi.

[-] Parsizzle@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

That's a very interesting tidbit. Good to know, thanks for sharing!

[-] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

I feel like I'm the one guy in my friend-sphere that hasn't got a Smart-TV and such, at this point.

I have little use for anything particularly "smart" when it comes to tv's. Also my paranoia doesn't allow for anymore potential spyware ridden electronics in my home. So I'm pretty happy about that...

[-] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

I just bought a Sony BRAVIA 8 and it's close to this. Never connected to WiFi. It goes directly to my HTPC input and I never see the home screen unless I want to.

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 months ago

TV software is fucking abysmal. Its laggy, full of bloat and as you point out, their wifi capabilities are shit. I even have the connection/speed issue right now with one of my older TVs.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago

'fucking shit router '

🤔

[-] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago

Grammar & punctuation fascist I see

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

I mean, yes, but I was rather wondering, if that extra space was maybe why it couldn't find it. Maybe you had to manually enter the SSID and accidentally put in that extra space? Then again, I don't even know, if you took that photo...

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

I had a IoT device "lightbulb" that would trim any spaces left after the passkey, problem being I intentionally had a blank space at the end of my passkey. Took a while to realize till I counted the little stars hiding the recorded passkey.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Nothing grinds my gears like password interfaces that modify the password. If empty spaces at the beginning/end are an issue, tell the user. Show a note, or at worst a modal. But don't modify it.

[-] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

No something I randomly saw on the internet

[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 10 points 2 months ago

I remember when I bought an 40MB hard drive back in the day. (Yes, megabyte, not gigabyte) And I labeled it "WOWSOBIG", because it was huge for me. When I bought a 32" flat screen when those first released I thought that was big. Now even the TV in the bedroom is a 48" and that just the small secondary TV. One of my neighbors across the street has a TV as big as his wall, I can watch his TV from my window.

Funny how perspectives change over time.

[-] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

I remember when we bought our first Windows PC in 1995 (We had had Tandy 1000 & a Commodore 64 before then) the sales guy told us, if you upgrade to the 1GB hard drive you'll never fill it up in 20 years.