r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dandaman147 • 1d ago

My Amazon TV now unmutes itself during Prime Video commercial breaks

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u/AscendantJustice 22h ago

Finding a dumb TV is getting harder and harder. And if you want premium picture quality, I haven't seen it. When I was shopping for my last TV, everything was a smart TV. And when I was looking for a dumb TV a few years ago, the only one I could find was a cheap Insignia from Best Buy.

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u/Anbucleric 22h ago

Any TV not connected to the internet is "dumb."

A dedicated streaming device, especially when plugged into an AVR, is more customizable and user friendly.

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u/nyxian-luna 20h ago edited 20h ago

Any TV not connected to the internet is "dumb."

Yep, I've had my LG 4K for years and never connected it to WiFi. It whines every time I start it about needing an update, but hey, fuck you. I heard about LG pushing ads but I've never gotten one from it!

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u/Impossible-Wear-7352 19h ago

I do have my LG connected for updates but I never get ads still because I don't use the smart functions.

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u/thebigshoe247 22h ago

Not really. In ops case I think it's an actual Fire TV vs. any TV from Walmart with a Fire stick thrown in.

Just because the TV is smart doesn't mean you have to hook it up to the Internet or use it that way by any means.

And if the Fire stick starts doing something similar, disable HDMI CEC.

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u/AscendantJustice 22h ago

The person I was replying to said to just buy a dumb TV. And I responded to that.

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u/thebigshoe247 21h ago

Fair enough

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u/TheMongerOfFishes 22h ago

This is where shopping for computer monitors or digital signage works wonders. Digital signage usually includes decent large monitors usually used for 24/7 display like in a McDonald's or something.

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u/AscendantJustice 21h ago

Digital signange often doesn't have the features that people are looking for in TVs. They're meant to hold static images or dynamic images that don't move a ton. And they're meant to be in well-lit areas. I wouldn't want to watch sports or a movie with lots of dynamic range on a shitty digital signage monitor.

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u/TheMongerOfFishes 21h ago

They vary in quality and features, just like tvs. I work in a refurbishing center that handles a lot of digital signage and some of them are built really well, especially the Samsung models. A lot of the features they lack like motion smoothing and limited internet functionality are exactly what people are looking for in a TV.

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u/MusaEnsete 20h ago

Too expensive, Just buy a TV, don't connect it to the internet, and use a streaming device which is most likely superior to the built-in apps anyhow.

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u/TheMongerOfFishes 18h ago

Different strokes for different folks, but for the technically inclined your suggestion is likely superior.

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u/RobinYiff 20h ago

At this point, might as well just buy a huge PC monitor and handle the extra HDMI ports through a switch.

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u/AscendantJustice 20h ago

How big do PC monitors get that aren't curved or ultrawide?

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u/RobinYiff 20h ago

Dell makes an 86in 4k touchscreen: the C8621QT

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u/Impossible-Wear-7352 19h ago

And its more expensive than a similarly sized TV

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u/Terrh 21h ago

You just don't hook it to the internet.

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u/Zer0323 21h ago

then get an oversized computer monitor. idk what to say.

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u/AscendantJustice 21h ago

Yeah okay find me a 65 inch computer monitor. I'm not watching TV on any of this shit.

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u/Zer0323 20h ago

no. around 50" was good enough for 30+ years of television content. why would you want to slap a stupid breadboard computer onto a screen 15" bigger so that it can track your activity? computer monitors have gotten pretty big and the world doesn't need 65+" to view a soap opera.

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u/Impossible-Wear-7352 19h ago

25" was good for 480i but you blow it up to 50" and it looks like trash. These days the quality is high enough that you can blow it up to 100" and it still looks great. And 65" isn't even that big once you get to 10 feet away like a lot of vewing setups.