Your TV can be bricked by its manufacturer whenever they feel like it.

That takes me back to my late 2017's macbook... ah, that was really something... Screen all messed up one morning... but recall? I missed it cuz the FUCKING LAPTOP didn't break till after recall was over

if I don't own it I don't buy it

which uh... is getting awfully hard to figure out these days

we're already enslaved by money, can we stop going towards enslaved by gadgets

Only if you have it connected to the internet

as usual: if you buy TVs that are aimed at Consumers.

I found that if i instead buy used stuff that is aimed at small to medium sized businesses, i not only get hardware that is just doing whatever it's designed to do, lasts long due to available replacement parts and general build characteristics, but in some cases is even cheaper.

@thebiochemic there are TVs that are aimed at businesses? What kind of business would that be?

@Lensflare yes, essentially every business, that wants to showcase stuff on screens can use TVs. You'd be surprised how big that market is actually.

@Lensflare search for something along the lines of "industrial display panel" instead of TV

@qwwerty yeah I know that businesses need screens or monitors. That’s why I was surprised by the specific mention of "TVs".

What if it has never been connected to internet? My Visio is like that. Just use at monitor these days.