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an update on this infuriatingly viral toot which continues to haunt my ass. the smart TV (named herein as a "Sony Bravia") died, got repaired, then died again, within the space of 3 months.

the same thing caused it to die both times: being turned off and unplugged so that I could vacuum behind the TV cabinet. understandably a TV which cannot deal with something as horrendous as "being occasionally turned off" was absolutely stupid, and I successfully yelled at the seller for a refund.

the bad smart TV has been replaced with a very large (42 inch), non-smart, monitor instead which is a fucking dream and simply pipes audio and video out of my media centre without trying to sell me shampoo at the same time. I will never buy a smart TV again as long as I live. have a nice day and please stop boosting this toot

9 January at 8:34 | Open on aus.social
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Joe

@burgerdrome where did you get the monitor?

9 January at 9:01 | Open on aus.social
VirtualWolf

@burgerdrome Jesus fuck I just looked at the number of boosts and favourites on that. D:

9 January at 9:29 | Open on aus.social
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]

@burgerdrome I need to do this. 50% because my old smart TV was starting to do that out of the damn box (also it liked to randomly crash out and reboot every 15-20 minutes if it was streaming 4K, and since not many streaming services have an option like 'my internet sucks shit do not ever stream anything in 4K, 720p is enough for me' it made a couple of platforms almost unusable) and 50% because I bet that monitor is also significantly lighter than a TV, and/or came with a decently sturdy stand so you're not forced to wall-mount it (for reasons largely related to 'I live in a very old house and I don't trust that this would end well').

@burgerdrome I need to do this. 50% because my old smart TV was starting to do that out of the damn box (also it liked to randomly crash out and reboot every 15-20 minutes if it was streaming 4K, and since not many streaming services have an option like 'my internet sucks shit do not ever stream anything in 4K, 720p is enough for me' it made a couple of platforms almost unusable) and 50% because I bet that monitor is also significantly lighter than a TV, and/or came with a decently sturdy stand so...

9 January at 10:08 | Open on aus.social
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