• smeg@feddit.uk
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    21 hours ago

    TL;DR:

    1. Using AI to ask your TV questions
    2. Spatial 3D sound
    3. Integrate your calendar with your TV
    4. AI Energy Mode
    5. AI picture upscaling

    Not just a pointless “AI bad” article, actually some decent (though very brief) points

    • Dave.
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      20 hours ago

      TVs that do anything more than displaying a signal exactly as it’s input shouldn’t exist.

      Some of that input could do with a bit of tweaking though.

      I wouldn’t mind if the TV was able to do things with the audio track, like remove background music, or lift the volume of people speaking, or erase laugh tracks/live audience hooting& hollering.

      There’s probably similar manipulation that you could do on the video side (eventually, once TVs stop getting the worst processors ever, not here and now). Imagine a prompt that says “Airbrush every recognisable brand name on-screen so that it blends with the background”.

      I seriously doubt if any major manufacturer would do that kind of thing though, so better get working on jailbreaking those TVs.

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        15 hours ago

        Sorry, the best we can do is always showing you subtitles by default, and not letting you permanently change that.

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          Yeah it’s steadily getting enshittified.

          I used to have a mythtv box that I’d built , like, 15 years ago and it was pretty good. For a while there TV UIs were adequate enough that I didn’t need it, but it seems that maybe it’s time to build another one.

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      What you’re asking for is a monitor, not a TV. The last TV I’ve seen that is this limited still had a picture tube - and it wasn’t even the last CRT TV I’ve used (we actually had a very late one with HDMI). Regardless of how silly AI features are, there’s a middle ground.

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        19 hours ago

        This, but unironically. When I had a small apartment I just had a big monitor with everything hooked up to it in the main room, and it was great. Now I spend all my time at my desk because I hate the stupid TV.

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      19 hours ago

      Nvidia’s AI upscaler is pretty dope though. I wouldn’t mind seeing that fleshed out more.

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        11 hours ago

        Yup. One of several reasons why the Shield TV Pro is still the best streaming box. Using a smart TV after having gotten used to this device is painful.