4K stuff. (Off-Topic)

by Vortech , A Fourth Wheel, Monday, January 15, 2018, 10:55 (2293 days ago) @ Cody Miller

As you're obviously aware, you don't need anything pricey for great visuals, as long as it has HDR. Most 4K TVs these days lump in "Smart TV' features just to bump up the price, when they're mostly useless.

Uh, the whole reason for a 4K TV is to see stuff in 4K. Good luck watching Netflix in 4K without the Netflix smart app.

You realize they make a bunch of set top boxes for stuff like that right? Apple TV and Roku and such?

…which is a bunch of extra money, and another thing you have to plug in and turn on. How do you plan to save money when the boxes that do the same thing are just as much if not more as just having the ability to run the apps on the TV?

There are lots of places where I will pay money to have a better experience. Using a TV's built-in apps has always been a garbage experience. Sadly, the insistence on "unifying" the app experience (Netflix is one of the worst for this) is dragging everything down to the lowest common denominator.