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>Now, apparently, those old lessons are still useful. I'm not very much into TVs, so I don't know, but to me the real "ecosystem" problem here is that the TV ap

>Now, apparently, those old lessons are still useful. I'm not very much into TVs, so I don't know, but to me the real "ecosystem" problem here is that the TV apparently is not just a display device. For a while, the appeal was that it was cheaper and simpler to just buy a smart TV that had Netflix, etc integrated than it was to put together some other solution yourself. Turns out the reality is that the integrated smart functionality tends to be slow, clunky, and rarely updated. Now that things like Roku, Apple TV, and Chromecast are so cheap and easy, the tides have turned there. While I was somebody that bought a smart TV a few years ago for those reasons, I've gotten to where I haven't touched those features since Chromecast launched. If anything, it's become an annoyance that my TV has a 15-20 second boot time when I turn it on. I know I've decided that my future TVs will be TVs only, and that seems to be a common theme among others I've talked to with smart TVs.

rcthompson 13y ago
> Turns out the reality is that the integrated smart functionality tends to be slow, clunky, and rarely updated. This was my immediate assumption as soon as I saw advertisements for "smart TVs". I assume it's even worse for in-car smart screen thingies, since you buy a new car even more rarely than a TV.
Hannan 13y ago
What I wouldn't give to have read your comment 2 months ago. Smart TV integration seemed great since we almost exclusively use Netflix. But the boot time and interface interaction speed is so slow, I now leave the input set to chromecast exclusively. Add me to your list of people who will only be buying a dumb tv in the future.
rdeboo 13y ago
This seems especially true with cars. I lease a new Volkswagen and it comes straight out of the factory with a navigation system that looks and feels so outdated that it makes you wonder why car manufacturers even bother trying.. It's just so slow and ugly compared to an iPhone or other smartphone that I cannot imagine anyone using it in a few years.

rcthompson 13y ago

> Turns out the reality is that the integrated smart functionality tends to be slow, clunky, and rarely updated. This was my immediate assumption as soon as I saw advertisements for "smart TVs". I assume it's even worse for in-car smart screen thingies, since you buy a new car even more rarely than a TV.

Hannan 13y ago

What I wouldn't give to have read your comment 2 months ago. Smart TV integration seemed great since we almost exclusively use Netflix. But the boot time and interface interaction speed is so slow, I now leave the input set to chromecast exclusively. Add me to your list of people who will only be buying a dumb tv in the future.

rdeboo 13y ago

This seems especially true with cars. I lease a new Volkswagen and it comes straight out of the factory with a navigation system that looks and feels so outdated that it makes you wonder why car manufacturers even bother trying.. It's just so slow and ugly compared to an iPhone or other smartphone that I cannot imagine anyone using it in a few years.