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TVs
streaming apps are useful, but some of these tvs don't even have buttons, and their mobile apps are garbage. they're also marginally slower than conventional tvs
That’s why you get a computer, slap it under a large TV or display and watch online videos with ublock origin on. The computer gets the ethernet while the TV gets the HDMI.
Dude, I'm glad to know someone else who does this because I've got it set up too this way. I've got 3 monitors in my apartment, two of them are for PC that are spread apart (because I found that my attention seems to not work well when they're close together) and I have a TV in the center of the living room. I have an HDMI cable going from PC to that TV while the other ports are taken from DVI-Displayport adapters from the other monitors.
I can watch any streaming service I want with next to no ads, as it was intended and should be intended.
Besides, regular TV channels and their programs suck. Nothing of value was lost when I decided skip connecting my TV cable. It's basically a glorified display now, and the computer provides all the videos I could ever want.
You could think of it as a "smart TV" setup of sorts, since the computer is smart and can do so much more than any smart TV out there. You can watch all sorts of streaming stuff on it, it can block ads, and even YouTube is barely tolerable now that I installed sponsor block. I've even installed Steam on the PC and played some simple games on it. It's not quite a console yet, but after a few upgrades it could be.
Marginally? If you get a cheaper one they’re significantly slower. Mine also constantly forgets to leave game mode on.
I have a smart LG that, as of today, has had its internet privileges revoked because it installed yet another update that changed how our shit works. 100% of our TV viewing is done through an Apple TV, but I kept the LG online for the odd occasion that I wanted to cast my phone to it to show my wife something.
But nope. No more will our LG talk to the internet. It's lost the right.