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[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 44 points 7 months ago (22 children)

At this point, why even consider getting a Roku?

Note, I rarely, if ever, use a TV anymore, so smart TVs have never appealed to me. But Roku seems to be very anti consumer (between the forced arbitration and their ad policy), so I don't understand why someone looking to get a smart TV would actually want a Roku over an alternative.

Maybe I'm just poorly informed, but it just seems like almost anything else should be a better option?

[–] WolfLink@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (18 children)

You literally can’t buy a non-smart TV anymore

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago (8 children)

You literally can. They are called signage TVs.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are those signage tv have similar tech as normal tv? e.g. oled screen, low latency mode, etc?

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can't find one with an OLED screen and I doubt there are any since that would likely lead to burn in. I can't see a use case for low latency (assuming for gaming) on a signage TV so likely no. But for watching content, they work fine.

[–] SniffDoctor@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago

You could get an OLED monitor like the Gigabyte FO48U or the Asus PG42UQ and use it as a TV if you really wanted.

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