LG says it’ll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots aren’t going away.

LG says it’ll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots aren’t going away.

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    20·
    4 hours ago

    I don’t want my TV to function as anything more than a large computer monitor. I may end up having to get a projector if they keep pushing all this smart TV and AI garbage. At least the business type projectors are still free of it for now.

    • labsin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      I bought a TV running VIDAA. You can use it without wifi and disable everything and let it just start on an input.

      I don’t know of it’s EU only.

    • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      4 hours ago

      They pushed nonsense for more than a decade, I doubt it will change suddenly. Oh and the picture still looks SO terrible, how can anyone watch something like that?

      • Melonpoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        56 minutes ago

        I don’t know that TVs you’ve looked at but high end TVs look great with local content.

        • Alexstarfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          For real. The smart features may be terrible but LG has some of the top TVs in the market. The picture quality is great. I’d love to know what they think looks good if something like the C5 “looks SO terrible.”

          • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            I am not talking about this specific TV. I am talking about every time I happen to see a random TV somewhere. Both the random media shown and the post processing are terrible.

            • Alexstarfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 hour ago

              I don’t doubt a random TV looks like shit. Picture quality isn’t the purpose of them at most businesses. Even places that sell them rarely do more than default settings, and they also have a wide range of TVs so a lot probably still look like ass.

    • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      41 minutes ago

      I’m wondering if some of these companies will start including a chip or capability to “phone home” to a satellite or wireless network that will make their smart TVs “smart” whether you like it or not. I’m sure there would be ways for vigilant people to combat it, but it would seem like something that would go largely un-protested by the majority of people if the past is any indication. I’m sure there are laws around all that, but nowadays laws seem more like suggestions that may be subject to change for the right price…