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Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Would you consider an old plasma TV? They won't be in 4K (I think they topped out at 1440p) but there are some real advantages to them (if you can tolerate the disadvantages).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIuKA2DUgas

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Plasma burn-in is scary for games.

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

True... but that was greatly mitigated in later models.

I swear that the motion quality and the deep blacks rival high end OLEDs. Really, really good. So long as you can find a decent TV (like the one in the video).

The issue I have with them is - power draw and heat.

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 1 points 50 minutes ago

Yeah I'm still using the last of the good Panasonic VT50 models. It's still going strong with a great picture. We got it in 2009. It's early smart features were retired long ago.

These articles make me shudder what I might replace it with

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

My brother in law had one, it was very pretty

[–] mghackerlady@leminal.space 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I have one in my room. It gets pretty hot with it and my PS3 running, and I live in Minnesota and sleep in the basement

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

What I hear you saying is you have great taste in consoles, a kick ass TV and a free space heater.

[–] mghackerlady@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago

Lol yeah I suppose. Funny story how I got my PS3, I was on ebay and there was a "broken" one listed on ebay for a dollar. The seller said the blu-ray drive wasn't working and replacing it didn't help. That was a good day to be me, I tell ya