“I do fear that the pressure to make better TVs will be lost…”…

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Ads? Man, I need to replace my OLED because of screen burn-in, but I’m definitely not going to pay money to see ads. Are there any TVs left that don’t push ads directly to the TV?

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      Depends where those ads are coming from. I don’t ever connect my LG OLED to the internet and my roku gets filtered by a pihole. The only ads I see are from the over-the-air programming from my antenna.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        We currently have an LG connected to the internet, but I never see any ads. It has to be connected to the internet because it’s connected to the home WiFi for casting.

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          We currently have an LG connected to the internet, but I never see any ads

          How old a model is it?

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              6 days ago

              C6? That sounds like super new. It started at Cx, C1, C2 and the last I remember was C3 which was definitely more recent probably 2020.

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                5 days ago

                I verified, it’s from 2016. It’s the super thin flat panel OLED, 65". We paid a ridiculous amount of money for it, so the burn in is a real bummer.

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                  3 days ago

                  I looked it up, I am amazed at their naming convention seems very circular. They are currently on the C3 which followed the C2, C1 and Cx which would appear to have followed your C6.

                  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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                    3 days ago

                    Lol, that’s quite odd. Had they been on the C4 right now I would have assumed it corresponded with the decade year, but apparently it’s not even that logical.