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But then how would they get that sweet sweet metric data they can resell? Think of the megacorps!

and not spy on me

Look into commercial displays. They are meant for store fronts and guest areas. These screens are typically built a bit more robust than consumer TVs. They may only have one of each input ports, may lack soundboard and built-in tuners, but they have sleeker designs and lack smartTV bloatware. You may need more peripheral equipment for the screen to function as a home use TV. Just do a little research and see if this works for your setup.

This might not be a solution that fits your needs, but personally this is why I buy computer monitors instead of TVs now

I think there are expensive models that come without any software shit. However I simply "gave up" and don't connect the TV to any network. It doesn't see a network cable and won't get my wifi credentials. Therefore it neither needs nor receives updates. Everything "smart" is done by an attached Kodi box and a FireTV stick, which I both can exchange when their time is up.

I've had my QD-OLED for a little while now and it has had quite a bit of static images on it without any trouble. From what I read before I bought it, OLEDs in general really don't have a burn-in issue like the early models did.

From what I can tell they're better than even plasma was at the end. And you'd have trouble actively trying to get permanent burn in on some later model plasmas. I used to service TVs and appliances. In most cases outside of using a plasma display for digital signage, I'd be able to run a swiping pattern for a little bit to get rid of the image retention. The only exception I really had for a plasma that was used in a residence was an older couple who didn't have a widescreen source and only watched shows in 4:3 aspect ratio. They finally got the HD channels from their TV provider and realized they had the bars on the sides burned in (really the screen aged unevenly).

It’s only been a few days and things are looking up

These days most tvs have the "nipple" navigation which initially seems stupid but is genuinely the most natural navigation system I've ever used

No. You'll suffer the invisible tap points because they can advertise that feature and ship more units.

How do you fuck up televisions? It's the simplest thing and these corporations just need to fucking meddle.

OLED's are just the way to go.

Same, I have a plasma and it works great, doesn't even know what HD ready means, but displays 1080i.

As long as HD is the max res the TV box gives, I don't see reason for an upgrade. (especially for a luxury item that is mostly background noice/movement)

I, too, won’t replace something until it dies. Even if an upgrade is long overdue.

Mine flickers when room temp is above 75 and gets jacked at 78.

The G3 is looking extremely appealing in all dimensions except price.

An "accidental" hammering can fix that real quick like.

I have an old Viera 50 inch Plasma, it chews like 240W while running but has not skipped a beat in the 13 years we've had it

No, you’re thinking of LCDs with miniLED backlighting

The problem is that we are reaching a point where it is cheaper to achieve the same or better results with OLED or microLED than by dumping even more money into improving LCD.

We are already at a point where OLED provides a straight up better value than LCD in higher end price brackets as long as peak brightness is not your #1 priority.

Dimming zones creat halo affects when there white next to black. Source: typing on my 12.9 iPad lcd with dimming zones.

Nothing beats 2000's 2K CRTs.

What about Hisense with the U8H Class are they using microled(they call it miniled)? this Tv is not that expensive compared with other brands and tbh the image quality in the high-end models are awesome.