"Smart" TVs are a terrible terrible thing. Old people buy them, not knowing what they are getting into; and then we, HN-type people, end up forever being called to someone's house (family, whom you cannot really deny) to fix stupid things that really aren't the fault of the user.
Also, when it takes 3 minutes to "boot up" your TV, that just sucks.
I'm going to blame manufacturers for taking an essentially saturated market and adding useless crap (and marketing it) to justify someone needing to buy a new TV. Indeed there are some visual improvements occasionally, but the benefits of those improvements are often diminished based on many factors (vision of viewer, room lighting/light interference, etc.).
Choice is nice, and competition is nice. But useless or likely-to-never-be-wanted-or-used features are just a waste of money, peoples' time, and environmental resources (the making of new TV, the discarding of old).
Also, when it takes 3 minutes to "boot up" your TV, that just sucks.
I'm going to blame manufacturers for taking an essentially saturated market and adding useless crap (and marketing it) to justify someone needing to buy a new TV. Indeed there are some visual improvements occasionally, but the benefits of those improvements are often diminished based on many factors (vision of viewer, room lighting/light interference, etc.).
Choice is nice, and competition is nice. But useless or likely-to-never-be-wanted-or-used features are just a waste of money, peoples' time, and environmental resources (the making of new TV, the discarding of old).