About 4 years ago, some very kind family friends gave us a 2007 model 42" Panasonic plasma, in perfect working order, because they'd "upgraded" to something newer; I'm not sure it's possible to "upgrade" FROM a plasma, as A/V geek friends of mine have commented many a time. It's not even quite 720p capable, BUT WHO CARES; it's nigh on there, and when you have such a stunning quality picture and are immersed in a film, it's all totally irrelevant... "Oh no, you utter savage, watching less than HD" I can hear many "experts" cry! Well our TV was free, and is technically superior, whereas you've probably been fleeced of £2-3,000 and the quality of the stuff on the screen doesn't get better, just because you paid more.
Yeah that number is pretty nuts, I wonder if that's time sitting actively watching a show or just having it on? My dad has often had the TV on as background, drives me nuts, I don't like it on unless I'm sitting watching something. I probably average 30-60 minutes a day, we typically watch a show over dinner, all streaming from my collection.
Can we expect most TVs today to give us 10+ years of function? Is that too hard to ask? Are there any hard stats or are we just biased by noticing failures? I have other TVs that have given me no trouble... also now going on 10 years. There must be some survivability curve graph on TVs, although I realize there are big differences between type of TV, manufacturer, size, etc.
... really most TVs ought to just be monitors these days.
I actually can't remember the last time I saw a TV with the tuner connected to anything, at least around here most people have either cable or satellite if they watch any broadcast TV
What's the issue with advertisers tracking what you watch on your TV? That's already the case if you watch anything from any streaming provider, and honestly, this is one of the few cases where I absolutely wouldn't care.
Around here, TVs come with built-in satellite and cable tuners.
I like the simplicity of just a single remote control.
I'm surprised very few TVs have built in DVR with the addition of a USB hard drive. (Maybe some smart TVs support that with the download of an app.)
What I wonder is how well all this built in software works after 5-10 years? For example if Netflix or Youtube changes the way their system works, or they add new features. I'm not really a fan of built in software that can't be updated, rather use an external standard off the shelf computer hardware for that.
I'm surprised very few TVs have built in DVR with the addition of a USB hard drive. (Maybe some smart TVs support that with the download of an app.)
Who on earth needs a DVR when almost everything is streaming and on-demand?
Who on earth needs a DVR when almost everything is streaming and on-demand?
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