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		andrew_ on April 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vizio TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV looked into dumb tvs last year. wanted to get one, but the specs are nowhere near the smart tvs. what we need is replaceable firmware.

toastal on April 3, 2022 | [–]

It's the same with smart phones and laptops too. The first feature that seems to have 'worse' specs too is the screen (terrible color gamut and accuracy, only 1080, IPS instead of one of the OLED varieties).

HideousKojima on April 3, 2022 | [–]

Or a drop in replacement board to drive the display

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