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LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems (arstechnica.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [M] to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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LG says it’ll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots aren’t going away.

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[–] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't want my TV to function as anything more than a large computer monitor. I may end up having to get a projector if they keep pushing all this smart TV and AI garbage. At least the business type projectors are still free of it for now.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    They pushed nonsense for more than a decade, I doubt it will change suddenly. Oh and the picture still looks SO terrible, how can anyone watch something like that?

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Streaming looks terrible. Watch a 'local copy' of a movie and you'll notice the difference

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    For real. The smart features may be terrible but LG has some of the top TVs in the market. The picture quality is great. I'd love to know what they think looks good if something like the C5 "looks SO terrible."

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I am not talking about this specific TV. I am talking about every time I happen to see a random TV somewhere. Both the random media shown and the post processing are terrible.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I don't doubt a random TV looks like shit. Picture quality isn't the purpose of them at most businesses. Even places that sell them rarely do more than default settings, and they also have a wide range of TVs so a lot probably still look like ass.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Why are the default settings so bad?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Because they aren't designed to give you the best picture quality, for some reason. There's a reason filmmaker mode exists, but that's not suited for everything either. But even apart from that, there are going to be slight differences between each unit that need to be accounted for.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know that TVs you've looked at but high end TVs look great with local content.

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    • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I have a LG "smart" TV, have never connected it to WiFi.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I'm wondering if some of these companies will start including a chip or capability to "phone home" to a satellite or wireless network that will make their smart TVs "smart" whether you like it or not. I'm sure there would be ways for vigilant people to combat it, but it would seem like something that would go largely un-protested by the majority of people if the past is any indication. I'm sure there are laws around all that, but nowadays laws seem more like suggestions that may be subject to change for the right price...

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Good point, but this would probably cost them more money than they'd make selling my data. Mobile data plans aren't that cheap.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    They aren't expensive at all when it's at scale. Industrial control uses similar setups all over the place. Even if it wasn't specifically cellular, they could easily use one of the many mesh technologies to connect to another TV within a mile or so that does have an internet connection.

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