This is exactly why I never connect TVs to the internet.
Then they are just dumb HDMI panels.
Then they are just dumb HDMI panels.
Or, like the Amazon Echoes, they'll form a mesh network with your neighbors TVs and other devices and then just use your neighbor's wifi to phone home.
It's coming. I'm buying Spectres and I suggest others do the same.
I don't have any active cell phone modems on my property ever, so such transmissions would be easy to identify.
I have a few of each, they are in great condition and will be collecting a few more.
OLED may prove compelling enough to get me interested, but nothing LCD will, except as computer display.
I got super lucky on the plasma. It is big, beautiful and not all that smart. Got two of them, one seeing very light use.
Those things said, chances are the display tech that performs on par with fast plasma and CRT will probably come with the worst of this "smart" code.
Fine. I am game. Lets play. I will probably win, but it will also probably be a pain in the ass too.
Maybe I will just get a third plasma...
The other thing which has happened as a result of all this is I personally do not bother with TV much. Just hate the ads. Too much, too frequent, too repetitive.
I have never been happier. All that bonus time!
This is something I never understood about the IOT bullcrap, even if something can connect to a mobile network, they'd still need the expense of a data subscription which render the whole thing pretty moot. It's not as if 5G providers were operating their network for free.
So the cost will be minimal and further reduced by the bulk volume that the manufacturer would purchase from the telco. Like how Amazon Kindle comes with a free 3G connection to download your books and upload your reading habits.
> So the cost will be minimal and further reduced by the bulk volume that the manufacturer would purchase from the telco. Like how Amazon Kindle comes with a free 3G connection to download your books and upload your reading habits.
I have no doubt a TV manufacturer selling millions of devices could get any US LTE carrier to sell them a low-bandwidth data service for pennies per device per month. You're talking about retail rates, when a bulk IoT buyer like this will not be paying anything close to retail.
As for the logistics, it's not that hard. They already have to produce separate SKUs for various regions for the power adapters. So you just add another variable: included SIM card. US gets a [Verizon|ATT|T-Mo] SIM, EU gets one of their carriers, etc.
I figured this was because they were collecting data on viewership habits. Each customer profile must have been worth $5 or more, based on the surcharge amount.
(The phone line was useful for other things too, like ordering PPV/on-demand/premium channels through the menus directly, as opposed to calling them in through a 1-800 number.)