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I don't know why people get so annoyed by this when they probably carry a mobile phone that'll steal even more data from you and listen to everything you say..
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New tv time. Help?
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Have you tried asking her not to?
My other half used to – I asked her not to so that we could get an OLED and have better picture quality.
Forgot a couple of times at first but now an advocate for OLED and always turns it off instead of pausing.
Buying an Apple TV helped.
I know right, makes me chuckle.
How many of these people use Facebook / WhatsApp / Google / Windows / have always-connected cars as an example.
I remember on my VW there was a sticker inside which said something like “by using the car you consent to the collection and processing of your data in accordance with our privacy policy” – no doubt using audio/cameras/location to build a profile.
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Went S90F 65 with a Q930F sound setup.
Thanks for your help guys.
Great price, huge upgrade, fits perfectly on our TV bench.
Thanks for your help guys.
Great price, huge upgrade, fits perfectly on our TV bench.
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All arrived this week and setup, absolutely perfect.
Picked up some rear speaker stands to raise them off the floor. Turned the sub to face outward from its corner, it was getting a bit muffled. Saturday night and stretching its legs following a concert this afternoon, trying to match the same output
The S90 is glorious too. Similar to one of my gaming screens, but just a bit bigger. Tremendous value for the level of hardware.
Picked up some rear speaker stands to raise them off the floor. Turned the sub to face outward from its corner, it was getting a bit muffled. Saturday night and stretching its legs following a concert this afternoon, trying to match the same output
The S90 is glorious too. Similar to one of my gaming screens, but just a bit bigger. Tremendous value for the level of hardware.
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Congrats. I'm sure the 65" version has the Quantum Dot OLED screen, which is an awesome panel.
Re. pausing, I've got the 65" S90C and when paused it doesn't take long for the screen to go black and a very subtle screensaver starts, so I've never worried about the screen.
Re. pausing, I've got the 65" S90C and when paused it doesn't take long for the screen to go black and a very subtle screensaver starts, so I've never worried about the screen.
I got a reasonable deal on the 65" S93H from Samsung, which arrived last week
Came with a 3.1.2 soundbar, which is low profile enough not to block the remote sensor. Not as powerful as my prior soundbar/TV, but that set up was 8 yr old.
Samsung gave me £250 to take away the old TV.
Cashback paid out £200.
So overall cost £1700. Came with the samsung 5 yr warranty.
When I bough that 55" samsung in 2018 it was the flagship and one of the first to do local dimming.
Have to say picture quality has come on amazingly in those 8 years.
Came with a 3.1.2 soundbar, which is low profile enough not to block the remote sensor. Not as powerful as my prior soundbar/TV, but that set up was 8 yr old.
Samsung gave me £250 to take away the old TV.
Cashback paid out £200.
So overall cost £1700. Came with the samsung 5 yr warranty.
When I bough that 55" samsung in 2018 it was the flagship and one of the first to do local dimming.
Have to say picture quality has come on amazingly in those 8 years.
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I think people rightfully expect different levels of privacy from their TVs than they do social media platforms or phones.
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That’s why I went for the 65 in the end. It’s the best panel
Yes, it switches on quickly and without fail, so it’s alleviated my worry.
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Well no, a phone is a communications device first and foremost and people use them in different ways. Most people understand by now that Meta, Google etc are gathering all that information, but it's evidently far less understood what TV manufacturers are collecting. I don't think basic usage telemetry would really surprise anyone, but capturing actual screenshots of whatever you're viewing, audio clips of what you're listening to, recordings from microphones etc is much less expected.Why so? A TV is a media consumption device, much like your phone
I’d have thought more people consume media on a phone than using it to communicate.
Still not sure how it’s different. If you’re using something connected to the internet, it’ll be capturing information about you.
So going back to your original point, I don’t think people “rightfully” expect different levels of privacy – they wrongfully expect it, because they have assumed it doesn’t.
Again, it's not the basic fact it's doing it that's a surprise to anyone, it's the types, methods and volume of data (sometimes even with settings turned off and certain agreements opted out of) that's the issue.
They've rightfully expected that privacy and advertising settings would be appropriately obeyed and that not everything they view or even say in front of their TV is potentially being captured. If you were in the know about all this long before the rest of us and are content to shrug it off that's great, but the broader response this issue is getting is entirely justified especially if it results in LG - and the rest - being more transparent and changing how they operate.
Looking at a new TV ourselves, would normally turn off the TV set connectivity as use external sources.
The prices are wild too, updating from circa 10 years ago, we have a Sony 55 xf9005, which is doing a good job still. Would update to a 65 inch but prices double our expected budget, plus not sure on a) being snooped on more and b) reliability which seems to be Sony and Panasonic high sets which are considered may last 10 years.
Everything else seems to be considered land fill a lot sooner
The prices are wild too, updating from circa 10 years ago, we have a Sony 55 xf9005, which is doing a good job still. Would update to a 65 inch but prices double our expected budget, plus not sure on a) being snooped on more and b) reliability which seems to be Sony and Panasonic high sets which are considered may last 10 years.
Everything else seems to be considered land fill a lot sooner
Yeah same here. It's tricky with so many technologies now. I'm going from a 65" Samsung Q95 which is around 5 years old. I wouldn't normally choose to replace it, but i need another TV for my office/gym and i figure it makes more sense to use this in there than buy a budget tv and then get a new one for the lounge.
Torn between the LG B6 OLED or the LG MRGB87. The OLED is clearly the better tv but it's around 30% more expensive
Torn between the LG B6 OLED or the LG MRGB87. The OLED is clearly the better tv but it's around 30% more expensive
And 100% worth it
I’ve found the C OLEDs to be better brightness for SDR content, but TVs are expensive in Spain so not sure if it’s mega money.
Alternative is the Samsung OLED.